EX-99.1 11 bkti_ex99-1.htm PRESS RELEASE Blueprint
Exhibit 99.1
 
Company Contact:
BK Technologies Corporation
Timothy Vitou, President
(321) 984-1414
 
BK Technologies Completes Holding Company Reorganization
 
NYSE American Ticker Symbol for Shares of New Holding Company to Remain “BKTI”
 
WEST MELBOURNE, FL, March 28, 2019 – BK Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: BKTI) today announced the completion of its previously announced holding company reorganization. BK Technologies Corporation is now the parent holding company of BK Technologies, Inc. (“Old BK Technologies”) and its subsidiaries.
 
The reorganization is intended to create a more efficient corporate structure and increase operational flexibility. No material operational or financial impacts are expected.
 
In the reorganization, stockholders of Old BK Technologies automatically became stockholders of BK Technologies Corporation, on a one-for-one basis, with the same number of shares and same ownership percentage of Old BK Technologies common stock that they held immediately prior to the holding company reorganization. Shares of BK Technologies Corporation common stock will trade on the NYSE American under the same ticker symbol previously used by Old BK Technologies, “BKTI.” A new CUSIP number has been assigned to the BK Technologies Corporation common stock: 05587G 104.
 
The holding company reorganization is intended to be a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes for stockholders of Old BK Technologies.
 
About BK Technologies
 
As an American manufacturer for over 70 years, the Company is deeply rooted in the public safety communications industry, manufacturing high-specification communications equipment of unsurpassed reliability and value for use by public safety professionals and government agencies. Advances include a broad new line of leading digital two-way radios compliant with APCO Project 25 specifications. The Company’s products are manufactured and distributed worldwide under BK Radio and RELM brand names. The Company maintains its headquarters in West Melbourne, Florida, and can be contacted through its web site at www.bktechnologies.com or directly at 1-800-821-2900.
 
Forward-Looking Statements
 
This press release contains statements about future events and expectations which are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements about the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations and prospects. These statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “expect,” “intend,” “seek” and other similar expressions. Any statement contained in this press release that is not a statement of historical fact may be deemed to be a forward-looking statement. Although the Company believes that the plans, objectives, expectations and prospects reflected in or suggested by its forward-looking statements are reasonable, those statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, and the Company can give no assurance that its plans, objectives, expectations and prospects will be achieved. Important factors that might impact the Company’s plans, objectives, expectations and prospects are contained in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and in the Company’s other current and periodic reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.