==========================================START OF PAGE 1====== UNITED STATES OF AMERICA before the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Release No. 37749 / September 30, 1996 Administrative Proceedings File No. 3-9127 CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED AGAINST ATLANTIS GROUP, INC. (f/k/a MICROTERRA, INC.), RICHARD FOX, AND JAMES E. SIDBURY The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the institution of cease-and-desist proceedings pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) against Atlantis Group, Inc. (formerly known as Microterra, Inc. and referred to herein as Microterra), Richard Fox (Fox) of Delray Beach, Florida, Microterra's former chief executive officer, and James E. Sidbury (Sidbury) of Sarasota, Florida, Microterra's former chief financial officer. The Order alleges that during its fiscal years 1991 thorough 1993, Microterra, through Fox and Sidbury, improperly accounted for the value of certain licenses, equipment and patents on its balance sheets included in its Forms 10-K and Forms 10-Q, resulting in a material overstatement of the value of Microterra's total assets over the three year period. The Commission alleges that during the same period Fox and Sidbury caused Microterra to fail to make and keep books and records which accurately reflected its financial and accounting transactions, and that Fox and Sidbury falsified books and records, and misstated or withheld material information from Microterra's independent accountant in connection with Microterra's financial statements for the period ended December 31, 1991.