Spirits in Stone is offering to select collectors a total of 50,000 shares of Preferred Stock for the price of $100 per share. A minimum dividend of 8% and up to 11% will be paid based on a 5-year commitment. Dividends are paid quarterly. The minimum investment is $10,000.
After 60 months, (during which time you earn a minimum of 8% per year dividend) if you wish, the corporation will buy back your stock at $100 per share, and also give you an additional 20% premium based on your initial investment amount!
Funds will be used among other things to implement an enhanced, state of the art, automated online shopping experience along with providing the company with a new POS system with merchandise tracking and inventory management capabilities using the latest technology. We also intend to be a greener business by gradually replacing lights and fixtures by more energy-efficient units.
2007 was a year when most retailers lost market share, stayed flat or grew by only one or two percent, but we experienced a robust 12% overall sales growth. (Almost 19% growth in December alone!)
 | Spirits In Stone is far from being an overnight success story. The company grew steadily for the last 28 years and has already survived and thrived through 9/11, two wars, three recessions and two major earthquakes - now we are looking forward to our next 28 years - and would love for you to join us!
In the course of our business, we've already raised over $15,000,000 for non-profits and Africa! We were fair trade before the term was even coinedall African art inventory is paid for before we ever get it! Schools and clinics have been built; wells dug, livelihoods fostered, farming financed, artists supported, educations funded, women's causes and local trades invested in.
We started this venture to prove that building a commercial enterprise and a better world aren't mutually exclusive, and for more than a quarter of century, we have proved that business can do well and do good at the same time!
Now, come and join with us in our expanding future. Be a part of our Spirit.
Contact Lori Austin, VP Investor Relations to learn more about our private offering. (707) 939.2399 X19, lori@spiritsinstone.com
Additional Information
Curator Tony Ponter says:
"Thanks for such a great response to our first mention of the investment opportunity in Spirits In Stone!
We have also received some excellent questions about our private stock offering...the first of which I will answer here..."
Why should I invest with your company now?
- - We are a mature, well-respected 28-year-old company with over 50,000 clients thorough the US and Europe and a history of thriving even through recessions, wars and natural disasters. As the song says "we are still standing"!
- - If you have funds that are in a low-interest Certificate of Deposit, or other similar investment (whose yields are dropping now with the Fed cutting interest rates rapidly) you can earn almost DOUBLE, (8%) on average, of what can be earned in such an investment. (And without the roller coaster ride that is the stock market right now!)
...And the return can go as high as 11% per year depending on cash flow and other conditions being met.
- - When the primary term of investment ends, we also thank our investors with a 20% additional premium on their initial investment ABOVE and BEYOND the high rate of interest we will have already paid on funds invested.
- - Remember, with yields on Certificate of Deposits and Money Market account returns dropping almost every day now, our offering is becoming more and more attractive.
- - We are not just an investment in a US business. Your participation will help make an impact in Africa, as it allows us to maintain and expand both our ethical trade and philanthropic programs. In fact, "Socially Conscious" investors who have already joined our family of shareholders tell us this is the best of all worlds for them - realizing a substantially above market rate of return, while knowing that their funds are part of a project that does good in the world, as well as earning investors strong returns.
Please email or call for more details - but hurry - there are a limited amount of shares we can offer!"
Contact Lori Austin, VP Investor Relations to learn more about our private offering. (707) 939.2399 X19, lori@spiritsinstone.com
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