Smart-Tek Signs $40 Million Contract With East Coast Broker
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smart-Tek Automated Services, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: STTN) has signed an agreement with an East Coast broker targeting $40 million in gross annual payroll by the year's end. The broker has already placed $5 million of gross payroll Professional Employer Organization (PEO) business with Smart-Tek.
"This contract is part of Smart-Tek's targeted strategy of overall growth of its broker sales network," said Brian Bonar, president and CEO of Smart-Tek. "We have created some of the most professional PEO offerings and lucrative broker plans in the U.S. PEO market, and it is starting to pay off as evidenced by recent contract signings."
The broker network represents a valuable revenue source in the estimated $68 billion U.S. PEO industry, according to the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO). Smart-Tek provides assistance to brokers in the areas of personalized presentations, including broker information, submission forms, comparison tools, detailed reports on commissions, detailed reports on variances between booked and actual remarketing processes, and more. "Since the broker is the initial client contact, the U.S. broker market is eager to find the kind of professional format and highest levels of integrity that Smart-Tek stands for," said Bonar.
Please visit www.smart-tekservices.com for further information.
About Smart-Tek Solutions, Inc.:
The parent, Smart-Tek Solutions, Inc., generates revenue from the installation of security systems in construction projects. Its board is currently in negotiations to sell its original business and focus entirely on the PEO business of its wholly owned subsidiary, in order to achieve the best value for its shareholders. The original business generated $3.3 million and $3.8 million of revenue in 2009 and 2008 respectively, and $0 and ($3.1) loss of earnings in 2009 and 2008 respectively.
About Smart-Tek Automated Services, Inc.:
Smart-Tek Automated Services, Inc. provides financial services to small and medium-size businesses, relieving its clients from many of the day-to-day tasks that negatively impact their core business operations such as payroll processing, human resources support, workers' compensation insurance, safety programs, employee benefits, and other administrative and aftermarket services predominantly related to staffing: staff leasing, temporary staffing and co-employment. It not only provides core services but a wide selection of employee and employer benefits and aftermarket products.
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Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding future revenues and sales projections, plans for future financing, the ability to meet operational milestones and marketing arrangements and plans. Estimated revenues from its Smart-Tek Solutions, Inc., subsidiary are somewhat subjective and based on information available to the Company at the time of the determination. Also, such statements reflect management's current views, are based on certain assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events, or performance may differ materially from the above forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors, and will be dependent upon a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the continued growth of business as planned including the fruition of new agreements in hand, existing business staying intact, and our ability to obtain additional financing that will allow us to continue our current and future operations and whether demand for our products and services in domestic and potential international markets will continue to expand. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof or to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard to these forward-looking statements or the occurrence of unanticipated events. Factors that may impact the Company's success are more fully disclosed in the Company's most recent public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2009, and its subsequent filings with the SEC.
SOURCE Smart-Tek Automated Services, Inc.
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