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SOURCE: Surgical Safety Products, Inc. (OTCBB:SSPD).
Surgical Safety Products, Inc.
Announces Change of Meeting Date
BRADENTON, FL - May 15, 2003 - Surgical Safety Products, Inc. (OTCBB:SSPD) today
announced that the Special Meeting of its stockholders called to consider the
merger of the company with its wholly owned Nevada subsidiary, Power3 Medical,
Inc., has been again postponed until June 20, 2003. Tim Novak, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Surgical Safety Products said, "We originally called
the Special Meeting for May 9, 2003 and filed our Preliminary Information
Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2003. Based on
the comments received from the SEC to our previous filing, we have determined
that it would be in the best interests of the stockholders to postpone the
Special Meeting until June 20, 2003 to allow the orderly mailing of the notice
of the meeting. We sincerely regret any inconvenience that this development may
have on our stockholders that were planning to attend."
The Board of Directors of Surgical Safety Products, Inc. consists of Messrs. Tim
Novak and R. Paul Gray. Mr. Novak is the Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Surgical Safety Products, Inc. and owns 5,442,432 sharers
(10.7%) of the common stock and 1,330,000 shares (33%) of the Series A Preferred
stock of the company. Mr. Gray is the Chief Financial Officer of Surgical Safety
Products, Inc. and owns 1,927,032 shares (3.8%) of the common stock and
1,330,000 shares (33%) of the Series A Preferred stock of the company. The Board
of Directors and senior executives of Surgical Safety Products, Inc. (including
Messrs. Novak and Gray) are not seeking proxies from the stockholders in
connection with the Special Meeting. Stockholders of Surgical Safety Products,
Inc. should read the Surgical Safety Products, Inc. Information Statement when
it becomes available because it contains important information regarding the
merger of the company with its wholly owned subsidiary, Power3 Medical, Inc.
Stockholders may review the company's Preliminary Information Statement, its
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and other relevant documents at the SEC's website
www.sec.gov.
Contact:
Surgical Safety Products, Inc.
Tim Novak
(941) 360-3039
