UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 30, 2000
ZEROPLUS.COM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 000-20865 52-1929282
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
12800 MIDDLEBROOK ROAD, SUITE 200
GERMANTOWN, MARYLAND 20874
(301) 601-8700
(Address of principal executive offices ) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 601-8700
NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
ZEROPLUS.COM, INC. RECEIVES DECISIONS IN LITIGATION
BROUGHT BY PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC.
On June 30, 2000, the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland,
announced two decisions in PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC. V. E-NET, INC. In this
case, Prudential Securities sought to recover approximately $3.5 million it lost
in connection with a margin loan it made to a non-affiliate former shareholder
of the company that was secured by stock of the company.
First, the court struck an amended complaint filed by Prudential on May
19, 2000, on the basis that it came too late in the case. The amended complaint,
if permitted, would have added further allegations of negligence, negligent
supervision and hiring, deceit, intentional concealment, constructive fraud, and
injurious falsehood to the case against the company.
Second, the court granted summary judgment in favor of the company and
its transfer agent and against Prudential on the two original claims - for
negligence under the Uniform Commercial Code and for negligent misrepresentation
- - in the case. These claims related to the erroneous omission of a restrictive
legend by the company's transfer agent from certificates owned by the
non-affiliate shareholder referred to above. The court held that Prudential had
failed as a matter of law to show any proximate causal connection between the
defendants' conduct and its loss; that the defendants owed no duty to Prudential
and in any event violated no such duty; that Prudential had assumed the risk of
its loss; that no cause of action exists under the Uniform Commercial Code under
the facts of the case; that Prudential was contributorily negligent in making
the margin loan; and that the defendants made no misrepresentation.
Prudential has thirty (30) days from the date of the court's judgment
to notice an appeal. The company does not know whether Prudential will do so.
The preceding paragraphs include forward-looking statements that
include risks and uncertainties and depend upon certain assumptions, some of
which may be beyond ZeroPlus.com's control. Therefore, actual results may differ
materially from these statements. All such statements are qualified by those
risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which include, but are not limited to, the
cautionary statements set forth in Part I, Item 1 of our most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB, as amended, under "Forward Looking and Cautionary
Statements," and the cautionary statements set forth in Part I, Item 2 of our
succeeding Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB, under "Other - Future Operating
Results". Accordingly, there can be no assurance with regard to such statements.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: July 6, 2000
ZEROPLUS.COM, INC.
By: /s/ DONALD J. SHOFF
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Donald J. Shoff
Vice President of Finance and
Chief Accounting Officer
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