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I don't see any evidence of theft. Got proof of specific items that were stolen? So prove it to us.
Rico's new biz is in Burbank, California if the press release is accurate.
With Limited Exceptions, Non-Compete Clauses Are Not Enforceable in California
By Navid Yadegar and Navid Soleymani, our Los Angeles employment lawyers
California Has a Strong Policy in Favor of Open Competition
“California has a settled public policy in favor of open competition.” Kelton v. Stravinski, 138 Cal. App. 4th 941, 946 (2006). The general rule, as embodied in section 16600 of the California Business and Professions Code (“Section 16600”) is that, with limited exceptions, “every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.” Section 16600 is “an expression of public policy to ensure that every citizen shall retain the right to pursue any lawful employment and enterprise of their choice.” Hill Medical Corp. v. Wycoff, 86 Cal. App. 4th 895, 900, 901 (2001); Morlife, Inc. v. Perry, 56 Cal. App. 4th 1514, 1520 (1997); see also Application Group, Inc. v. Hunter Group, Inc., 61 Cal. App. 4th, 881, 900 (1998) (observing that section 16600 reflects a “strong public policy” of California).
Non-Compete Clauses Are Enforceable in Very Limited Cases
One “narrow exception” to section 16600 is articulated in section 16601 of the California Business and Professions Code (“Section 16601”)[1]. Hill, 86 Cal. App. 4th at 901. “Pursuant to section 16601, in certain defined circumstances, persons who sell the goodwill of a business may agree to refrain from carrying on a similar business.” Hill, 86 Cal. App. 4th at 901 (citing Monogram Indus., Inc. v. Sar Indus., Inc., 64 Cal App. 3d 692, 698 (1976)). The logic is that “when the goodwill of a business is sold, it would be ‘unfair’ for the seller to engage in competition which diminishes the value of the asset he [or she] sold.” Id.
“[I]n order to uphold a covenant not to compete pursuant to section 16601, the contract for sale of the corporate shares may not circumvent California’s deeply rooted public policy favoring open competition. The transaction must clearly establish that it falls within this limited exception.” Id. at 903 (emphasis added). Otherwise, the non-compete agreement is void. Id.; Kelton, 138 Cal. App. 4th at 947. Moreover, “[t]here must be clear indication that in the sales transaction, the parties valued or considered goodwill as a component of the sales price . . . .” Hill, 86 Cal. App. 4th at 903. If a business (or shares in a business) are sold, but the sales price did not include goodwill, a non-competition provision that was executed as part of the sale is void. Id. (holding that the non-competition provision was unenforceable because the price of the shares did not include goodwill).
A non-compete may “literally” fall within section 16601, but it is still void if it is a sham to evade the public policy against such provisions. Bosley Medical Group v. Abramson, 161 Cal. App. 3d 284 (1984). In Bosley, a doctor was hired by a medical group and was required to purchase nine percent of the corporation’s shares. The agreement required him, upon termination, to resell his stock and prohibited from competing. The court refused to enforce the non-compete as a sham because the share purchase and sell-back provisions made little sense except as a device to prevent the doctor from competing. Id. Though the agreement literally fell under section 16601, a literal interpretation “would permit a major public corporation to require any employee to purchase one of several million shares and to enter into an agreement not to work for a competitor—an absurd result, and contrary to this state’s policy prohibiting such agreements.” Id.
“[A] covenant not to compete will be enforced [under section 16601] to the extent it is reasonable and necessary in terms of time, activity and territory to protect the buyer’s interest.” Monogram, 64 Cal. App. 3d 692, 698 (1976) (emphasis added). Section 16601 “permits a covenant not to engage in a business’ ‘similar’ to the one sold, in the area where the business sold has been carried on, so long as the buyer carries on a like business therein.” Id.(emphasis added). “Otherwise, a seller could be barred from engaging in its business in places where it poses little threat of undercutting the company it sold to the buyer.” Strategix, Ltd. V. Infocrossing West, Inc., 142 Cal. App. 4th 1068, 1073 (2006). “The territorial limits are coextensive with the entire area in which the parties conducted all phases of their business including production, promotional and marketing activities as well as sales.” Monogram, 64 Cal. App. 3d at 702. However, the area is limited to that in which competition “in fact” occurs, and not where there is only “insubstantial and infrequent or isolated transactions.” Id. at 698.
In enacting section 16601, the Legislature did not intend “to sanction restraints upon all business transactions of whatever character, regardless of their noncompetitive effect, their insubstantial nature, or their infrequent occurrence. Instead, . . . in using the words ‘carry on a similar business,’ the Legislature had in mind the direct or indirect transaction or solicitation of substantial business activities in competition with the covenantee [citation], rather than the occurrence of isolated, occasional transactions not substantially affecting the covenantee’s competitive position.” Swenson v. File, 3 Cal. 3d 389, 397 (1970); Roberts v. Pfefer, 13 Cal. App. 3d 93, 98 (1970).
In Swenson, an accounting partnership had offices in Pasadena and Azusa. One of the partners withdrew and opened offices in South San Gabriel and Arcadia. The issue was whether the withdrawing accountant carried on business in Pasadena and Azusa – the cities he had promised not to compete against the partnership. The record established that the accountant performed services in Pasadena for one client located there, whose business he had obtained when the client was located in Arcadia and whose billing amounted to only 1.2% of the accountant’s total billings. The accountant also serviced several other clients who had Pasadena addresses. These facts were held insufficient to conclude the partner carried on business in Pasadena: “The fact that some of defendant’s clients had Pasadena addresses would not, of itself, establish that proposition . . . Nor do we think that defendant carried on business in Pasadena merely by performing occasional services in that city for a single client whose plant was moved from Arcadia to Pasadena after it had retained defendant.” Id. at 397. These “isolated, occasional transactions” did “not substantially affect[] the [partnership’s] competitive position,” and therefore, the accountant did not carry on business in Pasadena. Id.
Overbroad Non-Compete Agreements May Be Completely Ignored
A non-compete agreement that is overbroad and exceeds the limitations in section 16601 may be declared void and unenforceable. Hill, 86 Cal. App. 4that 908 (refusing “to save the covenant not to compete by restructuring it”); Kelton, 138 Cal. App. 4th at 941, 946-47 (“when a contract creates an illegal restraint on trade, there is nothing that the parties can do that will in any way add to its validity. If the contract is void, it cannot be ratified either by right or by conduct.”).
On the other hand, some “[c]ourts have ‘blue penciled’ noncompetition covenants with overbroad or omitted geographic and time restrictions to include reasonable limitations.” Strategix, 142 Cal. App. 4th at 1074; see Swenson, 3 Cal. 3d at 395 (holding that “the rule of severability may be invoked to uphold defendant’s covenant to the extent that it falls within the limits permitted by section 16602”); Edwards v. Mullin, 220 Cal. 379 (1934) (narrowing the geographic scope of the non-compete provision from Northern California to San Francisco).
For additional information, please call our Los Angeles employment lawyers at (310) 499-0140.
[1] Section 16601 states in part: [“[a]ny person who sells the goodwill of a business, or any owner of a business entity selling or otherwise disposing of all of his or her ownership interest in the business entity, or any owner of a business entity that sells (a) all or substantially all of its operating assets together with the goodwill of the business entity . . . may agree with the buyer to refrain from carrying on a similar business within a specified geographic area in which the business so sold . . ., so long as the buyer, or any person deriving title to the goodwill or ownership interest from the buyer, carries on a like business herein.”
- See more at: http://ymsllp.com/news-and-publications/with-limited-exceptions-non-compete-clauses-are-not-enforceable-in-california/#sthash.rP7wSSFP.dpuf
Maybe the terms of the "consolidation" (reverse merger/acquisition) of Joe and Alfie's American Premium Water Corporation - a PRIVATE Georgia corporation - with EXPU - and the huge payout to Joe and Alfie in the form of preferreds and/or convertible notes that will require a reverse split and/or increase in authorized shares to provide the huge dilution from issuance to Joe and Alfie - will be disclosed.
Just another in a long string of penny stock rigs by Joe Canouse that wind up draining all the equity out of the shreholders and leave a shell of a stock - to be REVOKED, DELISTED, or trading at 0.0005 with zero volume.
Interesting reading on Joe Canouse and his brothers.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:L4HFrU4-u10J:www.investorvillage.com
The QASP board also had some opinions on him as well. QASP was under investigation for security wrong doings where Canouse was listed as an officer. He was also the SR. VP at FTCH, who struck a deal as you all know, with TIVU. Aron Canouse is his wife who is listed as a consultant with TIVU.
QASP - last quote 0.0005 - no trades today Joe's legacy
Joe and Alfie are the boys who own American Premium Water Corporation - a PRIVATE Georgia corporation - with Alfie as CEO and Joe as CFO.
Wow, that is an EXCELLENT and concise summary.
LOL - new customers? Alfie doesn't even have any existing customers - he has no product to ship. Nothing in the warehouse. Not even a warehouse.
Hair gel - yup, he's got a boatload of that!
So should the photo in the iBox of Alfie's water at the New York Bagel Deli be taken out of the iBox?
"And this was filed july of this year while under contract with EXPU..."
You mean like Alfie was doing for the American Premium Water Corporation - the PRIVATE Georgia corporation that he and Joe Canouse own and where Alfie is also CEO and Joe is CFO - while Alfie is also acting as CEO of EXPU!
Seems like Alfie at the very least has a conflict of interest - and might have been acting contrary to his FIDUCIARY DUTY to EXPU shareholders by working for his PRIVATE APWC Georgia corporation in matters that he should have been doing for EXPU (and with EXPU bottles!).
Shareholder derivative suit by EXPU shareholders against Alfie? Maybe. If there was anything to get from this sham.
Seems a lot like Alfie and Joe are the pot calling the kettle black when they point a finger at Rico for acting in his own interest to the detriment of EXPU shareholders.
Replace Pleasant Kids, Inc. with Alfie and Joe's American Premium Water Corporation - a PRIVATE Georgia corporation - and it seems like two sides of the exact same coin.
Settle? What is there to settle? There is no civil complaint filed. There is no pending litigation on PACER.
Words. Just a lot of sour grapes and words.
One conman (Rico) just split from other conmen and went his own way. Nothing new in Pennyland. There is no honor among thieves.
One of Joe Canouse's prior pennystock rig jobs, Stakool (STKO) was quoted at 0.0001 just before the 1 for 100 reverse split a short while ago.
His NHSH was just REVOKED and DELISTED in August.
His QASP now has a TOTAL MARKET CAP of only about $175,000.
A trail of littered wrecks, massive dilution, and reverse splits.
With piles of broken investors left behind.
Joe Canouse - owner (along with Alfie) of the American Premium Water Corporation (a PRIVATE Georgia corporation) and financier and holder of EXPU preferred shares.
Janice or anyone,
I've just been doing some background on toxic financier and shellmaster, Joe Canouse, who is currently working a rig job on EXPU whereby Canouse and Alf Culbreth (the EXPU CEO) created a private Georgia corp (American Premium Water Corporation) that they look to combine into EXPU.
I noted that Canouse did something similar with merging his NHSH into QASP a bit back, and Canouse was also in a bunch of similar stinky pinkies.
My question is whether you or other DD board members might have some prior information about Canouse and the QASP/NHSH transaction. If you do, I'd appreciate a summary of it or something to point me in the direction where I can find more about this toxic financier and shell gamester. He was a former broker and I believe he was also an attorney.
Any info is appreciated. Thanks.
Joe Canouse is not history at all. He owns and is executive officer of American Premium Water Corporation (a Georgia corporation owned by Joe Canouse and Alfie Culbreth).
In fact, Joe is still around here: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=92256903
as is the stench of his prior pennystock shenanigans - especially the QASP/NHSH merger which he looks to be repeating here with American Premium Water Corporation and the "consolidation" with EXPU.
Rico seems like a slimy dude, but the more relevant issue for the poor EXPU shareholders is Joe Canouse and his continuing role in the American Premium Water Corporation "consolidation" with EXPU.
Joe Canouse has a long history in these pennystock games. You can read some of the PUBLICLY AVAILABLE information in my prior 20 or so posts.
Seems like Canouse would like to change the subject to Robert Rico and get the spotlight off him.
But for EXPU shareholders, Canouse is the elephant in the room, while Rico is at most an elephant dropping.
Bottles are small potatoes compared to massive dilution from a convertible note, preferred shares, or other consideration to Joe Canouse and Alfie for a "consolidation" of their American Premium Water Corporation (a PRIVATE Georgia corporation) with Expert Group, Inc. (a PUBLIC Nevada corporation). That's where the dilution is. Not in Rico's bottle supply - whether stolen or not.
Consolidation? What are the terms of the consolidation? How much is being paid for the "consolidation"?
That's the rub - it's an acquisition/merger of Canouse's and Alfie's Georgia corporation (American Premium Water Corporation) into EXPU.
The "consolidation" ain't free - this is what Canouse does. See the QASP acquisition of Canouse's NHSH.
How much is EXPU paying Joe and Alfie for the active Georgia corporation American Premium Water Corporation?
LOL - sure -haha. TV ads from this pennystock rig. Bwahahaaha.
And when you say "our water" you mean the same water that WAL-MART sells as "Great Value" from the only bottler in Cove, Oregon.
I'm sure any celebrity would want to be caught endorsing a "premium water" and then have their name associated with what turns out to be public disclosure that it is from the same source as WAL-MART and Kroger water.
Yeah, sure .... wait for those TV ads.
They can both be Doing Business As (d/b/a) "American Premium Water Corporation" or "APWC" or whatever they want. But read the PR closely - EXPU is only claiming to NOW be d/b/a as "American Premium Water Company and they will IN THE FUTURE becoming American Premium Water Corporation. In any case, they are incorporated in two different states and thus there is no name conflict and both can CALL themselves the same thing, if they wanted to. But they are SEPARATE corporations and EXPU shareholders don't own American Premium Water Corporation, even if EXPU claims to do business under that name.
One of them could allege trademark infringement or trademark dilution against the other, but they won't because THEY ARE BOTH RUN BY THE SAME GUYS!
The actual business entity with the supply contracts, any distribution contracts, etc. is the ASSET HOLDER.
See what Joe Canouse has done in his prior deals. I've posted some of the PUBLIC information about his past deals, like QASP/NHSH and others here on this board - and folks have tried to delete them but an iHub Admin did restoration.
EXPU shareholders don't own the Georgia corporation American Premium Water Corporation - Joe Canouse and Alfie Culbreth own that. YOU don't.
Expert Group d/b/a American Premium Water Company Provides Corporate Update
Expert Group, Inc. (OTC Pink: EXPU) is pleased to provide the following update to the investment community and our shareholders. In order to better reflect the Corporation's vision and business plan of developing brands of High Altitude Alkaline bottled water in glass we will be filing for a name change to American Premium Water Corporation and symbol change this week. American Premium Water Company will focus on developing multiple brands, marketing, promoting and distributing High Altitude Alkaline bottled water in glass. We believe this is an underserved niche market. The Corporation has identified a new water source and bottling facility which will allow us to focus on sales, distribution, marketing and branding. This change also lowers our operating costs and increases our margins and further lowers our potential liability by not having to maintain the facility, the equipment, and the labor costs of running a bottling plant. Thus enabling us to be in a better position to increase shareholder value. This source will be contracted to bottle our water under our proprietary labels and reduce the per unit cost of production. The source also has a significantly higher production capability allowing us to meet the anticipated demand. The taste and quality we believe is equal to if not better than our previous production source.
EXPU doesn't own APWC NOW. It may in the future, but if so it will have to pay the owners of American Premium Water Company (a Georgia corporation) for their company - which is owned and managed by Joe Canouse and Alfie Culbreth.
And that payment will have to be in a convertible note and/or shares - likely a preferred class of shares.
Canouse and Alfie will take more shares or convertible notes - leading to MASSIVE dilution of EXPU shareholders - now or whenever the convertible notes are converted (and they are usually shorted against by the noteholders before conversion even if the note specifies that shouldn't short sell).
Look at Canouse's history. Check out the QASP/NHSH acquisition.
Note the address for NHSH:
Florida Profit Corporation NHS HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.
Principal Address
1111 Alderman Drive
Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
SAME ADDRESS as American Premium Water Corporation - a privately-held Georgia corporation which lists Joe Canouse and Alfie Culbreth as the officers
AMERICAN PREMIUM WATER CORPORATION Control Number: 12066762
Officers
Name Address Executing Officer File Number Actions
Canouse, Joseph C 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005 Is Executing Officer?: Yes
Executing Officer Type: CFO 12066762 View
Canouse, Joseph C 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005 Is Executing Officer?: Yes
Executing Officer Type: Secretary 12066762 View
Culbreth, A. 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005 Is Executing Officer?: Yes
Executing Officer Type: CEO 12066762 View
First Record Previous Record Next Record Last Record
Name change is meaningless. APWC is a Georgia corporation owned and run by Joe Canouse and Alfie Culbreth, NOT EXPU.
When and if they reverse merge or either EXPU acquires APWC or vice-versa, it won't be for free. Watch what Canouse does - look at his past - QASP and NHSH.
The reverse merger or acquisition will be accomplished with massive dilution to EXPU shareholders. It won't be with cash, because EXPU doesn't have that.
The assets - any contracts, supply agreement, etc. for APWC are owned by APWC - the Georgia corporation, not EXPU.
Remember, EXPU shareholders DON'T OWN APWC!
On January 16, 2013, Quasar Aerospace Industries, Inc., a Colordo corporation (Quasar) entered into a Settlement Agreement and General Release (the Agreement) with NHS Health Solutions, Inc., a Florida corporation (NHSH), wherein NHSH agreed to assigning and transfer the legal and beneficial ownership of NHSH to Quasar through the issuance of Series A Preferred Shares in NHSH free and clear of all liens, restrictions, claims, security interests and encumbrances of any kind or nature the ownership of the control shares of the public company NHSH. Simutaneously NHSH shall turnover the control of NHSH and all of its subsidiaries to Quasar and all Officers and Directors of NHSH shall resign and a new Board of Directors and Officers shall immediately be appointed. In addition, Jeffrey DiGenova agreed to resign as an Officer and Director of NHSH upon closing of this Agreement. The parties closed the transaction on January 28, 2013.
Pursuant to the Agreement, on January 28, 2013 NHSH authorized, approved and issued one million (1,000,000) Series A Preferred Shares representing the beneficial ownership of NHSH and turned over the control of NHSH and all of its subsidiaries to Quasar. DiGenova resigned as an Officer and Director of NHSH.
Simultaneously to DiGenovas resignation NHSH appointed Joseph Canouse as Chief Executive Officer, Donnell J.Vigil as President, Secretary and William Cirmo as Cheif Operation Officer of NHSH and Joseph Canouse, Donnell J. Vigil and William Cirmo as the Board of Directors of NHSH.
Quasar acquired the only issued Series A Preferred Shares of NHSH.
Joe Canouse Takes Control Of NHSH Shell 1/28/2013"
EXPU shareholders don't own any APWC - APWC is a Joe Canouse and Alfie Culbreth Georgia corporation.
They own it. You don't.
Canouse has a history of this. See what he did on NHSH and QASP.
APWC - another Joe Canouse entity! To be reverse merged with EXPU???
AMERICAN PREMIUM WATER CORPORATION Control Number: 12066762
Officers
Name Address Executing Officer File Number Actions
Canouse, Joseph C 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005 Is Executing Officer?: Yes
Executing Officer Type: CFO 12066762 View
Canouse, Joseph C 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005 Is Executing Officer?: Yes
Executing Officer Type: Secretary 12066762 View
Culbreth, A. 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005 Is Executing Officer?: Yes
Executing Officer Type: CEO 12066762 View
First Record Previous Record Next Record Last Record
I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you, SHOCKED!
Another Joe Canouse entity! Useful to dilute the urine out of EXPU shareholders in a reverse merger or asset sale (either direction!).
Doing the old "QASP/NHSH" two-step, Joe?
Robert Rico is a red herring. Keep your eyes on wily old Joe Canouse.
So who owns APWC?
Company Name: American Premium Water Corporation
Status: Active/Compliance
Filing Date: 08/17/2012
Entity Type: Domestic Profit Corporation
File Number: 12066762
Filing State: Georgia (GA)
Registered Agent: None Listed
Principal Address: 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Who owns the shares of APWC? Who holds any APWC debts, preferred stock, debentures, liens, encumbrances, or other financial or property interest? Who owns the trademark(s) of APWC?
What is the relation of APWC to EXPU? If a merger, what are the terms and who gets the consideration (and what and how much is it?) for surrendering APWC ownership and any rights to EXPU (or vice-versa!)?
THERE ARE 6 CURRENT COMPANIES THAT HAVE AN ADDRESS MATCHING 1111 ALDERMAN DRIVE SUITE 210 ALPHARETTA GA 30005. NOTE THE BOLDED ONE.
Company Name: Constantine Financial Management LLC
Status: Active Filing Date: 04/11/2011
Entity Type: Domestic Limited-Liability Company
File Number: L11000041693
Filing State: Florida (FL)
Registered Agent: None Listed
Address: 1111 Alderman Drive, Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Company Name: Cherokee Entertainment, LLC
Status: Active/Compliance
Filing Date: 06/29/2012
Entity Type: Domestic Limited-Liability Company
File Number: 12053977
Filing State: Georgia (GA)
Registered Agent: None Listed
Principal Address: 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Company Name: Three Wise Men Management Group LLC
Status: Active/Compliance
Filing Date: 08/08/2012
Entity Type: Domestic Limited-Liability Company
File Number: 12064070
Filing State: Georgia (GA)
Registered Agent: None Listed
Principal Address: 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Company Name: Carpathia Llc (fl)
Status: Active/Compliance
Filing Date: 08/03/2012
Entity Type: Foreign Limited-Liability Company
File Number: 12066756
Filing State: Georgia (GA)
Registered Agent: None Listed
Principal Address: 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Registered Agent Address: 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Company Name: American Premium Water Corporation
Status: Active/Compliance
Filing Date: 08/17/2012
Entity Type: Domestic Profit Corporation
File Number: 12066762
Filing State: Georgia (GA)
Registered Agent: None Listed
Principal Address: 1111 Alderman Drive Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Company Name: High Five Entertainment, LLC
Status: Active/Compliance
Filing Date: 09/19/2012
Entity Type: Domestic Limited-Liability Company
File Number: 12076307
Filing State: Georgia (GA)
Registered Agent: None Listed
Principal Address: 1111 Alderman Drive, Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Registered Agent Address: 1111 Alderman Drive, Suite 210
Alpharetta, GA 30005
What is the corporate relationship between American Premium Water Corporation and EXPU? Who holds ALL the APWC shares? Does APWC have any outstanding debentures, convertible notes, loans, pledges, liens, encumbrances, or preferred shares - and if so, WHO OWNS THEM?
Second, note the same address was used by Joe Canouse's now-revoked and delisted NHS Health Solutions (NHSH):
NHS Health Solutions, Inc.
1111 Alderman Drive, Suite 210, Alpharetta, GA 30005
So again we must ask:
What is the corporate relationship between American Premium Water Corporation and EXPU? Who holds ALL the APWC shares? Does APWC have any outstanding debentures, convertible notes, loans, pledges, liens, encumbrances, or preferred shares - and if so, WHO OWNS THEM?
lasernat asked: "WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SCAM EXPU, SKI-TAMARACK-TOWNHOUSES-LLC AND JONATHAN NICHOL? ANYONE THAT IS OUT MONEY ON EXPU MAY WANT TO CALL AND GET IN TOUCH WITH JONATHAN NICHOL ..."
A few coincidences:
1. It is a short 35 minute drive from Tamarack Townhouses in Baker City to the only water bottling plant in Cove, Oregon at:
Artesian Blue Water, a.k.a. Janus Industries, LLC
69733 Hwy 237
Cove, OR 97824-8303
Just up Hwy 203 to Hwy 237 - 30-35 minute drive.
2. That water bottling plant in Cove, Oregon bottles water for:
WAL-MART - their "Great Value" discount brand
Fred Meyer - their generic house brand
Kroger - the Kroger grocery house brand
their own "Artesian Blue Water" house brand
and probably a number of other contract brands
More about EXPU financier Joe Canouse and some of the other companies he funded (from public source documents):
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aK5OCp8YrCc4
ALPHARETTA, GA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 04/02/09 -- Trophy Resources (PINKSHEETS: TRSI) is pleased to issue an update to our committed shareholders. As previously disclosed Trophy has undertaken some very major steps recently in its efforts to clean up its balance sheet and reduce its debts. The company will continue to take such similar steps in the near future, positioning the company to move forward in making strategic acquisitions or combinations that will be accretive to the company. There has been tremendous interest from shareholders and potential investors and the company will strive to update shareholders as events unfold.
The company is in the process of updating its issuer information statement and announcing a new direction for the company. We expect to have the information up shortly. In addition we will be updating the website which is currently down.
Commenting on the recent events, Joe Canouse, CEO of Trophy resources, said, "Extraordinary times have produced extraordinary solutions. These recent steps the company has followed give Trophy the freedom to move forward in its quest to explore acquisition opportunities with the ultimate goal of enhancing shareholder value."
Trophy Resources, Inc. (www.trophyoil.com) is a development stage company. The Company's goal is to evaluate profitable options, build a solid foundation of assets through acquisition of existing businesses, land and/or leases, and explore and develop opportunities on these leases.
Trophy Resources (TRSI) (last quote: 0.0001)
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http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-192294300.html
Wireless News 05-05-2011
Quasar Appoints Joseph Canouse as New President and CEO
Type: News
Quasar Aerospace Industries announced it has appointed Joseph Canouse as its new President and CEO to head the company.
QASP was subsequently suspended by the SEC, last quote was 0.0005, total market cap $176,453
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http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/03/21/NE81042
Stakool Appoints Joseph C. Canouse CEO
March 21, 2013
Stakool Inc. (OTCQB: STKO) (OTCBB: STKO), a Florida-based corporation, a supplier of natural and organic and health and wellness products, announced Mr. Peter Hellwig has resigned as CEO and the board has appointed Joseph C. Canouse to fill that role. Mr. Hellwig will remain as a consultant to the Corporation. In addition, the remaining members of the board resigned as well and the Corporation would like to thank them for their service.
Oh, and how about Staktool (STKO)? It was 0.0001 just before the 1 for 100 reverse split two weeks ago.
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http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3063584&privcapId=95142&previousCapId=3534200&previousTitle=J.%20P.%20Carey%20Securities,%20Inc
Mr. Joseph C. Canouse serves as the Chairman, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Stakool, Inc. and has been its President since March 15, 2013. Mr. Canouse has been the Chief Executive Officer of NHS Health Solutions, Inc since January 28, 2013. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Quasar Aerospace Industries Inc. since April 2011. Mr. Canouse founded J.P. Carey, Inc. in 1995 and serves as its President. He serves as President of J. P. Carey Securities, Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Stakool, Inc. He served as the President of Quasar Aerospace Industries Inc. from April 2011 to September 26, 2012. He has over twenty plus years of experience in finance, consulting and public company restructuring. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Trophy Resources, Inc. since November 26, 2007. He has years of experience in finance and consulting publicly traded companies and has built it into a respected global investment banking firm. He has acted as a consultant for public companies including True Religion. Mr. Canouse served as Executive Vice President of Discovery Capital Group, Inc., a Winter Park, Fl., broker/dealer. He also was instrumental as Creator and Developer of the international sales department while Vice President of sales at Josephthal, Lyon and Ross, an Atlanta based brokerage firm. He served as Financial Analyst at NCR Corporation. Mr. Canouse served as Chairman of Expert Group, Inc. until March 26, 2013 and also serves as its Director. He has been a Director of Stakool, Inc. since March 15, 2013. He serves as Director of NHS Health Solutions, Inc. He serves as Director of Quasar Aerospace Industries Inc. He served as Director of Trophy Resources, Inc. since November 26, 2007. A 1986 graduate of Stetson University, Mr. Canouse holds a B.A. Degree in Business Administration.
Let's look at the SEC and NHS Health Solutions (from http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2013/34-70000.pdf):
NHS Health Solutions, Inc. (“NHSH”) (CIK No.1074507) is a Florida corporation located in Alpharetta, Georgia with a class of securities registered with the Commission pursuant to Exchange Act Section 12(g). NHSH is delinquent in its periodic filings with the Commission, having not filed any periodic reports since it filed a Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2003, which reported a net loss of $649,664 for the prior nine months. On April 21, 2004, CLSY filed a Chapter 7 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, which was closed on November 3, 2006.
On February 28, 2012, NHSH changed its corporate domicile from Nevada to Florida, but failed to report that change to the Commission, as required by Commission rules. As of July 15, 2013, the common stock of NHSH was quoted on OTC Link, had seven market makers, and was eligible for the “piggyback” exception of Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11(f)(3).
NHS Health Solutions, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1111 Alderman Drive, Suite 210, Alpharetta, GA 30005, (904) 207-6503 SOUND FAMILIAR, EXPU investors????
NHSH has been revoked and delisted as of August 28, 2013.
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This is PUBLICLY AVAILABLE information about EXPU financier Joe Canouse.
Let's review EXPU investor Joe Canouse's investing history:
Trophy Resources (TRSI)
this is joe canouse former ceo of this company
joecanouse
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:34:31 AM
Re: mystocks24hours post# 4429
Post #4430 of 4460
this is joe canouse former ceo of this company
i resigned last summer when i took another position at Quasar Aerospace (qasp) and sold the control block to a third party
that third party had a merger candidate but subsequently he did not complete the agreement nor merge the candidate he had targeted....for those following the saga..it was dean bradley formerly of quasar and the intended target was mineseeker....
that deal fell through and mineseeker has sinced merged into another shell...since then nothing has happened...the other board members are scott martin and al saavedra
i will contact them and try to update you later
as of now though there is nothing going on i am aware of but will apprise you if there is
in the meantime i will endeavor to update pinksheets and the accounts at the transfer agent
QASP was subsequently suspended by the SEC, last quote was 0.0005, total market cap $176,453
Oh, and how about Staktool (STKO)? It was 0.0001 just before the 1 for 100 reverse split two weeks ago.
Or we could look at NHS Health Solutions (from http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2013/34-70000.pdf):
NHS Health Solutions, Inc. (“NHSH”) (CIK No.1074507) is a Florida corporation located in Alpharetta, Georgia with a class of securities registered with the Commission pursuant to Exchange Act Section 12(g). NHSH is delinquent in its periodic filings with the Commission, having not filed any periodic reports since it filed a Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2003, which reported a net loss of $649,664 for the prior nine months. On April 21, 2004, CLSY filed a Chapter 7 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, which was closed on November 3, 2006.
On February 28, 2012, NHSH changed its corporate domicile from Nevada to Florida, but failed to report that change to the Commission, as required by Commission rules. As of July 15, 2013, the common stock of NHSH was quoted on OTC Link, had seven market makers, and was eligible for the “piggyback” exception of Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11(f)(3).
NHS Health Solutions, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1111 Alderman Drive, Suite 210, Alpharetta, GA 30005, (904) 207-6503 SOUND FAMILIAR, EXPU investors????
NHSH has been revoked and delisted as of August 28, 2013.
So who is EXPU's funder Joe Canouse?
Let's check the public newswire reports:
http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/03/21/NE81042
http://southflorida.citybizlist.com/article/stakool-appoints-joseph-c-canouse-ceo
http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/prnewswire/search?q=%22Joseph+C.+Canouse%22
Stakool Appoints Joseph C. Canouse CEO
March 21, 2013
Stakool Inc. (OTCQB: STKO) (OTCBB: STKO), a Florida-based corporation, a supplier of natural and organic and health and wellness products, announced Mr. Peter Hellwig has resigned as CEO and the board has appointed Joseph C. Canouse to fill that role. Mr. Hellwig will remain as a consultant to the Corporation. In addition, the remaining members of the board resigned as well and the Corporation would like to thank them for their service.
In assuming the position, it is Mr. Canouse's intent to pursue the mission of the Corporation by implementing strategies to greatly increase the distribution of the "Natural plus Energy" health bars and pursue other opportunities on behalf of the Corporation that are available. More specifically, Mr. Canouse is entering into negotiations with the licensee of Pleasant Springs Water to acquire its bottling and license rights. Pleasant Springs is a bottled water company in Tiger, GA, that bottles and distributes natural spring water and had sales exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000).
Bottled water currently represents the second largest "share of stomach" from consumers in the United States. The current opportunity is extremely accretive to the overall value of the Corporation. The bottled water business is dominated by Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle. However, premium brands such as Mountain Valley Water, Fiji, and Perrier enjoy higher margins and an increasing market share as the consumer market become aware of the health benefits of natural spring water. This opportunity will be expanded by complementary acquisitions which will be detailed in the future releases.
About Stakool Inc.:
Jacksonville, Florida-based Stakool Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Anthus Life Corp., is committed to being a leading North American supplier of natural and organic and health and wellness products. Anthus Life brings to market complimentary products that are most suited to the consumer. Proudly, one of its product lines is complimented by an endorsement agreement with seven-time Olympic medalist Shannon Miller.
For more information please visit: www.anthuslife.com or www.naturalplusenergy.com
My, my - what a colorful angel investor EXPU has!
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-court-of-appeals/1531686.html
(A) The Canouse Defendants. The Canouse Defendants consist of four brothers, Joseph C. Canouse, John C. Canouse, James P. Canouse, Jeffrey Canouse, all of whom are Georgia residents, as well as several companies which they are alleged to own and/or control: J .P. Carey Securities, Inc., J.P. Carey Asset Management LLC, Cache Capital (USA), L.P., and Carpe Diem Ltd. All of the conduct attributed to the Canouse Defendants in this opinion occurred in Georgia, unless otherwise stated. The Canouse Defendants have not challenged personal jurisdiction and are not parties to the instant appeal.
III. The Allegations
(A) The Conspiracy. Hyperdynamics alleges that the resident and nonresident defendants have a longstanding business relationship and have, using the complex multi-tiered offshore financial structure created at the direction of Hicks, conspired to engage in fraud and market manipulation involving toxic convertible financing transactions with companies seeking private placement investors. According to Hyperdynamics, the collective Defendants have used this offshore financial structure to conceal both the true identity of, and the relationship between, the Defendants when preying upon unsuspecting businesses seeking financing. The Defendants are alleged to enter into toxic convertible financing agreements with the then-present intent to surreptitiously use short sales and naked short sales to manipulate the value of the company's stock by driving the price downward, and to then acquire a majority position in the company upon the conversion of the investor's preferred securities to common stock. In support of this allegation, Hyperdynamics points to the undisputed testimony that the transaction involved in this case did, in fact, involve toxic convertible financing. In addition, Valentine admitted that he had been involved in several toxic convertible financing transactions involving the Canouse Defendants. Hyperdynamics also identified at least 35 other companies which Hyperdynamics claims one or more of the Canouse Defendants, one or more of the Hicks Defendants, one or more of the Sims Defendants, and one or more of the Valentine Defendants invested, and claims that they each involved toxic convertible financing. Finally, Hyperdynamics filed sworn affidavits from three separate corporate executive officers who alleged that they had also been subject to a common scheme involving various combinations of these Defendants engaging in unlawful toxic convertible financing transactions. Specifically, the corporate executives stated that their respective companies had entered into financial transactions with the Defendants, and that their respective companies each fell victim to fraud and market manipulation in a fashion similar to that which has been alleged in this case.
(B) The Offshore Structure. The complaint alleges that in or about early 1999, Stephen Hicks concocted a scheme to manipulate the market in thinly capitalized companies. In furtherance of this alleged scheme, Hicks directed the creation of the multi-tiered offshore structure, consisting of numerous layers of Cayman Island and Bahamian entities, designed to both conceal the identities of the parties involved and to undermine the enforcement of U.S. securities laws.9 In support of this allegation, Hyperdynamics has presented documentary evidence produced during discovery that confirmed that the offshore investment structure was “designed to protect [the Hicks Defendants'] respective assets from the risk of certain liabilities that may arise out of their investment in certain [s]ecurities under applicable laws” and that “by implementing a tiered investment structure, [the Hicks Defendants] and their investments may potentially avoid underwriter liability that could arise under the United States securities laws.”10 Further, one of the attorneys involved in creating the offshore entities at Hicks's direction testified that the multi-tiered structure provided “flexibility · in the event that an investment did not perform as expected and in the event that that resulted in litigation, perhaps initiated by the company which issued the security, rather than defend against the litigation, you walk away.”
The Hicks Defendants engaged the Sims Defendants to provide offshore officer and director services for each entity in the multi-tiered offshore structure. Through a series of contractual advisor agreements, subadvisor agreements, and powers of attorney, the offshore officers and directors were then authorized to accept direction from Hicks, generally in his capacity as managing director of Southridge.11
The Canouse Defendants allegedly conspired with the Hicks Defendants and the Sims Defendants to identify and fraudulently induce companies into the predatory investment scheme, and the Valentine Defendants allegedly executed trades and money transfers in furtherance of the scheme.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-court-of-appeals/1531686.html
Cove, Oregon is a tiny town - population 660. To get water from the tiny town of Cove, just drill down and hit the water table.
Enough water for Fred Meyer generic.
Enough water for Kroger's house brand.
Enough water for WAL-MART.
Even enough water for CROP IRRIGATION.
A deep 1,200 foot well drilled for IRRIGATION WATER.
The water is from the SAME source as WAL-MART and Fred Meyer generic water. From a well drilled for IRRIGATION WATER!
Kroger house-brand water!
Sooooo special!
Too funny!
LOL!
COVE — The ever-thirsty market for bottled water is bringing a surge of business to a small Eastern Oregon company.
Cove-based Janus Industries now is a regional supplier for Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s biggest retailer, as well as two Kroger divisions, Fred Meyer and QFC. Janus route drivers also deliver bottled water to convenience store chains from Ellensburg to the Yakima Valley, and provide the firm’s private label Artesian Blue Water to offices and businesses in Eastern Oregon.
“If you walk into a Wal-Mart and pick up Great Value water, the label will say, ‘bottled by Janus Industries in Cove, Oregon,’” says Terrie Meredith, Janus general manager.
It all began a decade ago when ranchers Ken and Jeanette Knott drilled a well on their place near Cove. They were looking for irrigation water; what they tapped into, at a depth of 1,200 feet, was an artesian spring with pure water that flowed at a hefty 118 gallons a minute.
Then Janus landed the Wal-Mart contract. “Very quickly we realized you can’t supply Wal-Mart unless you’re automated. It’s all about quantity.”
The company now has a year-round staff of 17 employees, who work in a fully automated 30,000-square-foot plant in Cove, a quiet farm and ranch town of 680 residents 16 miles east of La Grande. Janus is Cove’s largest private employer.
“When we got the Wal-Mart contract we knew we could put people to work,” Meredith says, adding that Janus has been proud to provide a boost to an area of Oregon hard hit by cutbacks in the timber industry and mill closures.
LOL! Special source! WAL-MART and Fred Meyer generic WATER!
Irrigation well water!
"One specific service they offer they dont have much competition"
And what service would that be?
Wait til they find out it is just WAL-MART water!
A water source special enough for WAL-MART's "Great Value" discount brand and Fred Meyers' house generic brand - cheapest bottled water anywhere!
Oh what a "special" source.
WAL-MART water from Cove, Oregon. In your stores now - cheap.
Also at Fred Meyer stores as the generic house brand. Cheap.
Cheapest bottled water you can buy, in fact!
Cove, Oregon bottled water - good enough for WAL-MART's "Great Value" house brand water and Fred Meyer's house generic bottled water - should be good enough for Alfie.
It could be just another small contract run on the WAL-MART bottling line.
I'm sure the "A/B/D listers" and the restaurants, etc. would be thrilled to be selling their followers and customers the same water as WAL-MART in the guise of a high-end luxury water source.
I think Alfie absolutely should use the WAL-MART/Fred Meyer Cove source for that magic "Great Value" bottled Blue Mountain artesian water!
Keeps his COGS super low. And if he needs a quick fill, he could just drive to the local WAL-MART and pour their "Great Value" shelf stock into his bottles by hand! Automatic emergency second source! The local WAL-MART!
This would be a great business plan!
Since it is only 56/100ths of a cent, it can't drop a cent. But I take your point. With this trend, when it hits 0.0000 next month or so, buy it all for nothing plus $7.95 commission.
Don't worry. Hipple and Jan will print more shares - as much as you will take. You could be the first kid on your block with a quadrillion shares bought for nothing plus $7.95 broker's commission. Just sit on the bid at 0.0000! 1,000,000,000,000,000 shrs x 0.0000 bid order.
Just think of the cert framed on your wall!
lasernat
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:46:51 AM
Re: None
WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SCAM EXPU, SKI-TAMARACK-TOWNHOUSES-LLC AND JONATHAN NICHOL?
JONATHAN NICHOL WAS OF THE BELIEVE EXPU GOING TO .10 ...
STRANGE JONATHAN NICHOL CLAIMED HE HAD 300 MILLION SHARES, WHERE DO YOU THINK THOSE CAME FROM ...
WHY WOULD A SHAREHOLDER HAVE A PHONE PAID FOR BY EXPU ???
http://www.bizapedia.com/or/SKI-TAMARACK-TOWNHOUSES-LLC.html</i>
Well, he lives about 20 miles from COVE, OREGON in the Blue Mountains. Alfie tweeted about Cove, Oregon and that is where WAL-MART gets their "Great Value" brand water from. So that is a reasonable link to the connection.
Is Alfie going to buy some Wal-Mart water from Cove, OR? Heart of the Blue Mountains!
COVE, OREGON - COVE — The ever-thirsty market for bottled water is bringing a surge of business to a small Eastern Oregon company.
Cove-based Janus Industries now is a regional supplier for Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s biggest retailer, as well as two Kroger divisions, Fred Meyer and QFC. Janus route drivers also deliver bottled water to convenience store chains from Ellensburg to the Yakima Valley, and provide the firm’s private label Artesian Blue Water to offices and businesses in Eastern Oregon.
“If you walk into a Wal-Mart and pick up Great Value water, the label will say, ‘bottled by Janus Industries in Cove, Oregon,’” says Terrie Meredith, Janus general manager.
It all began a decade ago when ranchers Ken and Jeanette Knott drilled a well on their place near Cove. They were looking for irrigation water; what they tapped into, at a depth of 1,200 feet, was an artesian spring with pure water that flowed at a hefty 118 gallons a minute.
The Knotts’ water company initially had four employees: Ken, Jeanette, Meredith and another daughter, Tina Hurst. “We hand-packed, hand-taped, made boxes ’til midnight. We were not automated at all,” Meredith says.
Then Janus landed the Wal-Mart contract. “Very quickly we realized you can’t supply Wal-Mart unless you’re automated. It’s all about quantity.”
The company now has a year-round staff of 17 employees, who work in a fully automated 30,000-square-foot plant in Cove, a quiet farm and ranch town of 680 residents 16 miles east of La Grande. Janus is Cove’s largest private employer.
Is this Alfie's new source in Cove, Oregon? WAL-MART Great Value water!
And all of them are in Suite 405? LOL! Sounds like a mail drop.
Mailboxes-R-Us with voicemail.
Quanco is still there - as of today. Call them or stop in - they are just off Pershing Square.
http://quanco.la/
Where is SKTO??