(1) Pre-tax earnings from continuing operations and after minority interest, amortization and equity in the earnings or losses of investees, adjusted for items specified in (3)(a) through (3)(j) below must total (x) at least $10,000,000 in the aggregate for the last three fiscal years together with a minimum of $2,000,000 in each of the two most recent fiscal years, and positive amounts in all three years [color=red][/color]or (y) at least $12,000,000 in the aggregate for the last three fiscal years together with a minimum of $5,000,000 in the most recent fiscal year and $2,000,000 in the next most recent fiscal year.
A company that (i) qualifies as an emerging growth company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Securities Act and Section 3(a)(80) of the Exchange Act and (ii) avails itself of the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act permitting emerging growth companies to report only two years of audited financial statements, can qualify under the Earnings Test by meeting the following requirements: Pre-tax earnings from continuing operations and after minority interest, amortization and equity in the earnings or losses of investees, adjusted for items specified in (3)(a) through (3)(j) below must total at least $10,000,000 in the aggregate for the last two fiscal years together with a minimum of $2,000,000 in both years.
(2) Financial statements compliant with applicable SEC rules covering a period of nine to twelve months shall satisfy the requirement for the most recent fiscal year in those cases where the Company has changed its fiscal year or where there has been a significant change in the Company's operations or capital structure. Financial statements compliant with applicable SEC rules covering a period of six months shall satisfy the requirement for the most recent fiscal year in those cases where the Company has changed its fiscal year or where there has been a significant change in the Company's operations or capital structure, provided that the Company must include financial data as derived from financial statements that have been subject to an SAS 100 review in a public disclosure (either an SEC filing or a press release) prior to the date of listing that confirms that the Company continues to satisfy the applicable standard based on at least nine completed months of the current fiscal year. When qualifying companies for listing based on interim financial information from the current fiscal year, the Exchange must conclude that the Company can reasonably be expected to qualify under the regular earnings standard upon completion of its then current fiscal year. If the Company does not qualify under the regular earnings standard at the end of such current fiscal year or qualify at such time for original listing under another listing standard, the Exchange will promptly initiate suspension and delisting procedures with respect to the Company
/ KILL - Omega Commercial Finance Corporation http://www.otcmarkets.com/news/otc-market-headline?id=163866 MIAMI, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 05/18/15 -- Editors and other readers are advised to disregard the news release with the headline, "Omega Commercial Finance Corporation Files 2014 10K Providing a Progress Report to Shareholders," issued earlier today by Omega Commercial Finance Corporation (OTC PINK: OCFN). The release was issued in error.