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STI Signature Spirit Group, LLC now A Division Of Human Brands Inc.
CEO/Co-Founder
STI Signature Spirit Group, LLC now A Division Of Human Brands Inc.
January 2014 – Present 4 years 10 months
New York
STI Signature Spirits Group, LLC is a brand development, management and sales & marketing company that focuses on the wine and spirits sector. The company owns and operates two tequila brands, Copa Imperial Tequila and Tinys Tequila, also co-owners of Comte de Mazeray France Ultra Premium Champagne and Comte de Mazeray Congnac XO with 24K gold Flakes.

STI Imports is the US brand management/sales/distribution agent for several artistional wine brands.
We import wines from Brazil , wines from South Africa & Spain, spirits from Benin West Africa and Europe as well as Craft beer brands from Germany.

STI also manages a portfolio of flavored energy beverages, non-alcoholic flavored sparkling waters, cocktails mixers and water brands.

STI activities include alcohol beverage brand creation; marketing strategy, tactics and execution; sale and distribution;sales data collection,collation and analysis;private label;celebrity endorsement;exit strategy planning and funding services.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-montgomery-529476120

The pieces are coming together. A search of Copa Imperial Tequila shows that the brand was owned by STI Signatures, who were taken over by another company, that has now ceased trading. However, the former director of STI Signatures is now working for Human Brands and he has brought the Copa Imperial brand with him....simples.

Robert Montgomery
Marketing & Sales Professional-Visionary with the ability to build relationships, trust and rapport.

New York, New YorkFood & Beverages
Current
STI Signature Spirit Group, LLC now A Division Of Human Brands Inc., Artisan Brands,LLC, The Media Kitchen Entertainment Group,LLC
Previous
Total Wine & More, Time Warner Entertainment

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-montgomery-529476120

https://www.humanbrandsinc.com/copy-of-about-us

If the trades over the last few days were buys, then there can't be any left at the current levels. We may even see a material rise if DL delivers some further news on the medical cannabis front.

My goodness....more buying and the share price is rising:

25/10/2018 08:43 4,125,416 0.12

"The Tequila market is one of the most exciting in the spirits world. Producers are being snapped up for huge sums, and brands are enjoying incredible growth. But with this upsurge in demand comes pressure on raw materials, writes Lauren Eads."

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/09/tequila-tangled-up-in-blue/

Reminder:

Hamish Harris, the Company's Executive Chairman, commented:

"We are very pleased to have been able to increase our position in Human Brands. We believe Tequila and Japanese Whiskey are set to be two of the spirits with the highest growth in sales in the next few years. With two premium drinks in this area and in particular a stock of aged premium sipping tequila (Copa Imperial), we believe Human Brands is ideally placed to take advantage of this growth. With the sales of two other brands, Casamigos and Patron, for circa $1bn and $5bn respectively, and tequila's change in recent years from perception of being a drink consumed by students to a top shelf liquor, we feel this could be the flagship product that could see Human Brands propelled towards serious success."

I have been thinking about the RNS yesterday and am wondering whether the date given for the Human Brands IPO in the results of "H2 2019" was a typo error.

The listing was originally pencilled in for 2018 and the RNS yesterday does suggest it could still happen this year.

The RTO launch of Copa Imperial Tequila in the US and the listing of Human Brands on the Main Market in London, could happen simultaneously. That would certainly create some very positive PR for both Human Brands and Gunsynd.

We are waiting for the Prospectus to be released in order that the recent placing shares can be admitted to the market. The company raised more than was required to give the loan to Comarco, so I would expect there are other irons in the fire.

According to DL, the existing businesses in the portfolio are now profitable from Q3, so I doubt the extra funds were for working capital purposes.

Not long to wait now for further news.

Some chunky buys going through this morning. Currently up 2.67%. News expected imminently on the latest test results.

Risk - not sure if it will be this year, but given today's announcement, I wouldn't bet against first quarter next year.

If the demand for the new Human Brands products are successful and demand for the other brands in the portfolio continue to grow, Gunsynd could well see a sizeable fee on listing, as well as the 55% discount off the listing share price when we convert the loan.

Great to see that Human Brands are looking to list on the Main Market and not AIM. Will probably attract a lot more LTH's in the process.

Add today's news with the reverse takeover of Sears Oil and Gas by the separation of Copa Imperial Tequila from the Human Brands portfolio and we have the possibility of a meaningful valuation when the listing occurs.

Just need confirmation of the launch of the products before the end of the year as indicated in the last Human Brands presentation.

very positive indeed:

Human Brands Update

Gunsynd Plc (AIM: GUN, NEX: GUN) announces that it has been informed by its investee company, Human Brands International, Inc. ("Human Brands"), that it has made substantial progress towards preparing for a proposed listing on the Standard Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange including the near completion of both the last three years audits and legal due diligence.

In further recognition of the efforts of Gunsynd to assist with its proposed London Stock Exchange listing (the "Transaction"), Human Brands will, subject to completion of the Transaction, pay Gunsynd a fee equal to 4 per cent of its market capitalisation immediately following completion of the Transaction (previously 1%). This Fee shall be satisfied by the issue of such number of fully paid ordinary shares in Human Brands (post completion of the Transaction) at the listing price as equal 4 per cent of the issued share capital at admission.

Gunsynd has, to date, invested £289,000 in Human Brands via loan notes.

We just need to know what great things AAAP are doing in Mombasa. It clearly must be more than just giving a loan to Comarco.

I see some delayed trades have appeared on NEX:

22/10/2018 10:10 25,000,000 0.1
22/10/2018 10:09 25,000,000 0.1

Google Analytics to Add Lead-Generation Capabilities to Its Already Popular Platform

Extract:

However, the biggest news that overshadows the aforementioned is that Google Analytics users will now be able to access Google InMarket Leads. Powered by Fastbase, Google’s InMarket leads has successfully captured the data and digital footprint of 130 million companies. Since Google’s Search Engine is the go-to place for users worldwide, Google has hands-on data about what products are being searched on its search engine. This arrangement acts as a capable alternative to Google Ads as the available lead data is almost real-time.

Google AdSense usually serves advertisements that will help generate leads for content site publishers. As opposed to that, InMarket Leads tells publishers what products are being searched over the internet. This helps design marketing campaigns and assist brands to improve their ROMI. The InMarket Leads tool has been launched in the beta version for now.

https://martechseries.com/analytics/audience-data/google-analytics-add-lead-generation-capabilities-already-popular-platform/

Good time for BTHL to be renegotiating supply contracts:

"Growing shortfalls between global supply and demand have recently driven the Tungsten price to an all-time high of $485.00 / MTU (approx. $22.07/LB) in mid-June 2011. The current price of tungsten is approximately US $19.85 per pound."

www.google.co.uk/search?q=tungsten+prices&oq=tu&aqs=chrome.1.0j35i39j69i57j69i60j69i61l2.3306j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Link to newsletter from HHDL:

http://www.horsehilldevelopments.co.uk/ul/FACTS%20about%20HH%20Final%20Draft%20181018.pdf

Looks like further positive news will be arriving from UKOG very shortly:

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I would assume the financials for Q2 have now been audited, and if the Alibaba deal is the corporate transaction, then we should be hearing further news on the IPO shortly.