NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire/ --
Escala Group (Nasdaq: ESCL) will announce its third-quarter and nine-month financial results for fiscal 2006 after the close of market on Tuesday, May 9. Mr. Jose Miguel Herrero, chief executive officer of Escala Group, will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 10 at 9:00 a.m. EDT to discuss the Company's financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended March 31. A question-and-answer session will follow.
CONFERENCE CALL DIAL-IN DETAILS
Domestic callers can access the audio call by dialing +1-800-866-5043. International callers should dial +1-303-262-2190. To ensure that you do not miss any portion of the call, please dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.
WEBCAST DETAILS
The call can be accessed live via the Internet or as a replay. Investors may access the audio webcast through the Investor Relations section of Escala Group's corporate website at http://www.escalagroup.com . Please allow additional time prior to the call to visit the site and download the necessary software to listen to the Internet broadcast. The audio webcast will be archived for replay on the above website for five days following the call.
CONFERENCE CALL REPLAY DETAILS
The conference call will be available for replay through May 17, 2006. To access the call, domestic callers can dial +1-800-405-2236, and international callers can dial +1-303-590-3000. The passcode for the replay is 11060168#.
About Escala Group, Inc.
Escala Group is a global network of leading companies in the collectibles market with operations in North America, Europe and Asia as well as on the Internet. The company operates through a number of subsidiaries that specialize in various sectors of the collectibles markets, and is comprised of three business areas: auctions, merchant/dealer operations and trading.
Escala Group's North American auction and retail operations include Greg Manning Auctions division, Ivy & Manning Philatelic Auctions, Greg Manning Galleries, Greg Martin Auctions, Teletrade, Nutmeg Stamp Sales, Superior Sports, Bowers and Merena Auctions, North American Certified Trading, and H.R. Harmer. In Europe, the leading auction houses affiliated with the network are Auctentia Subastas (Afinsa Auctions) of Madrid, Spain; Corinphila Auktionen of Zurich, Switzerland; and the Koehler group of auction companies of Berlin and Wiesbaden, Germany. In Asia, Escala Group's auction operations are conducted through John Bull Stamp Auctions, Ltd, the oldest philatelic auction house in Hong Kong.
Merchant/dealer activities are conducted through Greg Manning Auctions and Central de Compras Coleccionables, S.L. of Madrid, which act as exclusive suppliers of collectibles -- primarily stamps and coins -- on a worldwide basis to Afinsa Bienes Tangibles, S.A. of Madrid, Spain, and through Spectrum Numismatics International, one of the largest wholesalers of rare coins in the U.S. Afinsa is Escala Group's majority shareholder.
The trading activities of Escala Group are conducted through A-Mark Precious Metals, one of the largest private sellers of bullion coins and bullion gold, silver and platinum to the wholesale marketplace.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
Statements in this press release that relate to future plans, objectives, expectations, performance, events and the like are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Future events, risks and uncertainties, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Factors that may cause such differences include changes in market conditions, changes in economic environment, competitive factors and the other factors discussed in the "forward-looking information" or "risk factors" sections included in Escala Group's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Escala Group's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, prospectuses and other documents that Escala Group has filed with the Commission. In particular, any statement related to Escala Group's expected revenues or earnings or Escala Group's being well positioned for future profitability and growth are forward-looking statements.
The words "should," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "foresee," "plan" and similar expressions and variations thereof identify certain of such forward- looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they were made. Additionally, any statements related to future improved performance and estimates of revenues and earnings per share are forward-looking statements. Escala Group undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Web site: http://www.escalagroup.com
Perry Hall, Senior Vice President, Corporate & Brand Communications, Escala Group, +1-212-421-9400, phall@escalagroup.com
