Letter to Plastic2Oil Stockholders from Richard Heddle,
Chief Executive Officer
To our valued
Plastic2Oil (OTC: PTOI) stockholders:
I thought it was
important to take a moment to reach out to you directly, as we have been extraordinarily
busy behind the scenes implementing the shift in our business strategy, which
focuses on the sale and licensing of our proprietary processors, as opposed to
exclusively processing plastics and selling fuel.
As you may know,
on November 20, 2014, we filed Form 8-K covering our recent financing, and on
November 14, 2014, we filed our Quarterly Report (10-Q) for the third quarter
of 2014. I encourage you to read the
10-Q closely and to contact our investor relations representative with any
questions that you may have. Following
the discussion of our business operations in the 10-Q and the recent filing, we
received feedback that some stockholders are seeking more information on the
current state of our business. To those stockholders that contacted us about
this, I thank you for the feedback. Let me address some of the items raised.
We are working
hard to move towards profitability, but we recognize that the movement of the
stock has been disappointing for all of our stockholders, including myself. As you
may be aware, I currently own 3,000,000 shares of our common stock and thus, my
personal wellbeing and net worth are every bit as exposed to the fluctuations
in our stock price as are other common stockholders. I want to remind everyone
that I have not sold a single share of the company’s stock since I began
investing in this company more than four years ago. Like many of you, I’ve
invested at prices significantly higher than the current price. During my
tenure as CEO, one constant has kept me motivated: I believe that if we execute
the sale and licensing of processors, we will achieve significant revenues and the
valuation of our company will increase accordingly.
As disclosed, I
continue to defer pay and have extended substantial loans to the company while
John Bordynuik, our Chief of Technology, has deferred pay, paid debts, paid for
lab work, consumables, equipment, and assumed obligations approaching in
aggregate of $400,000. We’ve done this so that we can continue our operations until
we obtain adequate new financing and/or execute on our first processor sale. We
have undergone several reductions in the number of our staff so as to retain
only those personnel essential to our reporting obligations and for
demonstration and sale of our processors to potential buyers. We plan to
continue such cost control measures until we achieve our first sale.
We
continue to believe that our third generation Plastic2Oil processor, which we
call our “flagship” processor, is the most automated, green, viable, and
technologically advanced process in the world for converting waste plastics
into usable fuel and we firmly believe there is substantial market potential
for the sale and license of our processors. In support of this, see an
independent study completed last month by the American Chemistry Council: http://plastics.americanchemistry.com/Stand-Alone-Content/Economic-Impact-of-Plastics-to-Oil-Facilities.pdf
Although
we have not yet consummated our first sale, we have made, and continue to make,
tangible progress on negotiations with a large, national engineering firm and
several potential purchasers. The company is also in ongoing discussions with a
reputable firm that specializes in waste-to-energy solutions for large,
established companies with government mandates and green initiatives. Furthermore,
we have developed a “build & ship” turn-key product solution for our
potential buyers. We are hopeful that our current negotiations will lead to
processor sales and important strategic relationships; however, we cannot
assure you as to whether we will be successful in making such a sale or as to
the timing of any such sale. At this time, however, I feel it is important for stockholders
to know that the company, despite its limited resources, is making significant
progress with management’s financial support and leadership.
In light of the
company’s exclusive focus on completing sales and licensing of our processors, we
have temporarily suspended our plastic processing and fuel production operations
at the Niagara Falls site. This being said, we have renewed our permits
accordingly as our plan is to resume operations for the purpose of “showcasing”
our processors once we execute a processor sale. Importantly, the temporary
shutdown of the company’s plastic processing and fuel production operations has
had absolutely no effect on the company’s ability to market our processors or
negotiate with potential buyers. Another recent change was the decommissioning
of several older fuel tanks, which were rendered obsolete by the tank farm we
installed with Processor #3.
In my opinion, nothing
worthwhile in the business world comes easy, especially when you’re trying to
make a name for yourself in a relatively unknown emerging alternative energy
market. As someone who started his career in a shipyard in 1987 and has built his own business from the ground
up, I’ve faced odds that seemed impossible at times and I’ve persevered. I have
invested a significant amount of my time and net worth into this company
because I understand and believe in the product and its capabilities, and I truly
believe that we can be successful. I remain relentlessly committed to pursuing
success.
I appreciate
your patience, commitment to the environment, and continued interest in
Plastic2Oil.
Kind regards,
Richard Heddle
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Plastic2Oil,
Inc.
November 24, 2014
For further information about the
Company, including its financial results, readers of this letter release should
review the Company’s disclosures in its annual, quarterly and other reports
which are publicly available on the website of the Securities and Exchange
Commission at www.sec.gov
About Plastic2Oil
Plastic2Oil is a clean energy company that is
focused on delivering its proprietary plastic to fuel solution to green energy,
recycling and waste companies. In spec, usable fuels including off-road diesel
from our process help divert waste plastic from landfills. For further
information, please visit www.plastic2oil.com
Forward
Looking Statements
This letter contains statements, which may constitute
"forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting
certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes
related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees
as of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or
current expectations of Plastic2Oil, and members of its management as well as
the assumptions on which such statements are based, including the expected
timing of the Company's Form 10-K, execution of the proposed agreements
described above and consummation of the transactions contemplated by such
agreements. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and
uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those
contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are
not limited to: (1) Plastic2Oil has a history of net losses, and may not be
profitable in the future; (2) Plastic2Oil may not be able to obtain necessary
licenses, rights and permits required to develop or operate our Plastic2Oil
business, and may encounter environmental or occupational, safety and health
conditions or requirements that would adversely affect its business; and (3) Plastic2Oil
may experience delays in the commercial operations of its Plastic2Oil machines
and there is no assurance that they can be operated profitably. For a more
detailed discussion of such risks and other factors, see the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on June 4, 2014, and its other SEC
filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise
forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of
unanticipated events or changes to future operating results. The reference to the website www.plastic2oil.com has been provided as a convenience, and the information
contained on such website is not incorporated by reference into this letter.