Amsterdam, New York February 3, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Jenex Gold Corp ("Jenex") (JENX), today announced a corporate name change from Jenex Gold Corp to Sun Tzu Corp ("Sun Tzu" or "Company") (Pink Sheets: STZU) and a reverse split both duly authorized by NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. On October 23, 2008 the Company acquired a majority ownership of all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Jenex Gold Corp and Terry Barker and Bretton McCarthy were elected to the Board of Directors.
Sun Tzu Corp is a New Age Beverage company incorporated in Washington State with offices in Amsterdam, New York. Sun Tzu owns and master distributes multiple brands across the New Age category. The company supplies the brands to independent beverage wholesalers such as independent Anheuser Busch/Inbev, Miller-Coors, and Snapple distributors. Sun Tzu Corp has brands that compete in many categories including the 8.8 billion gallon per year bottled water category with over $3.3 Billion across the top 20 brands*.
Sun Tzu Corps flagship brand Sun Tzu Energy Drink competes in one of the fastest growing beverage segments in the United States. With double digit growth every year starting in 2000 the Energy Drink category has sales above $4.9 Billion.
Terry Barker assumed the position of Chairman. Bretton McCarthy will serve as the company's President.
"This is a very important step for Sun Tzu Corp. The Company will benefit from greater visibility and more access to investment capital to implement its business plan and better position itself for the future. We hope to utilize this exposure to increase the distribution footprint of our brands and further unlock the intrinsic value of our products to grow the company for the benefit of our shareholders," commented Bretton McCarthy, President.
Mr. Barker brings a deep understanding in the international marketing and development of American brands overseas. As former CEO and President of Barker, Barker and Bavelsky International Merchants, he spearheaded the export marketing for their American clients; Polar Beverage, M&M Mars, Lykes Pasco Juice, Red Wing Ketchup and others. Mr. Barker's experience will greatly assist the company in growing brands internationally, as well as, in the United States.
Brett McCarthy brings invaluable experience as a second generation beverage professional. Mr. McCarthy brings a skill set developed from running several companies and co-founding a distribution and test market corporation in Manhattan. Mr. McCarthy was instrumental in the development and test market of several successful beverage brands.
Joseph Muese, Director and William Burton, Director both announced their resignations.
*Source- Infoscan reviews, Information Resources Inc. (IRI) Total US- F/D/MX (Supermarkets, Drugstores, and Mass Merchandise Outlets, Excluding Wal-Mart) Calendar Year 2007 Ending December 30, 2007.
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About Sun Tzu Corp: Sun Tzu Corp is a publicly traded company trading under the symbol (STZU). Sun Tzu Corp is a New Age Beverage Company incorporated in Washington State with offices in Amsterdam, New York. Sun Tzu owns multiple brands and packages within the New Age category and supplies these brands to beverage wholesalers for distribution. Sun Tzu Corp is also a master distributor for innovative New Age Beverages that have synergies with our existing portfolio.
Certain statements in this release and the attached corporate profile that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "future," "may," "will," "would," "should," "plan," "projected," "intend," and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company's future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the Company's ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its expansion plans; (ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company's control; and (iv) other risk factors.
SOURCE: Sun Tzu Corp