Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. (GILT) Receives $6.75M Contract Extension to Continue Providing Internet Connectivity to Rural Colombian Schools

Global satellite networking leader Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that the Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Telecommunications (MINTIC) has extended its contract with Gilat, under which the company will continue providing broadband Internet connectivity to more than 1,500 schools throughout Colombia’s outlying areas. The extension is valued at around $6.75 million.

The contract extends the award Gilat originally received in December of 2011. Hosted by the Direccion de Conectividad (formerly “Compartel”) and the Ministry’s “Fondo de Tecnologías de la Información y las Communicaciones,” the project is scheduled to conclude by early December 2013, at the end of the current extension.

“We were happy to receive the contract extension to continue providing Internet services to Colombian schools as part of the Ministry’s significant efforts to improve education and employment in rural areas,” said Gilat Peru and Colombia CEO Danny Fridman. “Gilat is proud to be part of improving the quality of education around the world by enabling broadband-enabled classrooms, providing students and teachers with fast, reliable satellite connectivity.”

The network provides data rates of up to 2 Mpbs to more than 1,500 schools in five separate districts across rural Colombia, utilizing the innovative Sky-Edge II WebEnhance VSAT. The program is part of ongoing efforts by the Colombian government to “bridge the digital divide” and reduce the communications gap in Colombia by increasing its investment to improve advanced communications services access within its schools.

For more information, visit www.gilat.com

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Attunity Ltd. (ATTU) Receives Attention from Database Trends and Applications Magazine

Attunity is a provider of information availability software solutions that enable access, sharing, and distribution of data, including Big Data, across heterogeneous enterprise platforms and the cloud. The company’s solutions include data replication, change data capture, data connectivity, enterprise file replication, managed file transfer, and cloud data delivery.

The company announced today that it has been selected as one of Database Trends and Applications Magazine’s DBTA 100. This is a list of the companies that matter most in data management.

It is significant that Attunity made this list. In the current business environment, the tremendous growth of data, together with the need for solutions to manage the massive amount of data, is changing the information technology industry. Business leaders want to gain an edge over their competitors by doing more with Big Data. But that goal is not easy and only a few companies, such as Attunity, have succeeded in providing such services that help businesses effectively deal with all the data they have.

Thomas Hogan, the group publisher at Database Trends and Applications, said, “Attunity is a stand-out in the data integration segment in particular, which has become more important than ever. Attunity’s business intelligence solutions are especially critical in that they can handle both structured and unstructured data.”

For more information about the services that Attunity offers, please visit www.attunity.com

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PureFunds to Ring Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange on June 11 to Celebrate the Launch of Three New ETFs

(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 10, 2013 ) Madison, NJ – PureFunds, a New Jersey based innovator of Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) concepts, announced today that it will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on June 11 to ring the Opening Bell. The ceremony commemorates the listing of PureFunds first 3 ETFs listed on the NYSE.

PureFunds co-founders Paul Zimnisky and Andrew Chanin joined by partners in the funds, including the International Securities Exchange (ISE) and Factor Advisors, will ring the opening bell to celebrate the occasion.

The new PureFunds ETFs invest in the natural resource space; specifically, the global diamond/gemstone industry (NYSE Arca: GEMS), the global mining service and equipment industry (NYSE Arca: MSXX), and the global silver exploration and junior production industry (NYSE Arca: SILJ).

PureFunds CEO Paul Zimnisky, said “PureFunds is pleased to debut these unique funds which aim to provide investors with easier access to these global industries. We believe there is a very exciting investment case for these industries, however given the international distribution of the companies, it has traditionally been difficult for U.S. investors to buy pure-play exposure. We see our funds enabling investors to include these opportunistic industries in their well diversified portfolios.”

The Opening Bell will ring at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on June 11 and can be viewed live on the NYSE’s website at https://nyse.nyx.com/the-bell/todays-bells-live. Photos and video of the NYSE Bell Ringing Ceremony will be available, courtesy of the NYSE, on Facebook--NYSEEuronext, Twitter at http://twitter.com/NYSEEuronext and on the NYSE YouTube Channel -- nysetv1.

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Founded in 2010, PureFunds is an innovator of ETF concepts striving to provide the market with easy access to in-demand niche sectors through Pure-Play ETFs. PureFunds is a New Jersey based research and business management firm, serving as the Business Manager to the PureFunds ISE Diamond/Gemstone ETF (NYSE Arca: GEMS), PureFunds ISE Mining Service ETF (NYSE Arca: MSXX), and PureFunds ISE Junior Silver (Small Cap Miners/Explorers) ETF (NYSE Arca: SILJ). PureFunds aims to provide investors with tactical ETFs that may offer attractive investment opportunities in sectors that traditionally have been difficult to invest in. For more information please visit www.PureETFs.com, call 1-877-756-PURE (1-877-756-7873) or email info@PureETFs.com.

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Factor Advisors, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of GENCAP Ventures, LLC (GENCAP), a leading Exchange Traded Funds products and services company. GENCAP offers a full range of ETF services to the investment management community through it’s subsidiaries: Factor Advisors, LLC, Factor Capital Management, LLC, ETF Service Providers, LLC and GENCAP Strategies, LLC. The services provided include product management, ETF wholesaling and marketing. GENCAP is leading the industry with the broadest range of services for ’33 Act commodity products as well as both active and passive ’40 Act ETF funds.

Carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risk factors, charges and expenses before investing. This and additional information can be found in the Fund's prospectus, which may be obtained at www.PureETFs.com. The statutory prospectus can be obtained by calling 877-756-PURE (877-756-7873). Read the prospectus carefully before investing. Diversification does not assure a profit nor protect against loss in a declining market.

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Narrowly focused investments typically exhibit higher volatility. The mining industry is highly volatile due to significant fluctuation in the prices of commodities, as well as political and regulatory developments. Investments in foreign securities involve political, economic and currency risks, greater volatility and differences in accounting methods. These risks are greater for investments in emerging markets. The Funds are non-diversified, meaning they may concentrate their assets in fewer individual holdings than a diversified fund. Therefore, the Funds are more exposed to individual issuer volatility than a diversified fund. Funds that are less diversified across countries or geographic regions are generally riskier than more geographically diversified funds and risks associated with such countries or geographic regions may negatively affect a Fund. Investments in small- and medium-capitalization companies tend to have limited liquidity and greater price volatility than large-capitalization companies. The PureFunds ISE Diamond/Gemstone ETF is subject to risks associated with demand and supply of gemstones in the form of jewelry/investments as well as industrial uses. Changes in consumer taste, consumer confidence, man-made alternatives, and spending among this segment of the population may have an adverse impact on the sale of gemstones in the market. The PureFunds ISE Mining Service ETF is subject to risks associated with adverse market conditions, increased competition, environmental concerns, fluctuations in commodity prices and supply and demand of hard commodities, decreased metals demand and the success of exploration projects. Legal or regulatory changes, as well as changes in governments’ policies towards metals, could also adversely impact the mining services sector and therefore Fund performance. The PureFunds ISE Junior Silver ETF is subject to risks associated with the worldwide price of silver and the costs of extraction and production. Worldwide silver prices may fluctuate substantially over short periods of time, so the Fund’s share price may be more volatile than other types of economic conditions, tax treatment, government regulation and intervention, and world events in the regions in which the companies operation. Factor Advisors, LLC serves as the investment adviser and Esposito Partners, LLC serves as sub advisor to the fund. The Funds are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC which is not affiliated with Factor Advisors, LLC or any of its affiliates.

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OTC Markets Group, Inc. (OTCM) Hails New Era as OTCQX® and OTCQB® Conferred “Established Public Market” Status by SEC

OTC Markets Group, which has helped to completely overhaul the OTC space with the OTCQX and OTCQB on their SEC-regulated OTC Link® ATS, has hailed the recent SEC decision to update their compliance and disclosure interpretations (May 16, see Question 139.13) with great pride, as the SEC finally starts to treat the “pinksheets” according to the new relevance paradigm created by the real-time technological proficiency of the burgeoning OTC Link.

This is the recognition well-earned for having done over a decade’s worth of technology, transactional efficiency, transparency, and regulatory framework upgrades, implemented through OTC Link, which is now larger than the FINRA-controlled OTCBB. The SEC is basically saying with this move that, because FINRA is a registered SRO and regulates/oversees broker-dealers irrespective of the quotation system, and because OTC Link is now a more prominent and accurate real-time index of the market as a whole (applications go through FINRA and both BB/Link require a valid 15c2-11), the decision makes perfect sense, especially considering how 99% of OTCBB eligible securities are already quoted on OTC Link anyways.

This essentially puts OTCBB in the history books as the torch is passed to a new generation of real-time market transparency and OTCM is already chomping at the bit, eager to spend their clout earned by overhauling the space, with submission of a comment letter to the SEC urging expansion of the relevant Form 13(f) reporting requirements to encompass all equity securities across the entire spectrum of the OTCQX and OTCQB, as well as the OTC Pink marketplace. This move by the SEC is a clear decision to treat these marketplaces as “established public markets” and to take full advantage of their capacity to firmly establish a public market price in equity line financing security registration.

Today’s traders know the score, there is no question which is the truly 21st century inter-dealer quotation/trading system out of the OTCBB and OTC Link. OTCM knows this and is moving to take the wheel, confident in their proven formula for creating intuitive, easy to interact with, and highly transparent markets. Previously, all three tiers of the OTC Link were looked down on as mere “pinksheets” by SEC personnel, but that era is clearly withering on the vine as the SEC sets a new standard, according OTCQX/OTCQB the proper significance.

This is great news for many companies who can now use their OTCQX or OTCQB marketplace designation to execute an equity line financing registration statement and are subsequently able to rely on quotes off the OTC Link ATS when establishing a public market price when as they go to raise capital. While the SEC essentially analyzes private equity line financings as indirect primary offerings, this move is a firm recognition of the prevailing demand for the ‘resale’ form of registration sought in such financings and will allow companies to register the ‘resale’ of the securities prior to exercise of the associated put if the transactions meet certain criteria (again, see Question 139.13), thus aligning the transaction more with the state of a primary offering. Basically, the differentiating factor here was the delayed nature of the puts and a lack of risk resulting from a (procedurally intangible) formula price, but the stated criteria and immediacy of the OTC Link ATS itself offers a powerful framework to justify the SEC modification.

OTC Link gives broker-dealers the power needed to control their trades and counterparties, resulting in highly optimized execution and improved order flow generation, all within a tight FINRA/SEC compliance envelope.

For more info on OTC Markets Group, Inc. visit www.OTCMarkets.com

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