SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 18, 2000
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LEVEL JUMP FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Florida 1-12023
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File
of incorporation) Number)
133 Richmond St. West. Suite 401, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 2L3
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (416) 777-0477
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Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit Number Description
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99.1 Press release of Level Jump Financial Group, Inc. dated
January 18, 2000.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 20, 2000 LEVEL JUMP FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
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(Registrant)
/s/ Brice Scheschuk
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Brice Scheschuk
Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Description
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99.1 Press release of Level Jump Financial Group, Inc. dated
January 18, 2000.
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Exhibit 99.1
LEVEL JUMP FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. SIGNS PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE
SOUTHLAND SECURITIES
TORONTO, Ontario - January 18, 2000 - Level Jump Financial Group, Inc. (OTC BB:
LJMP) has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Southland Securities
Corporation, a private company located in Fort Worth, Texas. Southland is a
registered broker/dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
National Association of Securities Dealers. Closing is subject to regulatory
approvals of the change of control from Southland's current owner to Level Jump.
Commenting on the acquisition, Robert Landau, president of Level Jump, said,
"This acquisition is the first stage in our plans to offer comprehensive on-line
financial services to investors as well as small and micro-cap companies. We
intend to move quickly to close the transaction and to integrate on-line trading
into our financial portal, which is currently under development. We also intend
to expand Southland's market making activities and grow its institutional client
base."
About Level Jump
Level Jump is building an on-line financial services company that will offer a
comprehensive array of services such as on-line trading, investment banking,
retail banking, insurance, wealth management, and real-time market data and
investor research. Level Jump currently owns and operates two subsidiaries;
thestockpage.com is a Financial Public Relations company that specializes in
representing e-commerce and technology clients. thestockpage.com has been at the
forefront of on-line Investor Relations activities since the first publication
of its online investment newsletter in August 1997. The Stockpage has grown from
a membership base of zero to in excess of 30,000 readers. thestockpage.com
specializes in providing public companies with Internet marketing solutions and
has developed considerable expertise in the development of investor relations
websites for small cap public companies. Level Jump Asset Management operates
from New York City, and is currently establishing an investment-banking
infrastructure to better serve Level Jump clients and users in the future.
Level Jump was founded in 1999 and has offices in Toronto, Canada and New York,
USA. The Company's main website, www.leveljump.com, is under development and
hopes to launch in the first quarter of 2000.
Contact
Investor Relations
Jennifer Gardiner, 800/797-5683
E-mail: [email protected]
Statements in this Press Release that are not purely historical are "forward
looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, including statements regarding LJMP's expectations, hopes, beliefs,
intentions or strategies regarding the future generally, LJMP's growth strategy,
future sales and anticipated trends in LJMP's business. All forward looking
statements included in this Press Release are based on information known to LJMP
on the date hereof, and LJMP assumes no obligation to update any such forward
looking statements. It is important to note that actual results could differ
materially from those in such forward looking statements as a result of a number
of factors, most of which are out of the control of LJMP, including, but not
limited to, LJMP's early stage of development.
