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Exhibit 20.01
Company Press Release
SOURCE: AMERITYRE CORPORATION
Monday, December 11, 8:00 am Pacific Time
AMERITYRE CORPORATION (FORMERLY AMERICAN TIRE CORPORATION) ANNOUNCES NAME AND
TRADING SYMBOL CHANGE
BOULDER CITY, NV, /PRNewswire/ -- Amerityre Corporation (formerly American
Tire Corporation) announced today that as a result of the name change approved
by its shareholders at its annual meeting held December 1, 2000, the NASD has
assigned it a new symbol for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board. The new symbol
issued by the NASD is "AMTY", which will replace its former symbol "ATYR"
effective the opening of trading on Tuesday, December 12, 2000.
