Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. Announces Settlement of Credit Card Reserve Account Litigation
Company to Receive Five Million Dollars in Settlement
CAPE CORAL, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. (OTCQB: LEAI) (www.legacyeducationalliance.com), a leading international provider of practical, high-quality, and value-based educational training on the topics of personal finance, entrepreneurship, real estate, and financial markets investing strategies and techniques, announced today that it will receive an aggregate sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) to settle litigation brought to recover funds withheld from Legacy in connection with the processing of credit card sales from 2007 through 2011.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement entered into on October 31, 2017, Legacy will receive $5 million from Cynergy Holdings, LLC, Bank of America, N.A., BA Merchant Services, LLC, BMO Harris Bank, N.A., and Moneris Solutions, Inc. (“Defendants”).
“We are pleased that we have been able to successfully resolve this matter on terms that are favorable to the Company and its shareholders without the uncertainty and additional expense of further litigation,” said Anthony C. Humpage, Chief Executive Officer of LEAI. “The money received from this settlement will provide additional capital to support our strategy of growth through brand and geographic diversification, support our continued on-line initiatives, as well as significantly improve our overall balance sheet. We are pleased to have achieved this result for our shareholders, employees and customers.”
As part of the settlement, Legacy has agreed to dismiss the litigation currently pending in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens without admission of wrongdoing on the part of any party.
For more information on the terms of the settlement, please refer to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Legacy Education Alliance Inc.
Legacy Education Alliance, Inc. (http://www.legacyeducationalliance.com) is a leading international provider of practical, high-quality, and value-based educational training on the topics of personal finance, entrepreneurship, real estate, and financial markets investing strategies and techniques. Legacy Education Alliance was founded in 1996, today we are a global company with approximately 200 employees that has cumulatively served more than two million students from more than 150 countries and territories over the course of our operating history.
We offer our training through a variety of brands including Rich Dad® Education; Rich Dad® Stock Education; Making Money from Property with Martin RobertsTM; Brick Buy BrickTM; Building Wealth; Robbie Fowler Property AcademyTM; Women in WealthTM; The Independent WomanTM; and Trade Up Investor EducationTM. For more information, please visit our website at www.legacyeducationalliance.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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