DTC Lifts Chill on Shares of Universal Bioenergy

On July 22, the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, imposed a “deposit chill” on shares of Universal Bioenergy Inc. (OTCQB: UBRG), an independent diversified energy company that produces and markets natural gas, petroleum, coal and propane.

DTC, the largest securities depository in the world with 3.6 million securities worth $35 trillion on deposit, was created by the securities industry to improve efficiencies and reduce risk in the clearance and settlement of securities transactions.

A DTC chill can happen for a variety of reasons and entails a restriction of one type or another in DTC services. It is unlike a “freeze” wherein all DTC services are discontinued until compliance is met or the security is completely removed from DTC listing.

In the case of Universal Bioenergy, the DTC requested that company demonstrate that the sale and transfer of certain shares of its common stock, were made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or the shares did not require registration thereunder. Universal’s independent legal counsel provided full documentation to the DTC, to the effect that the shares were freely tradable without restriction under the securities laws, according to today’s corporate statement.

To that end, all DCT restrictions have been removed, the DTC is again accepting deposits of UBRG for book entry transfer services and the stock has resumed full electronic trading. Generally speaking, this should improve liquidity in the stock, but the restriction did little to crimp daily trading volumes in the Irvine, California-based company.

“Although many had doubts, management made promises to use every effort to gain approval to remove the Chill, and we were successful,” said Solomon Ali, Universal’s Senior Vice President.

Shares of UBRG slipped during the DTC chill to lows of $0.0031 in mid-September, but rebounded to hit a high of 1.15 cents in the opening days of October before fading back into sub-penny range. Today, shares are ahead by 25.49 percent halfway through the trading day; printing $0.006 on 1.7 million in volume.

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