Ron Heineman, CEO commented, "With over 35 years of Human Resource Outsourcing experience in the Restaurant/lodging, Temporary Staffing, Professional Employer organization (PEO) co-employment companies including various HRO models, we believe the demand for employee benefits continues to grow; especially in the current environment for businesses employing large numbers of employees. We look forward to growing the combined entities while adding additional transactions to benefit GRAS shareholders. We are working diligently to bring our financial reporting up to date."

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