DGAP-News: ROK Global PLC : JP Selects Signs Strategic Partnership with genConnect

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ROK Global PLC : JP Selects Signs Strategic Partnership with
genConnect

25.05.2012 / 08:00

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JP Selects Signs Strategic Partnership with genConnect

The bringing together of genConnects –perfect demographic– with JP Selects
sustainable consumer products sees JP Selects promoted to 1 Million
genConnect members who will receive special discounts and offers

25th May 2012

Ticker Symbol: RKG
WKN: A0YKFS

ROK Global PLC, the technology, applications and services company, has
announced its online shopping portal for eco-conscious consumers, JP
Selects, has signed a Strategic Partnership with leading online
intelligence portal, genConnect.

GenConnect drives the internet from the information age into the
recommendation age through their 1,000-strong panel of trusted, world-class
experts. Experts in the most desired and demanded audience categories
including LIfestyle, Health, Technology, Relationship, Career&Finance and
Green help consumers filter the unlimited mass of information on the
internet in a whole host of subjects into usable intelligent advice.

Commenting on the development, Paolo Fidanza, CEO of JP Selects said,
–GenConnect–s incredible group of over 1,000 trusted, world-class experts
is the ideal source of intelligence and information for JP Selects
discriminating consumers. By recommending their products and services in
career, relationships, health, lifestyle and even giving back, genConnect–s
experts help our customers make choices that align with their desires and
their values. And this is why we are delighted to be partnering with
genConnect to promote our sustainable brands and products on JP Selects
directly to a pro-active, intelligent and dynamic audience.–

–Nancy Spears, CEO and Founder of genConnect added –GenConnect is for a
thinking audience who want to learn from and engage with experts and
like-minded community members and then share the expert wisdom and
recommendations in our videos and articles with their friends on Facebook,
LinkedIn, Twitter and other social-networking platforms. Our members are
the perfect demographic for the brands and products promoted by JP Selects
and we–re delighted to be promoting these products to them.–

Part of ROK Global PLC, co-founded by US Billionaire John Paul DeJoria and
UK-based serial entrepreneur Jonathan Kendrick, JP Selects is a
members-only online platform which promotes the best eco-friendly and
sustainable products, brands and companies through flash sales, an online
marketplace and distribution partnerships.

In addition to being the co-founder of ROK, John Paul DeJoria is Chairman
of John Paul Mitchell Systems, the manufacturer of Paul Mitchell hair care
products as well as being the co-founder of Patron Tequila, the world–s
leading premium tequila brand and is a renowned humanitarian and social
entrepreneur.

ROK recently announced the acquisition, by JP Selects, of rival US –green
commerce– company, LovingEco, a partnership with Xiu.com to launch JP
Selects in China and product distribution deals with leading –Daily Deal–
operators Groupon and Saveology.

In addition to JP Selects, ROK has pioneered a portfolio of new
technologies and services including high quality mass-market Mobile TV
which can be streamed, live and on-demand, over mass-market 2.5G GPRS as
well as 3G and Wi-Fi, several mobile security technologies which it
licenses to law enforcement agencies, a suite of cutting-edge industrial
technology products and multi-language text-to-speech translation
technologies.

More information:

www.rokglobal.com
www.jpselects.com
www.genconnect.com

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limited to, certain delays beyond the company–s control with respect to
market acceptance of new technologies or products, delays in testing and
evaluation of products, and other risks detailed from time to time.

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