HKN, UniPure Energy and Nemazee Capital Exchange Stocks in New Deal

A major shareholder in UniPure Energy Acquisition Company, Nemazee Capital has announced a stock exchange deal with HKN Inc. Hassan Nemazee Chairman and CEO of Nemazee Capital will transfer 19.5% of its interest in UniPure in order to acquire 1,000,000 shares in the restricted common stock of HKN Inc.

UniPure Energy specializes in supplying hi-tech, patented solutions which increase the value as well as the purity of refined products. They also develop solutions which improve the economic and environmental impact of the disposal of the waste materials and leftover, residual fuels. Because UniPure builds and owns their own energy assets, they are able to work with their investment partners to avoid bogging down important capital dollars in refinery and production infrastructure.

Also included in the deal with UniPure, HKN also established a separate Loan Agreement to provide secured loans to UniPure for up to a maximum of 2.5 million dollars.

Hassan Nemazee Has High Hopes for Energy Exchange Deal

In early July of this year Nemazee Capital announced a deal in which UniPure Energy Acquisition Company will exchange 19.5% of Nemazee Capital’s interest in UniPure for 1,000,000 restricted shares of the common stock of HKN Inc.

Hassan Nemazee of Nemazee Capital expects

“this agreement involving HKN, Nemazee Capital and UniPure Energy to mutual strength and flexibility for all parties moving forward.”

Nemazee, the CEO and Chairman of Nemazee Capital continued,

“We are confident that HKN will prove to be an excellent partner in helping steward UniPure in its future energy-related projects.”

Nemazee is a 30 year veteran with a comprehensive record investing in a broad range of business sectors including publishing, real estate, technology communications, oil and gas.

Nemazee Capital Invests in Wireless Solutions with ARC

The investment company of Nemazee Capital has announced an investment in the communications company ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. Led by Hassan Nemazee as Chairman and CEO.  Nemazee Capital has been making investments in a large variety of sectors since 1987.

ARC Wireless Solutions is a company that specializes in responding to the electronic needs of businesses and individuals as well as helping them to satisfy their electronic entertainment needs. The key to the ARC Wireless Solutions for success is their focus on supplying integrated communications at anytime and in anyplace instantaneously. Now, with this new partnership with Nemazee Capital, ARC Wireless will be expanding into the marketplace through investing in inclusive as well as traditional wireless solutions here in the United States as well as internationally.

Nemazee and The Iran Foundation

Hassan Nemazee’s father, Mohammed Nemazee, held a diplomatic position in Iran for a number of years until 1944. On his return to the United States, he started acting for the betterment of the health conditions in his home city of Shiraz. In 1948 Nemazee established “The Iran Foundation for Advancement of Health and Education in Iran.”

The Iran Foundation encouraged close ties between the United States and the city of Shiraz, in order to “act as a link between the Medical Center in Shiraz and scientific organizations of similar nature” in America.

The Nemazee family under the leadership of Mohammed, and now, continued by Hassan, assembled an international leadership team to manage and run the different activities of the Iran Foundation.

These activities included the construction and establishment of medical facilities and a modern piped water system.

Read more at: www.iran-foundation.com

Close First Fund

$152 million is the sum of capital which has been raised, closing its first fund. After less than 4 months of operations, there has been a successful establishment of a first investment fund, in a time when the markets are far from stable. The projections for the coming months have the fund achieving another closing reaching $300 million by early 2009.

Hassan Nemazee serves on the Advisory Board  and appears in Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network.

For the full press release, click here.

Nemazee Joins Advisory Board

There is a private equity investment management firm that is involved in the international arena. It  manages assets for its investor base of varied private partners as well as leading institutions – all high net worth investors.  It focuses its investment activities on “best of class” smaller and emerging private equity funds, while also making direct investments in its efforts to generate returns and yields of superior quality.

This firm comprises a team of a number of businessmen and entrepreneurs, who serve the company in various capacities. The company has an Advisory Board of four central members, one of whom is Hassan Nemazee, CEO of Nemazee Capital Corporation. He  is involved in much of the macro activities and strategies for the company. Nemazee and the other advisors’ role in defining the investment policies and basic spheres of development of  factors influencing  growth and success.

The Council on Foreign Relations

Hassan Nemazee is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serving on its Board of Advisors. His involvement in CFR and several other social and international initiatives underscores his continued commitment to global dialogue on business, healthcare, education, and social issues.

Founded in 1921, The Council on Foreign Relations is a nonpartisan organization involved in the independent analysis of the foreign policy issues facing the United States of America as well as the international community at large. The Council serves as a resource for its members, and all individuals across the widest spectrum of society – government official, business leaders, educators, students, journalists, religious and civic leaders and all interested parties – that aims to supply them with accurate information and insights on the foreign policy decisions facing various countries in the world.

The Council on Foreign Relations’ value and success in fulfilling its aims and mission statement rely heavily on the quality and depth of its research, analysis and the input from its members and staff. The Board of Advisors of the Council, of which Nemazee is a member, comprises a select collection of leading foreign policy experts. Members of the Board – among them, leading international entrepreneurs and businessmen, as well as senior former government officials – provide feedback and general critiques of the productions of the Council, and act in a supervisory and consulting capacity.

The co-chairs of the Board of Advisors are Richard N. Haas and Strobe Talbott. Hassan Nemazee, Chairman and CEO of Nemazee Capital Corporation.

Hassan Nemazee in the press

Hassan Nemazee is a successful entrepreneur, investment manager and social activist. Nemazee’s various activities span a large part of the previous 40 years, and he has held high positions in various leading companies, tertiary educational institutions, serving on a number of boards and committees at Harvard University, as well as deep personal involvement with the Democratic Party.

Hassan Nemazee is involved in a large number of charitable and international causes, including the Brain Trauma Foundation. Nemazee was born to Iranian parents, and despite having been born and bred in America, he is a leading figure in the Iranian community.

After Clinton’s conceding the battle for the Democratic nomination for the presidential bid, Nemazee immediately enlisted to the Barack Obama campaign for the Presidency, placing all else aside for the good of the party and America. It is his political involvement that has seen Nemazee featured in the news over the past period, especially his efforts for Obama in convincing Clinton backers to adopt the Obama campaign.

The most recent articles about Nemazee appeared in the New York Times as well as in the New York Observer. These, and other news stories, can be found at Nemazee Capital, which Hassan Nemazee founded, and where he is currently Chairman and CEO.

New York Times: Hassan Nemazee – Wooing Clinton Backers for Obama’s Benefit

The New York Times recently reported the efforts Hassan Nemazee has taken for the Obama campaign to help ensure Democratic victory in November. Nemazee has been deeply involved in Democratic politics and is known as one of the most effective political fundraisers and top donors in America today.  In 2004, Nemazee was a major supporter of Senator John Kerry’s Presidential campaign.  He was the New York Finance Chair for the Kerry campaign and currently serves as the national finance chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.  In 2006, Nemazee served as national finance chair, helping to raise more than $100 million for the DSCC, outpacing Republican fundraising efforts and helping return Democratic control to the U.S. Senate.  Nemazee was actively involved with both President and Senator Clinton’s presidential campaigns.  During his presidency, President Bill Clinton nominated Nemazee for U.S. Ambassador to Argentina.  Most recently, Nemazee served as Finance Chairman to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.  Since 1987, Nemazee has served as the chairman and founder of Nemazee Capital and has invested directly or through associated entities in several industries both domestic and abroad.

For the New York Times story about Hassan Nemazee and fundraising for Barack Obama’s campaign, click here.

New York Observer: Obama and Clinton Make Up

The full story appears in the New York Observer

There are still over two months to go before Election Day, and at this critical time Hillary Clinton has become engaged with Barack Obama’s campaign. Obama and Bill Clinton met in Clinton’s office, and they have agreed that Clinton will do his utmost for the Democratic campaign for the Presidency.
Both President Clinton and Hillary are already doing everything they can for the Obama campaign, as Hassan Nemazee, who was formerly the Clinton finance chair who is now a leading fund-raiser for Obama, said, that the fact “that Hillary is doing everything asked of her and campaigning wherever asked, is of tremendous value to the Obama campaign.”
Nemazee reiterates that Hillary is doing exactly what the Obama campaign asks of her, and that the essential key to the campaigns is the cooperation between Obama and Hillary’s campaigns. For the New York Observer article about the Obama-Clinton relations and Hassan Nemazee’s position, read the article at the New York Observer.