SAGINAW, MI--(Marketwire - Jul 9, 2012) - HPIL Holding (the "Company") (OTCQB: [ HPIL ]) (PINKSHEETS: [ HPIL ]) is pleased to announce that as of June 27, 2012, Mr. Louis Bertoli, Chairman, President & C.E.O. of the Company agreed to convert a promissory note in the amount of $500,000 owing to him by the Company into 2,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock.

In a separate transaction, on June 28, 2012, the Company agreed to acquire a portfolio of patent rights and assets from GIOTOS Limited, a company owned and controlled by Mr. Louis Bertoli, in exchange for 100,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock.

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