Here is the real scoop on this so called merger
Authentidate Holding Corp. - 2001 SEC filing......
>>>>> "In connection with our private placement through Whale Securities Co.,
L.P. ("Whale"), completed in December 1995, we granted Whale the right to
nominate one person to our Board of Directors, or in the alternative, a person
to attend meetings of the Board of Directors. Whale has selected Steven
Kriegsman as its representative on the Board." <<<<<