SAGINAW, MI -- (Marketwire) -- 10/13/12 -- HPIL Holding (the "Company") (OTCQB: HPIL) (PINKSHEETS: HPIL) is pleased to announce that it sold 300,000 shares of treasury common stock (the "Common Stock") at a price of $0.85 per share for a total purchase price of $255,000. The Common Stock was sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation 4(2) of the Securities Act. The sale of Common Stock was made pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement made by and between HPIL Holding and an investor, dated October 1, 2012.

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