IWB Acquisitions LLC Submits Proposal to Acquire Register.com, Inc. for $5.55 per Common Share
Wednesday January 22, 3:00 pm ET
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- IWB Acquisitions LLC ("IWB"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zackfoot Investments LLC ("ZI"), announced today that it
submitted a proposal to acquire Register.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCOM - News) to its' Board of Directors. The proposal was delivered this afternoon, and is
subject to a number of conditions, including the completion of due diligence satisfactory to IWB and successfully obtaining adequate financing to
consummate the transaction.
ZI's controlling owner, Zachary Prensky, affiliates of his, as well as members of his immediate family, have acquired 200,000 shares of Register.com
in
open market transactions. IWB's proposal to acquire Register.com represents a 12% premium to a prior offer to acquire the company made by RCM
Acquisition Co., LLC ("RCM") on January 15th, and a X% premium to the closing price on January 21st, 2003.
ZI was integrally involved in the financing of Register.com prior to its' IPO. In January & April 1998, in two related transactions, affiliates of
ZI
at the time invested more than $1,500,000 of seed funding to, among other things, enable Register.com to grow into a world class domain name
registration site. Zachary joined Register.com's Board of Directors upon the closing of the 1st round of ZI's financing in January 1998., and remained
through late 1999. During this time, Zachary worked closely with Richard Forman and other officers and directors of Register.com to effectuate the
company's growth by attracting world class leadership to the company and providing strategic financial guidance in follow-on financings.
With regards to the offer made to acquire Register.com, Zachary stated today, "As someone who has been intimately involved in the growth of the company
prior to its IPO in March of 2000, I'm excited about the possibility of working once more with a dynamic business whose prospects for success have
sadly not been fully realized to date. It is my goal to work with, not against, the current Board of Directors to promptly close our proposed
transaction. I believe that my all-cash offer is superior to the RCM bid and will provide all current stockholders with liquidity at an attractive
price.
It is currently not the intention of IWB and/or ZI to engage in any proxy solicitation. If IWB and/or ZI does engages in any solicitation with
respect
to the shares of Register.com it will prepare and disseminate a proxy statement with respect to that solicitation. Shareholders should read that proxy
statement if and when it becomes available because it will contain important information. Shareholders will be able to obtain copies of the proxy
statement, related materials and other materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the SEC's website www.sec.gov without charge when
these documents become available. Shareholders will also be able to obtain copies of that proxy statement and related materials without charge, when
available, from IWB by writing to: IWB Acquisitions LLC Attention: Zachary Prensky c/o Zackfoot Investments LLC, 382 Central Park West, New York, NY
10025
For a full and detailed breakdown of the share ownership structure mentioned above, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to the IWB
Acquisitions LLC address, also referenced above.
Contact:
Little Bear Investments LLC
Zachary Prensky, 917/450-6581
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