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CORRECTING and REPLACING iDine Appoints Appoints Two New Directors to Its Board; Peter C.B. Bynoe and Harold I. Shain Join Board.


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CORRECTION...by iDine Rewards Network

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2003

In BW5457, (FL-IDINE-REWARDS-NETWORK), in the headline, the word "appoints" appears twice. It should read xxx iDine Appoints Two New Directors to Its Board; Peter C.B. Bynoe and Harold I. Shain Join Board (sted iDine Appoints Appoints Two New Directors to Its Board; Peter C.B. Bynoe and Harold I. Shain Join Board).

The corrected release reads:

IDINE APPOINTS TWO NEW DIRECTORS TO ITS BOARD; PETER C.B. BYNOE AND HAROLD I. SHAIN JOIN BOARD

iDine Rewards Network Inc. (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
: IRN IRN n abbr (= Independent Radio News) → servicio de noticias en las cadenas de radio privadas

IRN n abbr (= Independent Radio News) → agence de presse radiophonique

), one of the nation's leading providers of loyalty and rewards programs, announced that it has appointed two new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the Board are Peter C.B. Bynoe, a partner in the law firm of Piper Rudnick, and Harold I. Shain, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 of Newsweek, Inc.

"The addition of Peter Bynoe and Harold Shain to our Board of Directors further expands the depth and experience provided by our Board in supporting management in the growth of iDine as a marketing driven rewards company," said George Wiedemann, President and Chief Executive Officer of iDine Rewards Network. "Peter holds both a Juris Doctor The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school.

Juris doctor, or doctor of Jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree commonly conferred by law schools.
 and an MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
, and has a broad range of business, legal, management and financial experience, as well as being very active in the corporate, civic and charitable communities. Harold has extensive experience in both day-to-day business operations and marketing and advertising. iDine has an active and engaged Board and we are pleased to welcome two individuals who each bring strong experience that will be important to iDine's future growth and building value for our shareholders and employees."

Peter C.B. Bynoe is a partner in the law firm of Piper Rudnick and serves on the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Bynoe focuses his practice on the development and financing of major infrastructure projects and has negotiated new stadium/arena deals for the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. , Cincinnati Reds and Bengals, the Miami Heat, the Washington Redskins, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). . Prior to joining Piper Rudnick, Mr. Bynoe managed Telemat Ltd., a business consulting firm where he gained substantial project management and financial services experience. Mr. Bynoe has also served as the Managing General Partner of the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets. He is currently a Director of Uniroyal Technology Corporation. He also serves as Chairman of the Chicago Plan Commission The Chicago Plan Commission is a commission implemented to champion the enactment of the Burnham Plan as published in The Plan of Chicago. On July 6, 1909, the City Council of Chicago authorized that Mayor Fred A. Busse appoint the members of the Chicago Plan Commission.  and as a Director of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority. Mr. Bynoe earned his Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University.  and he received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. .

Harold I. Shain is President and Chief Operating Officer of Newsweek, Inc. responsible for Newsweek's day-to-day business operations. Previously he served as executive vice president, general manager and U.S. publisher and directed Newsweek's ad sales and marketing staffs, and the magazine's overall advertising strategy. Newsweek has enjoyed healthy profitability during Mr. Shain's tenure and achieved record-high levels for circulation and audience. Mr. Shain also engineered the purchase of Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine, which was the first acquisition in Newsweek's history. Prior to Newsweek, he held positions with Boardroom Reports, Family Computing, a Scholastic, Inc. publication, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 magazine and Times-Mirror Magazines. In 1990, Target Marketing magazine named Mr. Shain in their annual listing of the most influential individuals in the direct marketing industry. Mr. Shain has a B.A. in economics and accounting from Brooklyn College and has completed the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Program.

iDine Rewards Network, based in Miami, Florida, offers its members savings and rewards programs via means of its registered credit card platform. The Company currently has 20.4 million credit cards registered through 15.4 million enrolled accounts. Incentives are offered through the Company's programs, either branded under the name iDine or provided through co-branded and private label partnerships, such as airline frequent flyer dining programs, club memberships or other affinity organizations. Currently more than 10,700 restaurants throughout the United States participate in iDine programs, and the company in May 2003 launched its hotel rewards program with more than 400 fine hotels in 25 markets. iDine Rewards Network's common stock trades on the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX)

Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921.
 (AMEX:IRN). Additional information about iDine Rewards Network can be found at http://www.idine.com.

Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking" statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, which may cause iDine Rewards Network Inc.'s actual results in the future to differ materially from expected results. These risks are qualified in their entirety by cautionary language and risk factors set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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