PrintontheNet.com Raises $7.85 Million and Adds New Talent to Board of Directors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 Company Moving Forward with the Development of Next-Generation Digital Asset and Print Production Management Enterprise PrintontheNet.com (POTN POTN Photography-On-The.Net (photography forum) POTN Photography On The Net POTN Plain Old Telephone Network PotN Protection of the Nine POTN Performance on the Net (UK) .OB), a provider of end-to-end online printing management and production services for both small and large businesses, today announced that it has successfully raised $7.85 million in a private placement. The Company further announced that it has added five new members to its Board of Directors. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the terms of the placement, PrintontheNet.com has completed the private sale of 78.5 units with each unit consisting of 50,000 shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Convertible Preferred Stock Preferred stock that includes an option for the holder to convert the preferred shares into a fixed number of common shares, usually anytime after a predetermined date. Also known as "convertible preferred shares". . Each Series B Preferred Share is convertible into 20 shares of the Company's Common Stock. These shares were sold pursuant to a Regulation D exemption. The private offering raised gross proceeds of the $7.85 million. In addition to the raise, Chief Executive Officer Neal Polan announced five new members of the Company's Board of Directors. "This new funding will help PrintontheNet.com continue its development and takes advantage of what we are seeing as a strong demand and opportunity for providing a solution to the management of digital identities, publishing, and print production," said CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Polan. "Additionally, our new Board members bring a wealth of expertise to the Company, and further strengthen our management, particularly as we move into the marketing phase of our development." The five new Board of Director members are: Robert Priddy - Mr. Priddy serves as Chairman of the Board of PrintontheNet.com. He is an investor and principal of RMC RMC Royal Military College RMC Radio Monte Carlo RMC Randolph-Macon College (Ashland, Virginia) RMC Regional Medical Center RMC Robert Morris College (Illinois) RMC Rocky Mountain College Capital, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , an investment company which he founded in 1998, and a member of the Board of Directors and a Partner of Commonwealth Associates. Previously, Mr. Priddy was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ValueJet, Inc., (now AirTran Holdings AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) is a Nevada corporation that operates as an airline holding company. Its primary asset is AirTran Airways. History After the large amount of negative publicity surrounding the Flight 592 incident, ValuJet Airlines suffered serious , Inc.) from its inception in 1992 until 1997, as well as the founder of Florida Gulf Airlines, a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines Mesa Airlines is an American airline based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number MASA036A issued on June 29 1979. It is a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. , where he was President from 1991 to 1993. From 1988 to 1991, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Midwest, Inc., a regional airline headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Priddy was also one of the founders of Atlantic Southeast Airlines For the defunct low-fare airline, see . Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is a fully certificated American airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. , a regional airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. George F. Picket - From 1994-99, Mr. Picket served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and ), and from 1996-99 he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its parent company, ASA Holdings, Inc. Prior to 1979, Picket was President and Chief Executive Officer of ASA. ASA was acquired by Delta Airlines in 1999. Marc Reichenbaum - A shareholder of PrintontheNet.com, Mr. Reichenbaum formerly served as the President of Medo Industries, Inc., a New York-based producer of automotive air fresheners. Adam Ross - An investor in PrintontheNet.com, Mr. Ross served as eight years as Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing for Ross Printing, Inc., a Miami-based, full-service printing company. Jonathan van Leeuwen - Mr. Leeuwen has 19 years experience in the software, Internet and chemical industries. He is currently is the Chairman and CEO of Tech Inspirations; the former President of Baan Canada and Vice President of Baan USA; and President and Founder, Strohn CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. Systems Inc. About PrintontheNet.com PrintontheNet.com (POTN.OB) enables both small and large businesses to use the Internet to more effectively manage, publish and produce printed materials. The Company's online corporate print centers are virtual print and publishing management environments, each customized to a particular company's needs. These centers connect directly to POTN's back-end production facilities, simplifying the process of ordering printing and other related materials while ensuring quality control. POTN is not an online broker, but rather operates its own sophisticated network of print production facilities, making it possible to track and manage multiple jobs from the order through the delivery while maintaining strict quality control. POTN enables managers to more effectively source, produce, develop, and control their printing requirements. Users can control inventory, monitor usage, receive quality rebates, reduce administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. , control consistency of their printed products, receive competitive pricing, order materials 24-hours a day, control intellectual property, and store inventory, all from any computer connected to the Internet. Forward looking statements in this release, including statements regarding PrintontheNet.com's future operations, are based on information available to the Company as of the date of this release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Various important factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the success of the integration of the new management team into the Company, the occurrence of delays or failures in the product development, the Company's need for additional financing, as well as general economic conditions and the success of e-commerce generally. |
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