VNWWE PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2002--Video Network Communications, Inc. (OTC BB: VNWCE, VNWWE) today announced that it had entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Moneyline Telerate Holdings, which is majority owned by One Equity Partners, the private
equity arm of Bank One Corporation, and an Agreement and Plan of Merger with B2BVideo Network Corp.
In connection with the merger agreement, B2BVideo became a wholly owned subsidiary of VNCI and B2B's shareholders were issued 3.0 million shares of VNCI common stock.
Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, Moneyline purchased 25
million new shares of VNCI common stock at $0.60 per share, for a
total investment of $15,000,000. In addition, Moneyline was issued
warrants to purchase an additional 11.25 million shares of VNCI common
stock at an exercise price of $0.60 per share, and was granted the
right to appoint a majority of the directors of VNCI's board.
Simultaneously, certain existing investors and new investors
introduced to VNCI by EarlyBirdCapital, a NY-based private equity
investment bank, invested a total of $11.1 million, purchasing new
shares of VNCI common stock and converting certain outstanding loans
to VNCI and B2BVideo into shares of VNCI common stock at $0.60 per
share. Existing investors include Dalewood Associates, L.P., K.B.
(C.I.) Nominees Limited, and new investors include Wheatley Partners
and various affiliated funds.
Following these transactions, VNCI has 48,604,432 shares of common
stock outstanding. Moneyline owns 54% of VNCI's fully diluted
capitalization.
VNCI, B2BVideo Network and Moneyline also entered into a Strategic
Alliance Agreement and certain technology license agreements pursuant
to which VNCI and B2BVideo will license software and network processes
and sell video equipment to Moneyline. Moneyline will be the exclusive
distributor of VNCI's equipment to the financial services market.
About Moneyline Telerate Holdings
Moneyline Telerate is a leading global provider of integrated
real-time information and transaction services to the capital markets.
With the world's premier benchmark fixed-income content, IP based
distribution platform and transaction systems, Moneyline Telerate
provides financial services firms with cost-effective, flexible
methods for using content to drive investment decisions and order flow
across new and existing electronic channels. The firm, established in
1998, is headquartered in New York City. One Equity Partners, the New
York-based private equity arm of Bank One Corporation, is the majority
shareholder; other shareholders include Japan's QUICK Corp. For
further information about Moneyline Telerate, please visit
www.moneyline.com.
About Video Network Communications, Inc.
Video Network Communications designs, develops and markets video
distribution systems that provide full-motion, high-resolution video
networking, enabling video broadcast distribution, retrieval of stored
video-on-demand and interpersonal video communications. VNCI's
patented technology allows the VNCI Video System to use the active
telephone wiring to bring TV-quality video anywhere there is a phone
jack. The Company's ISDN/IP and Universal (ATM) Gateway solutions
extend the system's reach from enterprise desktops out to the
wide-area-networks (WANs). VNCI can be found at www.vnci.net.
About B2BVideo Network, Inc.
B2BVideo is a Delaware corporation formed in December 1999 to
deliver to business users managed enterprise video services and is the
first company to deliver broadcast-quality video over an IP Multicast
network for delivery to the desktop. IP Multicast enables B2BVideo to
provide multiple streams of high quality video to thousands of points
on the network. B2BVideo offers products and services that enable
businesses to integrate all of their video applications onto a single
platform for delivery of broadcast quality video to the desktop.
B2BVideo customers can: (1) distribute their own programming to
employees, clients and other audiences over Private Video Networks
(PVNs), (2) access a wide range of business programming (i.e.
television programs, training videos, industry conferences, etc.), and
(3) conduct video calls and videoconferences.
Statements about future results made in this release constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based
on current expectations and the current economic environment. We
caution that these statements are not guarantees of future
performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed
or implied in the forward-looking statements.
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CONTACT: Golin/Harris International
Mark Rozeen, 212/309-0658
mrozeen@golinharris.com
KEYWORD: NEW HAMPSHIRE
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS
SOURCE: VNCI
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