Racers using and endorsing Marker bindings have been
among the winners in World Cup, World Championship and Olympic competitions.
Many of the United States' best-known skiers, including 1998 Olympic Super G
Gold medalist Picabo Street, three-time World Cup Champion and Olympic Gold
medalist Phil Mahre, World Champions Steve Mahre and Tamara McKinney and Olympic
Gold medalist Stein Eriksen, endorse and use Marker bindings.
Many Olympic, World Cup and professional ski competitions have been won
by racers endorsing and using Marker bindings. Skiers endorsing and using Marker
bindings dominated the 1998 Winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan in
February 1998, winning more medals than any other company: 6 Gold, 4 Silver and
5 Bronze. The 1998 Winter Olympic Gold medalists endorsing and using Marker
bindings included Picabo Street of the United States in the Super G, Jonny
Moseley of the United States in the Moguls, Eric Bergoust of the United States
in Aerials, Katja Seizinger of Germany in the Downhill and the Combined, and
Hilde Gerg of Germany in the slalom.
Skiers endorsing and using Marker bindings also excelled in the season
long 1998 FIS World Cup competition. Katja Seizinger is the 1998 Women's Overall
World Cup Champion as well as the 1998 World Cup Downhill and Super G Champion.
Athletes endorsing and using Marker bindings won more World Cup trophies than
those using other bindings on the World Cup. These athletes scored 25 wins,
finished second 25 times and finished third 14 times out of 70 World Cup events
(37 men, 33 women), more than any other group of athletes endorsing any other
binding on the World Cup circuit. The Company believes that winning World Cup,
World Championship and Olympic competitions at places like St. Anton, Sestrieres
and Nagano increases the Company's visibility in the marketplace. Marker
engineers also use these competitions as opportunities to work with the Marker
skiers to develop new products and to test and refine prototypes, with the goal
of benefiting skiers of all levels.
From SEC 7-2-99
1.3 WHEREAS CT Sports is currently negotiating with Marker for the purchase from
Marker of substantially all of Marker's assets pursuant to the Plan and
according to the terms and conditions of an Asset Purchase Agreement currently
being negotiated between CT Sports and Marker;
Seems to me Tecnica would not put them on their website (http://www.tecnica.it/index_group.html ) if the deal was not done. |
