More info on ALTA DSP:
CMGI Directed Share Program for AltaVista Company
Program Steps
PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL OF THE PROGRAM STEPS IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ALLOCATION. This is a detailed process so please carefully review all of Wit Capital's correspondence.
STEP 1: Open a generic individual cash account with Wit Capital, if you do not already have one:
The mailing packet contained a yellow sheet with a checklist that will guide you through the account opening process. Go to the Web site for the Program, affinity.witcapital.com and click on "Open a Wit Capital account". Remember to write down your account number, user name and password. After printing and signing your application, mail it in the blue envelope enclosed along with a check for a minimum of $2,000 made payable to US Clearing to fund your Wit Capital account. The application and check must be POSTMARKED by March 30, 2000. If you do not have your blue envelope, please mail your application and check to: Wit Capital Corporation, P.O. Box 724, New York, NY 10276.
STEP 2: Register your Wit Capital account for the Program:
Go to the Web site for the Program, affinity.witcapital.com and click on "Register Your Account". You will be asked to enter your 8 digit Wit Capital account number, your unique investor code which is provided on the upper right-hand corner of the invitation letter from CMGI, Inc., your e-mail address and your phone number. EVEN IF YOU REGISTERED FOR A PRIOR OFFERING UNDER THE CMGI DIRECTED SHARE PROGRAM, YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED A PARTICIPANT IN THIS PROGRAM.
YOU MAY ACCESS A PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS AT affinity.witcapital.com. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROCEED TO STEPS 3 AND 4 UNTIL WIT CAPITAL NOTIFIES YOU OF THE AVAILABILITY OF A GENERALLY CIRCULATED PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
STEP 3: Review the generally circulated preliminary prospectus and place a conditional offer for shares:
After you receive an "IPO Alert" e-mail for the AltaVista offering from Wit Capital, go to the Web site for the Program, affinity.witcapital.com and click on "Review preliminary prospectus and place a conditional offer for shares". Read this preliminary prospectus, log in with your Wit Capital user name and password and then follow the steps to place a conditional offer for shares. You have not successfully placed your conditional offer until you see a screen entitled "Conditional Offer Acknowledgment" and receive a reference number. Write down your conditional offer reference number. Please note that placing a conditional offer is NOT a binding commitment to purchase shares and you may change or cancel your conditional offer at any time prior to 11:00 PM Eastern Time the night the offering prices, which could be as early as the week of April 10, 2000.
STEP 4: Reconfirm your conditional offer:
Wit Capital will send you an e-mail that will ask you to reconfirm your conditional offer. The e-mail will provide specific instructions on how to reconfirm your conditional offer. Please carefully review these instructions. CONDITIONAL OFFERS THAT ARE NOT RECONFIRMED WILL BE TREATED AS CANCELLED. If possible, you will have the option to reconfirm your conditional offer pre-effectively (before the AltaVista offering has been priced and declared effective); otherwise, you will be asked to reconfirm post-effectively (after the Offering has been priced and declared effective). Here's a description of how both processes work:
Pre-effective reconfirmation: If possible, up to 24 hours BEFORE the offering has been priced and declared effective, Wit Capital will send you an e-mail request to reconfirm your conditional offer. To reconfirm your conditional offer, reply to this e-mail and type "I confirm" in the subject field. This process will give you approximately 24 hours to reconfirm your conditional offer. Once the offering has been priced and declared effective, Wit Capital will send you a second e-mail with the pricing terms. If you have not already reconfirmed your conditional offer, you must do so before 11:00 PM Eastern Time in order to be eligible to receive an allocation. If you responded to the first pre-effective e-mail, you will not need to take any action UNLESS THERE HAS BEEN A MATERIAL CHANGE TO THE OFFERING. If there has been a material change, your prior reconfirmation will be invalid and you will have to respond to the second e-mail, if you wish to be eligible to receive an allocation. If there is a material change to the offering, you will have a substantially shorter window of time to reconfirm your conditional offer. In light of this, please carefully monitor your e-mail beginning April 10, 2000. We suggest that you check your e-mail every night between the hours of 8-10 PM Eastern Time beginning April 10, 2000.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE RECONFIRMED YOUR CONDITIONAL OFFER, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE OR CANCEL YOUR CONDITIONAL OFFER UNTIL 11:00 PM EASTERN TIME THE NIGHT THE OFFERING PRICES. You can change or cancel your conditional offer by going to the "Manage My Account" section of Wit Capital's Web site, www.witcapital.com. If you have not visited Wit Capital's Web site before, click on "Login" at the top of the screen and then login with the e-mail address that you have entered for that account. After logging in, click on "Manage My Account" at the top of the screen. Next click on "View Open Orders" and you will see the option to change or cancel your conditional offer.
Post-effective reconfirmation: If Wit Capital is unable to use the pre-effective reconfirmation process, we will use the post-effective reconfirmation process. Once the offering has been priced and declared effective, Wit Capital will send you a "post-effective request to reconfirm" e-mail with the pricing terms. If you wish to be eligible to receive an allocation, you must reply to that e-mail by typing "I confirm" in the subject field before 11:00 PM Eastern Time the night the Offering prices. Please keep in mind that this will give you a window of several hours to respond. In light of this, please carefully monitor your e-mail beginning April 10, 2000. We suggest that you check your e-mail every night between the hours of 8-10 PM Eastern Time beginning April 10, 2000.
YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO CHANGE OR CANCEL YOUR CONDITIONAL OFFER UNTIL 11:00 PM EASTERN TIME THE NIGHT THE OFFERING PRICES, EVEN IF YOU HAVE RECONFIRMED YOUR CONDITIONAL OFFER. You can change or cancel your conditional offer by going to the "Manage My Account" section of Wit Capital's Web site, www.witcapital.com. If you have not visited Wit Capital's Web site before, click on "Login" at the top of the screen and then login with the e-mail address that you have entered for that account. After logging in, click on "Manage My Account" at the top of the screen. Next click on "View Open Orders" and you will see the option to change or cancel your conditional offer.
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