To: Caravan who wrote (58366 ) 2/25/1999 11:21:00 AM From: Joe Copia Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 119973
BIGC news !!! Thursday February 25, 10:33 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Big City Bagels, Inc. Retains KCSA Worldwide to Communicate Company's Proposed Internet-Based Business to Wall Street HICKSVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 25, 1999--Big City Bagels, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIGC - news) today announced that it has retained KCSA Public Relations Worldwide, a New York-based public and investor relations firm, to help communicate the Company's proposed Internet-based business in connection with the recently announced agreement in principle to merge with VillageNet, Inc. villagenet.com and Intelligent Computer Solutions, Inc. icsnet.com . In announcing the appointment, Mark Weinreb, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said, ''KCSA's broad investor relations and Internet-related experience will help us in communicating our story to the investment community, the financial media and the public as we evaluate our long-term strategy.'' VillageNet, Inc. (''VillageNet''), founded in June 1995, is a community-oriented Internet service provider specializing in educational and family-based Internet services with a local emphasis on business advertising and shopping, chat rooms and parent/student/teacher interaction. Intelligent Computer Solutions, Inc. (''ICS''), founded in October 1994, is a systems-integration firm specializing in network design, implementation and maintenance and providing Internet/intranet messaging and security products. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause action results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties are described in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its Prospectus dated April 3, 1998. This release is available on the KCSA Public Relations Worldwide website at www.kcsa.com. Contact: Big City Bagels, Inc. Mark Weinreb, Chief Executive Officer 516/932-5050 or KCSA Worldwide Jeff Corbin/Joseph A. Mansi 212/682-6300, ext 214/205 212/697-0910 jcorbin@kcsa.com/jmansi@kcsa.com www.kcsa.com