To: Craig Goodstadt who wrote (26174 ) 4/20/1999 9:50:00 PM From: Sammie Respond to of 44908
Here is the first April Press release on Nettaxi..... Nettaxi Raises $5 Million CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--Nettaxi, Inc. (NASDAQ OTC BB: NTXY - news), a premiere commerce enabled community and portal web site with more than 80 million monthly page views, today announced that it has raised $5 million in capital through a private placement of 5% convertible debentures to a fund managed by Rose Glen Capital Management, L.P. ''We are continuing to execute Nettaxi's plan to be a provider of preeminent commerce-enabled communities,'' said Robert Rositano, chief executive officer, Nettaxi. ''With our new financing, Nettaxi will be able to focus on providing services that make using the Internet an easy and enriching experience.'' The debentures are convertible into common stock at an initial conversion price equal to 120% of the average closing bid price of the stock for the ten trading days ending on March 26, 1999, the date on which the investor formally committed to make the investment. Under certain circumstances, the conversion price may be adjusted based upon the future market price of the stock. As part of the purchase of the debentures, the investor obtained the right to purchase up to an additional $5 million of common stock at the then effective conversion price of the debentures. In addition, the investor received warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to 125% of the average closing bid price of the stock for the ten trading days ending on March 26, 1999. About Nettaxi, Inc. (http://www.nettaxi.com) Nettaxi, Inc., with headquarters in Campbell, Calif., is a premier commerce enabled community and portal web site. Through its Web site at www.nettaxi.com and its connected CD-ROM product, ''Internet The City,'' Nettaxi provides access to topic specific, personalized content and services such as search features, free e-mail and personal home pages. Nettaxi's various communities provide citizens access to news, search engines, arts and entertainment information, government records, financial data, educational materials and sports information. Nettaxi is the first online community to use the eCHARGE transaction system (http://www.echarge.com) in conjunction with e-commerce, allowing consumers to charge online purchases to their monthly telephone bills rather than to credit cards. Nettaxi also allows its premium citizens access to e-charge as a billing option. This affiliation with eCharge provides Nettaxi with a competitive advantage over other publicly traded web communities, such as theglobe.com, Inc. (NASDAQ N-Mkt.: TGLO) located at theglobe.com and GeoCities, Inc. (NASDAQ N-Mkt.: GCTY) located at geocities.com . Safe Harbor Statement Investors should carefully consider the preceding information as well as other information contained in this press release before making an investment in the Common Stock. Information contained in this press release contains ''forward-looking statements'' which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as ''believes,'' ''expects,'' ''may,'' ''should,'' or ''anticipates'' or the negative thereof or given that the future results covered by such forward-looking statements will be achieved. The preceding matters constitute cautionary statements identifying important factors with respect to such forward-looking statements, including certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements. Other factors could also cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Nettaxi, Inc. Robert Rositano, Jr., 408/879-9880 rar@nettaxi.com or The Benjamin Group Inc. Kristi Melani, 408/559-6090 kristi_melani@benjamingroup.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------