[IP] The Dot Com Era Started Today....?
Begin forwarded message:
From: Richard Forno <rforno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 9, 2005 9:05:35 AM EDT
To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: The Dot Com Era Started Today....?
10 years ago today -- August 9, 1995 -- Netscape IPO'd, and ushered
in the
Dot Com Boom that has brought us to where we are today. (It was also
the
first and only tech company I both desired and bought at IPO, too. Ahh,
those where the days....)
-rick
Infowarrior.org
Nostalgiac press release follows:
http://cgi.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease34.html
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF
5,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (August 9, 1995) -- Netscape Communications
Corporation announced today the initial public offering of 5,000,000
shares
of its Common Stock at a price of $28 per share. Of such shares,
4,250,000
shares were offered in the United States and Canada and 750,000
shares were
offered internationally. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated acted as lead
manager and Hambrecht & Quist LLC acted as co-manager of the
underwriting
group. The Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase
up to
750,000 additional shares from the Company to cover over-allotments,
if any.
The Company's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market
under the
symbol "NSCP".
AOL / Netscape Communications develops, markets and supports open
software
that enables people and organizations to exchange information and
conduct
commerce over the Internet and private Internet Protocol networks. The
Company's comprehensive product line includes clients, servers, and
integrated applications software products.
Copies of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New
York,
New York 10020; Phone: 212/703-4000 or Fax: 212/703-5007; or from
Hambrecht
& Quist LLC, One Bush Street, San Francisco, California 94104; Phone
415/576-3423 or Fax: 415/576-3347.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation
of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any
state in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful
prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state.
AOL / Netscape Communications is headquartered at 466 Ellis Street,
Mountain
View, California 94043-4042; Internet Address: ; email:
info@xxxxxxxxxxxx;
Phone: 415/528-2802 or 415/528-2803.
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