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iVillage Issues Statement Regarding Its Definitive Agreement to
Acquire iVillage.co.uk
NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iVillage Inc. (NASDAQ:IVIL), The
Internet For Women(TM), a leading women's media company and the number one
women's community online, today issued a statement regarding its definitive
agreement to acquire the iVillage.co.uk website and certain related assets,
which was announced earlier this morning.
Douglas W. McCormick, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, iVillage Inc. said,
"While we are pleased to gain ownership of the iVillage.co.uk website and
certain related assets, a move, we believe, that will generate increased value
for our stockholders, moving forward we do not expect the transaction to have a
material effect on iVillage's 2005 results of operations, financial condition
or cash flows. We consider iVillage.co.uk to be a growth business with its
potential materializing in 2006."
The Company currently plans to provide further information on this transaction
when it reports its first quarter 2005 financial results after the market
closing on May 4, 2005.
About iVillage Inc.
iVillage is "the Internet for women" and consists of several online and offline
media-based properties that seek to enrich the lives of women, teenage girls
and parents through the offering of unique content, community applications,
tools and interactive features. iVillage Inc. (NASDAQ:IVIL) was established in
1995 and is headquartered in New York City.
Average monthly page views for iVillage.com and its affiliate Web sites ("The
iVillage Network") totaled nearly 374 million for the quarter ended December
31, 2004. In December 2004, according to comScore Media Metrix, The iVillage
Network ranked 31st among the top 100 Web and Digital Media properties with
approximately 16.9 million unique visitors in the United States and had an
average reach of more than 10.5% of the total online population and
approximately 14% of women 18+ online. Also, according to the same report, The
iVillage Network was the number one "women's community site" and the number
four "community site" overall on the Web.
For more information about iVillage, visit http://www.ivillage.com/.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995:
iVillage Inc. has included in this press release certain "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 concerning iVillage's business, operations and financial condition. The
words or phrases "can be," "expects," "may affect," "anticipates," "may
depend," "believes," "estimates," "plans," "projects" and similar words and
phrases are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are subject to various known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and iVillage cautions you that any forward-looking information
provided by or on behalf of iVillage is not a guarantee of future results,
performance or achievements. Actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors,
some of which are beyond iVillage's control. In addition to those risks
discussed in iVillage's other press releases, public filings and statements by
iVillage's management, factors that may cause iVillage's actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward looking
statements include: (i) the volatile and competitive nature of the Internet
industry and the media industry, (ii) changes in domestic and foreign economic,
political and market conditions, (iii) the effect of federal, state and foreign
regulation on iVillage's business, (iv) the impact of recent and future
acquisitions and joint ventures on iVillage's business and financial condition,
(v) iVillage's ability to establish and maintain relationships with
advertisers, sponsors, and other third-party providers and partners, (vi)
iVillage's ability to maintain or increase user traffic levels, (vii) the loss
of one or more of iVillage's major customers and (viii) the impact of pending
litigation on iVillage's business, results of operations and financial
condition. All such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date
on which such statements were made. iVillage does not undertake any obligation
to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or
circumstances after the date on which any such statement is made or to reflect
the occurrence of unanticipated events.
DATASOURCE: iVillage Inc.
CONTACT: Carl Fischer of iVillage Inc., +1-212-600-6502,
; or Carina Thate, or Eliza Johnson,
, both of The Abernathy MacGregor Group, +1-212-371-5999
Web site: http://www.ivillage.com/