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Webxu Announces Retiring of Lot6 $5 Million Sellers Note and Restructuring of Threadpoint Acquisition Letter Agreement

 

LOS ANGELES, California –May 15, 2012 – Webxu, Inc. (WBXU), a performance media company that develops, owns and operates a network of branded consumer websites focused on Customer Acquisition and E-Commerce, today announced the retiring of the Lot6 Media $5 million Sellers Note and the restructuring of the Threadpoint, LLC acquisition Letter Agreement.

 

Webxu has successfully retired the Lot6 Media transactions $5 million Sellers Note. Furthermore, this November 2011 transaction included an unwind provision which is now removed by the retiring of this Note.

 

In addition, Webxu has completed a re-structuring of the Letter Agreement for the proposed Threadpoint, LLC acquisition announced in January 2012. Upfront consideration previously consisted of several Sellers Notes totaling $12 million. The $12 million has been re-structured to an upfront payment of $7 million and 2 million shares of Webxu common stock priced at $2.50 per share.

 

Matt Hill, Chairman and CEO of Webxu, commented “We are extremely pleased to announce these two important events for Webxu. We feel that the retiring of the Lot6 Media Sellers Note plus the restructuring of the Threadpoint transaction are major accomplishments in terms of demonstrating our ability to execute our acquisition strategy. We plan to move quickly to an anticipated close of the Threadpoint transaction, which on an unaudited pro forma basis for 2012, should add over $20 million in annual revenue and over $5 million in EBITDA to Webxu’s performance.”

 

About Webxu, Inc.

Webxu, Inc. (WBXU) is a performance media company that develops, owns and operates a network of branded consumer websites focused on Customer Acquisition and E-Commerce. Through its network of websites, Webxu generates revenue by providing advertisers with sales leads from highly-targeted consumer traffic. Webxu is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. For more information about Webxu visit http://www.webxu.com.

 

Webxu Media Contact

Michelle Stoler

michelle@webxu.com

 

Investor Relations Contact

MKR Group, Inc.

Charles Messman and Todd Kehrli

323-468-2300

wbxu@mkr-group.com

 

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