-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CD6hNh6VBYRPQx9dvRV1MeJE7BajNdjOpETEhYi3zfOA4uv8F33BQxFsbYSsgTag QCXs0GD13O+CPZn8j+OIBQ== 0000950117-05-001149.txt : 20050328 0000950117-05-001149.hdr.sgml : 20050328 20050328163804 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950117-05-001149 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050328 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20050328 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KNOT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062292 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-NONSTORE RETAILERS [5960] IRS NUMBER: 133895178 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-28271 FILM NUMBER: 05706990 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 462 BROADWAY 6TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10013 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122198555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 462 BROADWAY, 6TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10013 8-K 1 a39503.htm THE KNOT, INC.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

_____________________

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 28, 2005

 

The Knot, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

0-28271

13-3895178

(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

462 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, New York

10013

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 219-8555

 

_____________________

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

_____________________

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

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o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

 

On March 28, 2005, The Knot, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its common stock will begin trading on March 29, 2005 on the NASDAQ National Market under the stock symbol KNOT. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)

Exhibits.

 

99.1

Press release dated March 28, 2005

 

 

 

 



 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

THE KNOT, INC.

(Registrant)

 

Date: March 28, 2005

By:

/s/ RICHARD E. SZEFC

 

 

Richard E. Szefc

 

 

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

 



 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1

Press release dated March 28, 2005

 

 



EX-99 2 ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

THE KNOT WILL BEGIN TRADING ON NASDAQ NATIONAL MARKET TOMORROW

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – March 28, 2005 – The Knot, Inc., the nation's leading wedding resource, reported that its stock will begin trading tomorrow, March 29, 2005, on the NASDAQ National Market under the stock symbol KNOT.

Commenting on today’s announcement, The Knot’s CEO David Liu said, “Over the last three years we have been strengthening our brand and attracting a growing base of national and local advertisers. They recognize the unique opportunity we offer to capture the attention of a prime audience that has a finite time to spend a wedding budget. As we continue to grow, we are also focusing on leveraging our relationship with our membership base to provide the information and services they value for other major life stages beyond the wedding.”

About The Knot, Inc.

The Knot, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT; www.theknot.com) is a leading national life stage media and services company. The Knot provides over one million new members a year with comprehensive wedding planning information, interactive tools and resources, and wedding-related shopping. The Knot has extended its brand to reach every venue engaged couples consult including bookstores, newsstands, nationally distributed cable television programming and the Internet. Its award-winning website, TheKnot.com, is the leading online wedding destination and wedding content provider to America Online, MSN and Comcast.

 

The Knot, Inc. also offers a diverse collection of wedding planning print publications. The Knot produces a national publication, "The Knot Weddings Magazine" and publishes "The Knot Weddings," regional wedding magazines in 16 U.S. markets and "The Knot Real Weddings" magazines in two additional markets. The Company also publishes a wedding planning book trilogy with Broadway Books, a gift book series with Chronicle Books and produces a televised documentary series on The Oxygen Network and a VOD service for Comcast Cable.

 

The Knot recently launched its newlywed website, TheNest.com, the first online destination for the newly married audience, providing couples in their first two years of marriage with targeted relationship advice, living and entertaining ideas, interactive tools for daily life and a robust community of peers. The Knot is based in New York and has several other U.S. offices.

 

Contact:

Vicki Weiner/Sylvia Dresner

VMW Corporate & Investor Relations

212-616-6161

info@vmwcom.com

 

This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of The Knot. These statements are only predictions and reflect the current beliefs and expectations of The Knot. Actual events or results may differ materially from those contained in the projections or forward-looking statements. It is routine for internal projections and expectations to change as the quarter

 



 

progresses, and therefore it should be clearly understood that the internal projections and beliefs upon which The Knot bases its expectations may change prior to the end of the quarter. Although these expectations may change, The Knot will not necessarily inform you if they do. The Knot's policy is to provide its expectations not more than once per quarter, and not to update that information until the next quarter. Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein include, without limitation, (i) The Knot's unproven business model and limited operating history, (ii) The Knot's history of losses, (iii) the significant fluctuation to which The Knot's quarterly revenues and operating results are subject, (iv) the risks and related costs associated with ongoing litigation, (v) the seasonality of the wedding industry and (vi) other factors detailed in documents The Knot files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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