-----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, IMljsGfOidU37UmYHCPwjpY1KdmCrXScUpStMB67bHFr3qXe3c2HtwfeA1BRKBzK dVnefsZKPDSHF8LAKqzcnw== 0000950117-06-003832.txt : 20060912 0000950117-06-003832.hdr.sgml : 20060912 20060912163014 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950117-06-003832 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060908 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060912 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060912 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: 061086658 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 a42742.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): September 8, 2006

 

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

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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 September 8, 2006, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”) listed on Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement dated August 10, 2006 among The Knot, certain selling stockholders and the Underwriters (the “Underwriting Agreement”), notified The Knot that the Underwriters had elected to purchase an aggregate of 809,600 shares of Common Stock from The Knot pursuant to the over-allotment option set forth in the Underwriting Agreement. The Underwriting Agreement related to the previously announced follow-on public offering of an aggregate of 6,350,000 shares of Common Stock by The Knot and such selling stockholders, which offering closed on August 15, 2006. The additional 809,600 shares of Common Stock will be issued by The Knot against payment therefor on September 13, 2006.

 

On September 11, 2006, The Knot announced that it had completed its previously announced acquisition of WeddingChannel.com, Inc. A copy of the press release announcing the completion of the acquisition is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this report.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d) Exhibits. The following documents are included as exhibits to this report:

 

 

99.1

Press release issued September 11, 2006.

 

 

 


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: September 12, 2006

By:

/s/ RICHARD E. SZEFC

 

 

 

Richard E. Szefc

 

 

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1

Press release issued September 11, 2006.

 

 

 

 


 

EX-99 2 ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1


Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE KNOT COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM

NEW YORK September 11, 2006 – The Knot, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT, www.theknot.com) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of WeddingChannel.com, Inc.  Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated June 5, 2006, The Knot issued 1.15 million shares of its common stock and paid approximately $61.7 million in cash, which includes an estimated working capital adjustment of $3.8 million, in exchange for all of the capital stock and stock options of WeddingChannel.  The Knot funded the cash portion of the purchase price with cash on hand and the net proceeds of its follow-on offering of common stock completed on August 15, 2006.

“This acquisition consolidates the two leaders in the online bridal industry,” David Liu, CEO of The Knot, commented. “By uniting The Knot’s content, local resources and community with WeddingChannel’s online bridal registry services, we can deliver the most complete online wedding planning experience for our audience and offer additional advertising opportunities to marketers seeking to reach them.”

“Our advertisers are increasingly recognizing the buying power and value of our audience of couples in the “nesting” lifestage -- the five year span from proposal to pregnancy,” Mr. Liu continued. “Our continuously replenishing audience is truly a unique consumer group characterized by a predictable spending patterns, finite deadlines, and tremendous thirst for information, products and services. With weddings we are the gateway to the process, signing up over a million newly engaged couples every year who can now stay with us through becoming a first time parent via The Knot and The Nest.”

About The Knot, Inc.

The Knot, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT; www.theknot.com) is a leading lifestage media and services company.  The Company’s flagship brand, The Knot, is the nation’s leading wedding resource that reaches over 1 million engaged couples each year through the Web, newsstands, bookstores, national television and more.  Its award-winning website, TheKnot.com, is the most-trafficked online wedding destination.  The Company also offers a diverse collection of print publications including national and regional editions of “The Knot Weddings” magazine, seven books, a popular TV series on The Oxygen Network, a Video On Demand (VOD) service for Comcast Cable and content distribution partnerships with MSN and Comcast.  The Knot, Inc. has recently launched several brands targeted before and beyond the wedding day, including newlywed resource The Nest (www.thenest.com), teen site PromSpot.com, and online personals site, GreatBoyfriends.com. The Knot, Inc. is based in New York and has several other offices across the country.

 

 


About WeddingChannel.com, Inc.

WeddingChannel offers comprehensive wedding-planning content, interactive tools and one place for couples to manage gift registries from the nation’s largest retailers, pre-reserve hotel rooms from numerous properties worldwide and enable guests to find and purchase these gifts and hotel rooms.  WeddingChannel’s patented registry system searches registries from retailers and resort groups including Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Tiffany & Co., Crate and Barrel, Neiman Marcus, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, The Home Depot, JCPenney, Starwood Hotels, Sandals Resorts and others.  WeddingChannel also operates the leading bridal fashion trade show, WeddingChannel’s Couture Show.  WeddingChannel.com, Inc. is based in Los Angeles.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of The Knot.  These statements, which are usually accompanied by word such as “may”, will”, “could”, “intends” and “expects”, 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.  Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein include, without limitation, (i) the risk that the businesses of The Knot and WeddingChannel will not be integrated successfully, (ii) The Knot’s unproven business model and limited operating history, (iii) The Knot’s history of significant losses, (iv) the significant fluctuation to which The Knot’s quarterly revenues and operating results are subject, (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.  Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

 

Contact:

VMW Corporate & Investor Relations

Vicki Weiner/Sylvia Dresner

212-616-6161

info@vmwcom.com

 

 


 

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