this is from a email i received today
Dear Overstock.com customer,
WR Hambrecht + Co is pleased to announce that Overstock.com, Inc. is planning to go public through OpenIPO, an online auction that allows investors to participate in the pricing and allocation process of the IPO shares.
To participate in the OpenIPO auction you need to have an account at WR Hambrecht + Co or one of our selling group members.To see a list of our selling group members please go to http://www.wrhambrecht.com/ostk/selling_group/. To open an account with WR Hambrecht + Co please go tohttp://www.wrhambrecht.com/ind/account/getting_started.html.
To find out more about this offering go to http://www.wrhambrecht.com/ostk
Best regards,
Matthew Regan
Director of Brokerage Services
WR Hambrecht + Co
Important details about the OpenIPO deal:
The issuer: Overstock.com, Inc.
Description of the company: Overstock.com is an online ?closeout? retailer offering discount brand-name merchandise for sale over the Internet.
Expected size of offering: 3,000,000 shares of common stock.
Shares are being offered by the company and by a selling shareholder
Targeted price range: $12.00 - $16.00
Expected symbol: OSTK
Lead Managing Underwriter: WR Hambrecht + Co
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities. Only the prospectus makes the offering.
Copies of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained by...
Going to http://www.wrhambrecht.com/ostk
Writing to WR Hambrecht + Co 539 Bryant Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94107
Calling 1.800.673.6476
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This communication 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 which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the registration statement has become effective, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without notice of its acceptance given after the effective date. An indication of interest in response to this advertisement will involve no obligation or commitment of any kind.
WR Hambrecht + Co is a member NASD/SIPC.
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Dear Overstock.com customer,
WR Hambrecht + Co is pleased to announce that Overstock.com, Inc. is planning to go public through OpenIPO, an online auction that allows investors to participate in the pricing and allocation process of the IPO shares.
To participate in the OpenIPO auction you need to have an account at WR Hambrecht + Co or one of our selling group members.To see a list of our selling group members please go to http://www.wrhambrecht.com/ostk/selling_group/. To open an account with WR Hambrecht + Co please go tohttp://www.wrhambrecht.com/ind/account/getting_started.html.
To find out more about this offering go to http://www.wrhambrecht.com/ostk
Best regards,
Matthew Regan
Director of Brokerage Services
WR Hambrecht + Co
Important details about the OpenIPO deal:
The issuer: Overstock.com, Inc.
Description of the company: Overstock.com is an online ?closeout? retailer offering discount brand-name merchandise for sale over the Internet.
Expected size of offering: 3,000,000 shares of common stock.
Shares are being offered by the company and by a selling shareholder
Targeted price range: $12.00 - $16.00
Expected symbol: OSTK
Lead Managing Underwriter: WR Hambrecht + Co
This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities. Only the prospectus makes the offering.
Copies of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained by...
Going to http://www.wrhambrecht.com/ostk
Writing to WR Hambrecht + Co 539 Bryant Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94107
Calling 1.800.673.6476
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This communication 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 which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the registration statement has become effective, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without notice of its acceptance given after the effective date. An indication of interest in response to this advertisement will involve no obligation or commitment of any kind.
WR Hambrecht + Co is a member NASD/SIPC.
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This message is intended only for the addressee. Please notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not copy, disclose, or distribute this message or its content to any other person and any such actions may be unlawful. Electronic mail sent through the Internet is not secure.
WR Hambrecht + Co (WRH+Co) does not accept time sensitive, action-oriented messages or transaction orders, including orders to purchase or sell securities, via email
WRH+Co reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this email address. Messages sent to or from this email address may be stored on the WRH+Co email system.
Please do not reply to this email.