-----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, NNS5Y/UJgbQNyeehSvkcGUbWSHqAGOi64wFNMD4QJ6EwUbwblN364+QhRNHVnTUC L9k33Pwfv19GJwRQb9mjCA== 0000891020-00-000129.txt : 20000207 0000891020-00-000129.hdr.sgml : 20000207 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891020-00-000129 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000121 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20000204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMAZON COM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001018724 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES [5961] IRS NUMBER: 911646860 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22513 FILM NUMBER: 524471 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 12TH AVENUE S SUITE 1200 CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98144 BUSINESS PHONE: 2062661000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1200 12TH AVENUE S SUITE 1200 CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98144 8-K 1 FORM 8-K 1 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 JANUARY 21, 2000 DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) AMAZON.COM, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER) DELAWARE 000-22513 91-1646860 (STATE OR OTHER (COMMISSION FILE NO.) (IRS EMPLOYER JURISDICTION IDENTIFICATION NO.) OF INCORPORATION) 1200 - 12TH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 1200, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98144 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE) (206) 266-1000 (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE) 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS On January 21, 2000, Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon.com") announced a promotional agreement with Greenlight.com, Inc. ("Greenlight.com") as well as an investment in shares of Greenlight.com Series C Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock. On January 24, 2000, Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon.com") announced a promotional agreement with drugstore.com, Inc. ("drugstore.com") and an additional investment in shares of drugstore.com common stock. On February 1, 2000, Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon.com") announced a promotional agreement with living.com, Inc. ("living.com") as well as an investment in shares of living.com Series B Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase common stock, or, in certain circumstances, Series B Preferred Stock. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS (c) Exhibits 99.1 Press Release dated January 21, 2000 regarding Amazon.com's announcement of a promotional agreement with, and investment in, Greenlight.com 99.2 Press release dated January 24, 2000 regarding Amazon.com's announcement of a promotional agreement with, and investment in, drugstore.com 99.3 Press release dated February 1, 2000 regarding Amazon.com's announcement of a promotional agreement with, and investment in, living.com 3 SIGNATURES 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. AMAZON.COM, INC. (REGISTRANT) Dated: February 4, 2000 By: /s/ WARREN C. JENSON ------------------------------- Warren C. Jenson Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President 4 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Description - -------------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release dated January 21, 2000 regarding Amazon.com's announcement of a promotional agreement with, and investment in, Greenlight.com 99.2 Press release dated January 24, 2000 regarding Amazon.com's announcement of a promotional agreement with, and investment in, drugstore.com 99.3 Press release dated February 1, 2000 regarding Amazon.com's announcement of a promotional agreement with, and investment in, living.com
EX-99.1 2 PRESS RELEASE DATED JANUARY 21, 2000 1 AMAZON.COM AND ONLINE CAR-BUYING SERVICE GREENLIGHT.COM ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND PROMOTIONAL AGREEMENT SEATTLE -- January 21, 2000 -- Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), the leading online retailer, today announced that it has agreed to acquire a stake in Greenlight.com, the only online car buying company that gives consumers the convenience and control of online purchasing coupled with the support of a leading network of premiere auto dealers. Amazon.com has agreed to acquire 5% of the outstanding shares of Greenlight.com. In addition, under a promotional agreement, Amazon.com will help introduce Greenlight.com to Amazon.com's more than 16 million experienced online shoppers, and, in return, Amazon.com will receive $82.5 million over five years and receive warrants to increase its stake to as much as 30% over the five years. Greenlight.com goes well beyond the referral model and offers consumers the ultimate car buying experience -- a no-hassle, no-pressure way to research, choose and buy exactly the car they want; 24-hour, 7 day-a-week customer service; and strong, ongoing support from local dealers during and after purchase. "We're delighted to join forces with Greenlight.com so that customers can enjoy the benefits of online car shopping with dealers committed to customer service," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "Greenlight.com makes it easy for dealers everywhere to participate in e-commerce and reach new customers." "We are excited to be teaming up with the e-commerce leader," said Todd Collins, CEO of Greenlight.com. "We know that Amazon.com works only with companies that offer the highest standard of customer service, and their strategic investment validates the Greenlight.com way to buy new cars online. Now that Greenlight.com has teamed up with Amazon.com and its customer base of 16 million experienced online shoppers, no one else can deliver so many potential new-car buyers." Greenlight.com is developing a network of prominent car dealers throughout the United States who share a common characteristic: a commitment to working with Greenlight.com to support consumers before, during and after the online purchase of a new car. Greenlight.com is currently available to consumers in Atlanta, Ga., Greensboro, N.C., as well as Jacksonville and Orlando, Fla., with national expansion planned for early spring. Greenlight.com continues to build its network by recruiting the most customer service-oriented dealers across the United States. ABOUT GREENLIGHT.COM Founded in San Mateo, CA in 1999, Greenlight.com is the only company that offers car buyers the control of purchasing online, plus the benefit of ongoing service and support from local dealerships. Greenlight.com simplifies the buying process by helping customers customize their car, lock in a low price in real time, order online and arrange for delivery, with the convenience 2 of never having to leave their home. Greenlight.com is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silicon Valley's premier venture capital firm, and Asbury Automotive, the largest private network of national auto dealerships, backed by Ripplewood Holdings and Freeman Spogli. To shop for a car or to get more information about Greenlight.com, visit the company on the Web at http://www.greenlight.com. ABOUT AMAZON.COM, INC. Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries) is the Internet's No. 1 music, No. 1 DVD and video, and No. 1 book retailer. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection with online auctions and free electronic greeting cards. Amazon.com lists more than 18 million unique items in categories including books, CDs, toys, electronics, videos, DVDs, home improvement products, software, and video games. Through Amazon.com zShops, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.com's more than 13 million customers, and with Amazon.com Payments, any seller can accept credit card transactions, avoiding the hassles of offline payments. Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online. Amazon.com's All Product Search scours the Web to help customers find merchandise that is not available at Amazon.com, Amazon.com Auctions, or Amazon.com zShops, making Amazon.com the shopping destination to find anything. Amazon.com operates two international Web sites: www.amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom and www.amazon.de in Germany. Amazon.com also operates PlanetAll (www.planetall.com), a Web-based address book, calendar, and reminder service. It also operates the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the Web's comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than 150,000 movies and entertainment programs and 500,000 cast and crewmembers dating from the birth of film in 1892 to the present. Amazon.com also operates Amazon.com LiveBid Auctions (http://livebid.amazon.com), the leading provider of live-event auctions on the Internet. Amazon.com has invested in leading Internet retailers that are improving the lives of customers by making shopping easier and more convenient: drugstore.com, an online retail and information source for health, beauty, wellness, personal care and pharmacy, at www.drugstore.com; Pets.com, the online leader for pet products, expert information and services, at www.pets.com; HomeGrocer.com, the first fully integrated Internet grocery-shopping and home-delivery service, with operations in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and Southern California, at www.homegrocer.com; Gear.com, which offers brand name sporting goods at prices from 20% to 90% off retail, at www.gear.com; and Ashford.com (NASDAQ: ASFD), the leading Internet retailer of luxury and premium products and the Web's No. 1 retailer of watches and jewelry, at www.ashford.com. Amazon.com also has a minority interest in Della.com, which brings together leading retailers with gift registry, expert advice, and personalized gift suggestions to help everyone give better gifts, at www.della.com; and NextCard, Inc., considered the industry's leading issuer of consumer credit on the Internet, at (www.nextcard.com). This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, Amazon.com's limited operating history, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, seasonality, consumer trends, competition, risk of distribution center expansion, risks related to 3 fourth quarter, risks of system interruption, management of potential growth, risks related to auction and zShops services, risks related to fraud and Amazon.com Payments, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1999, June 30, 1999 and September 30, 1999. ### For additional information or for referral to industry analysts contact: Cherie Stewart Red Whistle Communications/The Weber Group 415.616.6149 cstewart@redwhistle.com Bill Curry Amazon.com 206-266-7180 EX-99.2 3 PRESS RELEASE DATED JANUARY 24, 2000 1 AMAZON.COM ENTERS IMPORTANT, NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH DRUGSTORE.COM(TM), ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO BUY DRUGSTORE.COM PRODUCTS THROUGH AMAZON.COM AMAZON.COM MAKES ADDITIONAL MINORITY INVESTMENT IN DRUGSTORE.COM AND RECEIVES $105 MILLION FOR A DRUGSTORE.COM "TAB" AT AMAZON.COM SEATTLE -- January 24, 2000 -- Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), the leading online retailer, and drugstore.com(TM) (NASDAQ: DSCM), the leading online drugstore, today announced a multi-million dollar agreement to integrate a number of the companies' shopping features and create a drugstore.com shopping "tab" at Amazon.com. Under the agreement, Amazon.com will receive $105 million over three years. At the same time, Amazon.com will make an additional $30 million investment in drugstore.com, bringing its total stake in drugstore.com to almost 28% of the outstanding drugstore.com common stock, upon closing of the transaction. The agreement means that soon--for the first time ever--an Amazon.com investment partner will be prominently featured on Amazon.com as a permanent part of Amazon.com's regular navigational structure. Additional features that make shopping still easier--integrated 1-Click(R) shopping, a shared shopping basket, and more integrated search and browse capabilities--are planned for later. The result will be greater shopping convenience and selection for Amazon.com's more than 16 million customers, who will eventually be able to shop seamlessly between drugstore.com and other Amazon.com stores with equally high levels of customer service. "We're working to make Amazon.com the only place where you can find anything and everything you might want to buy online--what you're seeing today is a completely new component of that strategy," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "We chose drugstore.com to be our first partner with this level of tight integration because they obsess over customers the way we do, and we expect more arrangements like this when it makes sense for customers." "Our partnership has been so successful and so valuable for customers that it makes sense for us to take it to a new and enhanced level, " said Peter Neupert, president and CEO of drugstore.com. "This deeper integration with Amazon.com demonstrates both companies' ongoing commitment to constantly evolve and improve the customer experience." Amazon.com originally acquired a minority stake in drugstore.com in August 1998. In the past, Amazon.com has introduced drugstore.com to Amazon.com customers by offering temporary links on the Amazon.com home page and by distributing drugstore.com gift certificates to Amazon.com customers. ABOUT DRUGSTORE.COM 2 drugstore.com (NASDAQ: DSCM) is a leading on-line drugstore and information site offering What Every Body Needs(TM) for health, beauty, wellness, personal care and pharmacy products. drugstore.com provides a convenient, private and informative shopping experience that encourages consumers to purchase products essential to healthy, everyday living. drugstore.com offers thousands of brand-name personal healthcare products at competitive prices, a full-service, licensed mail pharmacy, along with a wealth of health-related information, buying guides and other tools designed to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions. Consumers can personalize their shopping experiences with shopping lists, e-mail reminders for replenishing regularly used products and private e-mail access to pharmacists and beauty experts for questions. drugstore.com has been awarded the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) certification by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) as a fully licensed facility exercising the best safe pharmacy practices in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations. drugstore.com has also been rated the top Health category site by Forrester PowerRankings, which provides objective rankings of the leading eCommerce sites. The company has strategic relationships with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Rite Aid Corporation (RAD: NYSE, PSE), and General Nutrition Companies, among others. drugstore.com and What Every Body Needs are trademarks of drugstore.com, inc. ABOUT AMAZON.COM, INC. Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiaries) is the Internet's No. 1 music, No. 1 DVD and video, and No. 1 book retailer. Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection with online auctions and free electronic greeting cards. Amazon.com lists more than 18 million unique items in categories including books, CDs, toys, electronics, videos, DVDs, home improvement products, software, and video games. Through Amazon.com zShops, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.com's more than 16 million customers, and with Amazon.com Payments, any seller can accept credit card transactions, avoiding the hassles of offline payments. Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online. Amazon.com's All Product Search scours the Web to help customers find merchandise that is not available at Amazon.com, Amazon.com Auctions, or Amazon.com zShops, making Amazon.com the shopping destination to find anything. Amazon.com operates two international Web sites: www.amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom and www.amazon.de in Germany. Amazon.com also operates PlanetAll (www.planetall.com), a Web-based address book, calendar, and reminder service. It also operates the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the Web's comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than 150,000 movies and entertainment programs and 500,000 cast and crewmembers dating from the birth of film in 1892 to the present. Amazon.com also operates Amazon.com 3 LiveBid Auctions (http://livebid.amazon.com), the leading provider of live-event auctions on the Internet. Amazon.com has invested in leading Internet retailers that are improving the lives of customers by making shopping easier and more convenient: drugstore.com, an online retail and information source for health, beauty, wellness, personal care and pharmacy, at www.drugstore.com; Pets.com, the online leader for pet products, expert information and services, at www.pets.com; HomeGrocer.com, the first fully integrated Internet grocery-shopping and home-delivery service, with operations in Seattle, Portland, Oregon, and Southern California, at www.homegrocer.com; Gear.com, which offers brand name sporting goods at prices from 20% to 90% off retail, at www.gear.com; and Ashford.com (NASDAQ: ASFD), the leading Internet retailer of luxury and premium products and the Web's No. 1 retailer of watches and jewelry, at www.ashford.com. Amazon.com also has a minority interest in Della.com, which brings together leading retailers with gift registry, expert advice, and personalized gift suggestions to help everyone give better gifts, at www.della.com; and NextCard, Inc., considered the industry's leading issuer of consumer credit on the Internet, at (www.nextcard.com). This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, Amazon.com's limited operating history, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, seasonality, consumer trends, competition, risk of distribution center expansion, risks related to fourth quarter, risks of system interruption, management of potential growth, risks related to auction and zShops services, risks related to fraud and Amazon.com Payments, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1999, June 30, 1999 and September 30, 1999. ### For additional information contact: Bill Curry Debby Fry Wilson Amazon.com drugstore.com 206-266-7180 425-372-3208 Michael Marchand Trylon Communications, for drugstore.com 212-725-2295 EX-99.3 4 PRESS RELEASE DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2000 1 (BW) (WA-AMAZON.COM) (AMZN) AMAZON.COM ENTERS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH LIVING.COM TO CREATE A "HOME LIVING" STORE AT AMAZON.COM Attention Business Writers SEATTLE - (Business Wire)--February 1, 2000 - Leading online retailer Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) and living.com, the leading online home products and services retailer (www.living.com), today announced a multi-million dollar agreement to create a Home Living store at Amazon.com. Under the agreement, Amazon.com will receive $145 million from living.com over five years in exchange for being the exclusive Amazon.com Home Living store, providing furniture, bedding, home textiles, decorative accessories, tabletop, window treatments, and other related home categories to Amazon.com's more than 16 million customers. The Home Living store will be prominently displayed with other Amazon.com stores. Simultaneously, Amazon.com will make an investment in living.com to acquire an 18 percent stake in the company, with warrants for another 9 percent, upon the transaction's closing, which is expected later this quarter. The partnership between Amazon.com and living.com will result in greater shopping convenience and selection for Amazon.com customers, who will eventually be able to shop seamlessly between living.com and other Amazon.com stores with similarly high levels of customer service. "Joining with companies that share our core value of customer satisfaction is an important part of our strategy to make Amazon.com the place where you can find and discover anything and everything you might be looking to buy online," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "By joining with living.com--and they're as concerned about customers as we are--we can provide even more selection for Amazon.com customers." "We are simply thrilled to join with the world leader in e-tailing and such a top notch organization," said Shaun Holliday, chief executive officer of living.com. "This agreement gives us access to Amazon.com's 16 million customers who are already sold on buying online, it associates living.com with the leading brand in online shopping, and it gives us a way to reach customers and build relationships that others will not be able to duplicate. It also means that living.com will be the leading provider of home living products--a $180 billion market--on a valuable piece of e-tail real estate. Further, it puts on a fast track our plans to rapidly broaden our e-tailing offerings." " Amazon.com will have a seat on the living.com board of directors. Both of the agreements relating to the Home Living store and the Amazon.com investment in living.com are subject to certain closing conditions, including Hart-Scott-Rodino review. About living.com Launched on July 26, 1999, Austin, Texas-based living.com is the leading online home furnishings site offering furniture, home accessories, bed and bath, lighting and home textiles. The site features easy to use tools and personal advise, such as Room-Designer, Home Office Wizard, Swatch Program, Ask-A-Designer and living.com magazine making it simple and convenient to find items that suit an individuals personal style. Shaun Holliday, former CEO of 2 Guinness Ireland is living.com's CEO. living.com was incorporated in 1998 by founder and chairman Andrew Busey. living.com has raised a total of $41.5 million from Benchmark Capital (eBay, art.com, 1-800 Flowers), Austin Ventures (garden.com, Vignette), Comdisco Ventures, Pivotal Asset Management, GE Capital, and Starbucks Corp. About Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries) is the Internet's No. 1 music, No. 1 DVD and video, and No. 1 book retailer. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection, along with online auctions and free electronic greeting cards. Amazon.com lists more than 18 million unique items in categories including books, CDs, toys, electronics, videos, DVDs, home improvement products, software, and video games. Through Amazon.com zShops, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.com's more than 16 million customers, and with Amazon.com Payments, any seller can accept credit card transactions, avoiding the hassles of offline payments. The company also participates in sothebys.amazon.com, the leading auction site for guaranteed art, jewelry, and collectibles, at www.sothebys.amazon.com. Amazon.com seeks to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online. Amazon.com's All Product Search scours the Web to help customers find merchandise that is not available at Amazon.com, Amazon.com Auctions, or Amazon.com zShops, making Amazon.com the shopping destination to find anything. Amazon.com operates two international Web sites: www.amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom and www.amazon.de in Germany. It also operates the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the Web's comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than 150,000 movies and entertainment programs and 500,000 cast and crewmembers dating from the birth of film in 1892 to the present. Amazon.com has invested in leading Internet retailers that are improving the lives of customers by making shopping easier and more convenient: Greenlight.com, the only company that offers car buyers the control of auto purchasing online with ongoing service and support from local dealerships, at www.greenlight.com; drugstore.com, an online retail and information source for health, beauty, wellness, personal care and pharmacy, at www.drugstore.com; Pets.com, the online leader for pet products, expert information, and services, at www.pets.com; HomeGrocer.com, the first fully integrated Internet grocery-shopping and home-delivery service--with operations in Seattle; Portland, Oregon; and Southern California--at www.homegrocer.com; Gear.com, which offers brand-name sporting goods at prices from 20 to 90 percent off retail, at www.gear.com; and Ashford.com (NASDAQ: ASFD), the leading Internet retailer of luxury and premium products and the Web's No. 1 retailer of watches and jewelry, at www.ashford.com. Amazon.com also has a minority interest in Della.com, which brings together leading retailers with gift registry, expert advice, and personalized gift suggestions to help everyone give better gifts, at www.della.com; and NextCard, Inc., considered the industry's leading issuer of consumer credit on the Internet, at www.nextcard.com. This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, Amazon.com's limited operating history, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, seasonality, consumer trends, competition, risk of distribution center expansion, risks related to 3 fourth quarter performance, risks of system interruption, management of potential growth, risks related to auction and zShops services, risks related to fraud and Amazon.com Payments, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1999, June 30, 1999, and September 30, 1999. --30--* CONTACT: Amazon.com Bill Curry, 206/266-7180 Jim Hahn Fleishman-Hillard 512-495-7181 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----