• A Partner at a prominent $90+ million capital firm, with over 16 years of experience serving as a CEO of high-growth companies and turnarounds. He has served as CEO and founder of one of the first dynamically generated e-commerce sites; President and Founder of an enterprise Software-as-a-Service company with Fortune 500 customers; CEO and founder of a technology company serving clients such as Albertsons, Bain & Company, and Exodus Computing; CTO and board member of a venture-backed online mortgage bank which became one of the five largest in the US during his tenure; and turnaround CEO of a multi-office recruiting and technology business.
• A senior executive with operational experience that includes a career of over 15 years within the barter industry. As an operator he has been able to significantly grow his barter business through organic growth. Beyond his operational experience, the candidate has served on numerous boards and maintains a high level of peer acknowledgement.
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CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS
The Committee, together with the Participants (as defined below), intends to make a preliminary filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") of a proxy statement and accompanying proxy card to be used to solicit proxies for the election of its slate of director nominees at the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders of the ITEX Corporation.
THE COMMITTEE STRONGLY ADVISES ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY STATEMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEBSITE AT http://www.sec.gov. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS' PROXY SOLICITOR, INVESTORCOM, INC. AT ITS TOLL-FREE NUMBER (877) 972-0090 OR VIA EMAIL AT enhanceitex@investor-com.com.
The participants in the proxy solicitation are anticipated to be David Polonitza, Wayne Jones, Sidd Pagidipati, Rahul Pagidipati. Sanjeev Parsad, Alnesh Mohan, Pagidipati Family, LP, MPIC Fund I, LP, MPIC Canadian LP, Corner Market Capital, Inc., Corner Market Capital, U.S., Inc., Corner Market Capital Corp., Richard Polonitza, Greta Polonitza, G. Andrew Cooke, Dr. Devaiah Pagidipati, Dr. Rudrama Pagidipati, Kirk Anderson, and Paul W. Kim (collectively, the "Participants").
Information regarding the Participants and their affiliates, including their direct or indirect interests in the ITEX Corporation, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the Schedule 13D initially filed by David Polonitza on 22 September 2009, as amended or may be amended from time to time (the "Schedule 13D"). The Schedule 13D is currently available at no charge on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. As of the date hereof, the Participants and their affiliates collectively own an aggregate of 474,941 shares of Common Stock of the ITEX Corporation, consisting of the following: (1) 127,975 shares held directly by David Polonitza, (2) 3,000 shares held directly by Rahul Pagidipati, (3) 140,779 shares held directly by the Pagidipati Family, LP, (4) 11,800 shares held directly by Devaiah and Rudrama Pagidipati, (5) 71,395 shares held directly by Kirk Anderson, (6) 6,000 shares held directly by Paul W. Kim, (7) 8,152 shares held directly by Richard and Greta Polonitza, (8) 80,000 shares held in accounts managed by MPIC FUND I, LP, (11) 14,380 shares held in accounts managed by MPIC CANADIAN, LP, (12) 11,460 shares held directly by G. Andrew Cooke. Each of the Participants disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of his/her/its pecuniary interest therein.