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Exhibit 99
News
For Immediate Release
MUCHO.COM AND TEAM AMERICA
SIGN DEFINITIVE MERGER AGREEMENT
LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA AND COLUMBUS, OHIO--JUNE 19, 2000: Mucho.com, an online
business center (OBC), announced today it has entered into a Definitive
Agreement and Plan of Merger with Ohio-based TEAM America Corporation (NASDAQ:
TMAM), a Professional Employer Organization (PEO.) In connection with the
merger, Mucho shareholders will receive up to 5,925,925 shares of TEAM America
stock. The merger values TEAM America at $29 million, and the combined companies
will have a valuation of approximately $70 million. TEAM America shareholders
who choose to opt out of their holdings will receive $6.75 per share in cash
through a self-tender offer for up to 50% of TEAM America's outstanding common
stock. The merger will be subject to certain conditions, including regulatory
and stockholder approval of both companies. Upon consummation of the merger,
TEAM America will change its name to Mucho.com, Inc., but will continue to
operate its PEO business under the name of TEAM America Human Resources.
Mucho's combination with TEAM America will bolster Mucho.com's human resource
service offering while giving the combined company cross-selling access to TEAM
America's 1,800 client businesses. TEAM America's "partners in employment" will
have the added benefit of being Mucho.com Online Business Center members.
S. Cash Nickerson, Chairman and CEO of Mucho.com, will become Chairman and CEO
of the combined company while current TEAM America President and CEO, Kevin T.
Costello, will serve as President and COO. Jose Blanco, CFO of Mucho.com, will
become CFO. David Waal, President of Mucho.com, will serve as COO of Internet
Development and will continue to oversee the Internet business operations. Tom
Gerlacher, CFO of TEAM America, will become the Chief Accounting Officer.
According to Nickerson, "The merger has the following key benefits: first,
intend for TEAM's 1,800 clients to become key residents of the Mucho.com online
business center; second, we expect to web-enable TEAM's proprietary software
TEAM Direct and energize TEAM's growth rate; and third, Mucho.com plans to have
a special section of Mucho.com for TEAM's 16,000 worksite employees and their
families."
"The PEO industry continues to expand at a rate of growth of 30% per year,"
according to Costello, "This merger allows us to add even greater, more powerful
benefits and capabilities across the board to the client services of both Mucho
and TEAM America. The combination of TEAM America and Mucho.com is positioned to
be the standard bearer for synergistic business solutions."
Mucho.com is committed to helping small businesses as they face the considerable
learning and adoption curves that must be mastered to realize the Internet's
full potential as a business platform. Mucho.com has positioned itself to be the
key Internet
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destination for small and growing companies. Its comprehensive offering of
expert business content, interactive tools, services and products in an
intuitive, easy-to-navigate environment gives small business decision-makers an
integral Web solution that simplifies everyday business operations. Founded and
managed by small business owners, Mucho.com helps small businesses get more done
with a team of professionals who have already done it.
Through its "Partnering in Employment" arrangement with its clients, TEAM
America provides outsourcing to small and medium sized businesses in the areas
of human resource administration, regulatory compliance management, employee
benefits administration, risk management services and employer liability
protection, payroll and payroll tax administration and placement services. As a
result, TEAM America relieves clients from these administrative responsibilities
and liabilities so they can focus on their core business strategies.
TEAM America has offices in Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, and Cincinnati, Ohio;
Orlando, Florida; San Francisco, Silicon Valley and San Diego, California; Troy,
Michigan; Twin Falls, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; Stevensville, Montana;
Redmond, Oregon; Corinth, Mississippi; and Selmer, Tennessee.
For more information regarding Mucho.com, contact Matt Geiser, Rogue Media, at
925-962-0174 or Steve Luckenbach, Mucho.com, at 925-299-2500. For more
information regarding TEAM America Corporation, contact Kevin Costello at
614-848-3995 or Toll Free: 800-962-2758.
This press release contains statements that are not purely historical, and as
such are forward-looking statements under the federal securities laws. These
include forward-looking statements regarding both companies' management's
intentions, plans, hopes, beliefs, expectations or projections of the future,
and include statements in this document regarding: the combined company's
expectation for continued growth prospects. These forward looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, whether the
combined company's services will be accepted and adopted by current customers
and prospective customers; whether the combined company can successfully and
profitably expand and operate its business; whether consumers will sign up for
and use the combined company's services when and as expected; whether the two
companies will be able to successfully integrate their businesses; whether the
combined company's business and market assumptions supporting current revenue
and earnings projections will prove to be accurate; and the various risks
inherent in the combined company's business and other risks and uncertainties as
detailed (applicable to TEAM) from time to time in TEAM's periodic reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These SEC filings include Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1999 (filed April 14, 2000) and Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2000 (filed May 18, 2000). One or more of these
factors have affected, and could in the future affect, the combined company's
business and financial results in future periods, and could cause actual results
to differ materially from plans and projections. There can be no assurance that
the forward-looking statements made in this press release will prove to be
accurate, and issuance of such forward-looking statements should not be regarded
as a representation by TEAM or Mucho, or any other person, that the objectives
and plans of the combined company will be achieved. All forward-looking
statements made in this press release are based on
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information presently available to TEAM's and Mucho's management, and neither
TEAM or Mucho assumes any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Investors and security holders are urged to read the Proxy Statement/Information
Statement/Prospectus regarding this transaction contained in the TEAM America
Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-4, when it becomes available,
because it will contain important information. Investors and security holders
are also urged to read the Tender Offer Statement regarding TEAM America's
proposed self-tender offer for its shares of common stock, when it becomes
available, because it will also contain important information. Participant
information is included in TEAM America's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1999, which was filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14,
2000. These documents have been or will be filed with the SEC and may be
obtained free at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. You may also obtain copies
of these documents for free (when available) from TEAM America by directing your
request to Mr. Kevin Costello, President and CEO, by e-mail at
kcostello@teamamerica.com or by phone at (614) 848-3995.
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