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SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. ___________)
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INTERVU INC.
(NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
(NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING PROXY STATEMENT, IF OTHER THAN REGISTRANT)
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On March 22, 2000 INTERVU Inc. ("INTERVU") announced that it has
scheduled a special meeting of stockholders to consider and vote upon a proposal
to approve the merger contemplated by the agreement and plan of merger between
INTERVU and Akamai Technologies, Inc., which was announced on February 7, 2000.
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A copy of INTERVU's press release issued on March 22, 2000 is attached
hereto.
For more information regarding the special meeting, please refer to
INTERVU's definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed March 21, 2000.
All stockholders should read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus
concerning the merger that was filed with the SEC on or about March 21, 2000 and
mailed to stockholders on March 21, 2000. The definitive proxy
statement/prospectus contains important information that stockholders should
consider before making any decision regarding the merger. You will be able to
obtain the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings
containing information about INTERVU, without charge, at the SEC's Internet site
(http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and
the SEC filings that will be incorporated by reference in the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus will also be available, without charge, from INTERVU by
directing a request through the Investors Relations portion of INTERVU's website
at http://www.intervu.net or by mail to INTERVU Inc., 6815 Flanders Drive, San
Diego, CA 92121, Attention: Investor Relations.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS
INTERVU and certain other persons named below may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from INTERVU stockholders to approve
the merger. The participants in this solicitation may include the directors of
INTERVU (Harry E. Gruber, J. William Grimes, Edward E. David, Jr., Mark Dowley,
Alan Z. Senter and Isaac Willis) and the following executive officers of
INTERVU: Kenneth L. Ruggiero, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Edward
L. Huguez, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Kevin Sagara, Vice
President of Mergers and Acquisitions and General Counsel. The aforementioned
directors and officers of INTERVU together may be deemed to beneficially own
approximately 16.1% of INTERVU's common stock.
Set forth below is the text of the press release issued on March 22, 2000.
For further information:
Anjeanette Rettig
INTERVU Inc.
858-623-8400 x134
[email protected]
INTERVU ANNOUNCES SPECIAL MEETING DATE TO APPROVE MERGER WITH
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES
SAN DIEGO, March 22, 2000 - INTERVU Inc. (Nasdaq: ITVU), the leading service
provider for Internet audio and video delivery solutions, today announced that
it has scheduled a special meeting of stockholders to consider and vote upon a
proposal to approve the merger contemplated by the agreement and plan of merger
between INTERVU and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), which was
announced on February 7, 2000.
The meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 20, 2000 at
the La Jolla Village Marriott, 4240 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla,
California.
Stockholders of record on March 16, 2000 will receive formal notice of the
special meeting and proxy materials describing matters on which such
stockholders will be entitled to vote at the special meeting.
ABOUT INTERVU INC.
INTERVU is the leading service provider for Internet audio and video delivery
solutions. Corporate enterprises, Web site owners and content publishers use
INTERVU's services to automate the publishing, distribution and programming of
video and audio content. INTERVU's award-winning applications such as INTERVU
Netpodium, a live interactive Web event solution, optimize streaming audio and
video to facilitate new communication experiences. INTERVU's applications and
services are based on the company's scalable, patented distribution
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network comprised of servers strategically located in major Internet hosting
centers. INTERVU's customers use its services to transmit entertainment, sports,
news, advertising, business communications and distance learning content.
Current customers include CCBN, CNET, CNN, Excite@Home, House of Blues, Investor
Broadcast Network (formerly Vcall), Microsoft, NBC, NetRadio.com; Quokka Sports,
Saatchi & Saatchi, Tunes.com and Turner Broadcasting. Additional information can
be found at www.intervu.net.
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INTERVU has filed a definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant
information and documents with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"). INTERVU URGES INVESTORS TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY
STATEMENT/ PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC,
BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors will be able to obtain the
documents free of charge at the SEC's Web site, www.sec.gov. In addition,
documents filed with the SEC by INTERVU will be available free of charge from
INTERVU Inc. at 6815 Flanders Drive, San Diego, California 92121, Attention:
Anjeanette Rettig, Director of Investor Relations, telephone: (858) 623-8400.
READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING A
DECISION REGARDING THE MATTERS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE SPECIAL MEETING.
INTERVU Inc., its directors, executive officers and certain other members of
management and employees may be soliciting proxies from INTERVU stockholders.
Information concerning the participants in the solicitation is set forth in the
definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed by INTERVU with the SEC on March 21,
2000.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release
contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties
that might cause actual results to differ from those foreseen, including the
market acceptance for INTERVU's specialized services, technological change and
intense competition, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in
INTERVU's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K filed on March 3, 2000.
