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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
Filed by the Registrant [X]
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [ ]
Check the appropriate box:
[ ] Preliminary Proxy Statement
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14a-6(e)(2))
[ ] Definitive Proxy Statement
[X] Definitive Additional Materials
[ ] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule14a-12
REALNETWORKS, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):
[X] No fee required.
[ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
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(2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant
to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is
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Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act
Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid
previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or
the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
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LOGO
REALNETWORKS
1111 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 2900
SEATTLE, WA 98101
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SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT
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GENERAL
ANNUAL MEETING
This Supplement provides updated information with respect to the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of RealNetworks, Inc. (the
"Company"), a Washington corporation, to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 21,
1999, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, at the Hotel Monaco, 1101
Fourth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, for the purposes set forth in the Notice of
Annual Meeting of Shareholders dated April 27, 1999.
The Proxy Statement dated April 27, 1999 (the "Proxy Statement"), a proxy
card and the Annual Report of the Company were mailed on or about April 27,
1999, to all shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. This
Supplement and the enclosed proxy card are being mailed on or about May 12, 1999
to all shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.
Except as specifically amended or supplemented by the information contained
in this Supplement, all information set forth in the Proxy Statement remains
accurate and should be considered in casting your vote by proxy or at the Annual
Meeting.
PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENT
The purpose of this Supplement is to add a nominee to the slate of
directors proposed by the Company for election at the Annual Meeting. The new
proposed slate of directors includes both nominees set forth in the Proxy
Statement who currently serve as Class 2 directors with the addition of Edward
Bleier who was recently appointed as a Class 1 director of the Company. The two
Class 2 directors are to be elected at the Annual Meeting, to serve until the
2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their earlier retirement,
resignation or removal. Mr. Bleier is to be elected at the Annual Meeting, to
serve until the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his earlier
retirement, resignation or removal.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
If you execute a proxy, you may revoke it by taking one of the following
three actions: (a) by giving written notice of the revocation to the Secretary
of the Company at its principal executive offices prior to May 21, 1999; (b) by
executing a proxy with a later date and delivering it to the Secretary of the
Company at its principal executive offices prior to May 21, 1999; or (c) by
personally attending and voting at the Annual Meeting.
PROPOSAL 3 -- ELECTION OF CLASS 1 DIRECTOR
At this Annual Meeting, two Class 2 directors and one Class 1 director are
to be elected to serve until the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the
2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, respectively, or until their earlier
retirement, resignation or removal. The Class 2 director nominees are the
Company's two nominees as set forth in the Proxy Statement under "Proposal
1 -- Election of Directors." The Class 1
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director nominee is Edward Bleier who was appointed as a Class 1 director of the
Company on April 27, 1999. As a result of Mr. Bleier's recent appointment, he is
subject to election at this Annual Meeting. All of the nominees currently serve
as directors of the Company and have been nominated by the Nominating Committee
of the Board of Directors and recommended by the Board for election or
re-election, as the case may be, at the Annual Meeting.
Biographical and share ownership information with respect to all nominees,
except for Mr. Bleier, and certain other information relating to the Company's
Board of Directors and Executive Officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement
under the caption "Proposal 1 -- Election of Directors."
MR. BLEIER has been a director of the Company since April 1999. Since 1987,
Mr. Bleier has been President of Domestic Pay-TV, Cable & Network Features for
Warner Bros., a leading producer/distributor of movies, TV programming and
animation. Mr. Bleier has held a variety of positions since joining Warner Bros.
in 1969, including Executive Vice President of Warner Bros. Television. Mr.
Bleier is the Chairman of the Steering Committee of the bi-annual Aspen
Communications Institute conferences for the leaders of the television, film and
cable industries, past President of the International Radio & Television Society
and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Bleier holds a Bachelor of
Sciences Degree from Syracuse University and served in the U.S. Army,
specializing in psychological warfare and public information. Age 69.
The information in the Proxy Statement under the caption "Voting Securities
and Principal Holders" is supplemented by Mr. Bleier's share ownership
information. As of March 22, 1999, the record date for the Annual Meeting, Mr.
Bleier was the beneficial owner of 2,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock.
In connection with Mr. Bleier's appointment as a Class 1 director of the
Company, Mr. Bleier was granted options to purchase 30,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock, which have fully vested.
PROCEDURAL MATTERS
WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE RETURNED THE PROXY CARD SOLICITED BY THE PROXY
STATEMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, WE URGE
YOU TO COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY AS
POSSIBLE.
Returning the enclosed proxy card will revoke any proxy previously
submitted and ensure your representation in connection with all items of
business to be covered at the Annual Meeting, including Proposal 3 covered by
this Supplement. Any proxy cards received by the Company in response to the
original solicitation made pursuant to the Proxy Statement that are not revoked
by a subsequently delivered and duly executed proxy will remain valid for the
items of business stated therein.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
OTHER BUSINESS
The Board of Directors does not intend to bring any other business before
the Annual Meeting and, so far as is known to the Board, no matters are to be
brought before the Annual Meeting except as specified in the Proxy Statement and
this Supplement. However, as to any other business which may properly come
before the Annual Meeting, it is intended that proxies, in the form enclosed,
will be voted in respect thereof in accordance with the judgment of the persons
voting such proxies.
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PROXY
REALNETWORKS, INC.
1111 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 2900, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints Robert Glaser and Kelly Jo MacArthur as
Proxies, each with the power to appoint his or her substitute, and hereby
authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated below, all the shares of
common stock of RealNetworks, Inc. held of record by the undersigned at the
close of business on March 22, 1999 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be
held on May 21, 1999, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
(Continued and to be signed on reverse side)
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Please mark /X/
your votes
as indicated
VOTE FOR ALL NOMINEES
(except as marked to the WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
contrary below) to vote for all nominees
[ ] [ ]
1. ELECTION OF CLASS 2 DIRECTORS
Nominees: James Breyer
Bruce Jacobsen
Vote for all nominees listed above, except as
specified on the line below
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2. PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
LLP as the Company's independent auditors [ ] [ ] [ ]
for the fiscal year ending December 31,
1999.
3. ELECTION OF CLASS 1 DIRECTOR FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
Nominee: Edward Bleier [ ] [ ] [ ]
4. In their discretion the Proxies are FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
authorized to vote upon such other [ ] [ ] [ ]
business as may properly come before the
meeting.
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THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED
HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY
WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3.
PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
Signature(s)____________________________________________ Date:____________, 1999
Please sign exactly as name appears above. When shares are held by joint
tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please
sign in full corporate name by President or other authorized officer. If a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
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