Filer: Phone.com, Inc.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
Commission File No. 000-25687
On September 29, 2000, Phone.com, Inc. issued the following press release:
[PHONE.COM LOGO]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PHONE.COM SETS RECORD DATE FOR ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
SHAREHOLDERS TO VOTE ON APPROVAL OF MERGER WITH SOFTWARE.COM
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF., -SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 - Phone.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHCM),
a leading provider of wireless Internet infrastructure and application
software, today announced that the company has set a record date as of
close of business on September 25, 2000. Shareholders of record for the
company as of the record date will vote on adoption of the merger agreement
between Phone.com and Software.com (Nasdaq: SWCM). Phone.com will hold its
annual general meeting on November 17, 2000, at which Phone.com
shareholders will vote on approval of the merger and certain other matters.
ABOUT PHONE.COM
Phone.com is a leading provider of software, applications, and services
that enable the delivery of Internet-based information and voice services
to mass-market wireless telephones. Using its software, wireless
subscribers have access to Internet- and corporate intranet-based services,
including email, news, stocks, weather, travel and sports. In addition,
subscribers have access via their wireless telephones to network operators'
intranet-based telephony services, which may include over-the-air
activation, call management, billing history information, pricing plan
subscription and voice message management. Phone.com is headquartered in
Silicon Valley, California and has regional offices in Boston, Belfast,
Copenhagen, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Paris, Rome, Seoul,
Tokyo and Washington, D.C. Visit www.phone.com for more information.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Investors and security holders of Phone.com are advised to read the
definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed merger
contained in the Form S-4 filed that will be filed by the companies because
it will contain important information about the transaction. Investors and
security holders may obtain a free copy of the definitive joint proxy
statement/prospectus when it becomes available and other documents filed by
Phone.com with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the Securities and
Exchange Commission's Web site at http:\\www.sec.gov. The definitive joint
proxy statement/prospectus and these other documents may also be obtained
for free from Phone.com or Software.com.
Phone.com and its executive officers and directors may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from Phone.com's stockholders
with respect to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.
Information regarding such officers and directors is included in
Phone.com's Proxy Statement for its 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 1999. This
document is available free of charge at the Securities and Exchange
Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov and from Phone.com.
Phone.com and the Phone.com logo are trademarks of Phone.com, Inc.
INVESTOR INQUIRIES:
PHONE.COM, INC. SOFTWARE.COM, INC.
Leslie Nakajima Mike Musson
+1 (650) 817 PHCM (7426) +1 (805) 882 2470 x289
[email protected] [email protected]
MEDIA INQUIRIES:
PHONE.COM, INC. PHONE.COM (EUROPE) PHONE.COM JAPAN K.K.
Whitney Gould LIMITED Hiroko Kimura
PR21 Vicky Ryce Phone.com Japan K.K.
+1 (415) 369 8108 Phone.com (Europe) +81 3 5325 9204
[email protected] Limited [email protected]
+44 (0) 1442 288 109
[email protected]
SOFTWARE.COM, INC. SOFTWARE.COM
Fred Bateman Akinori Itoh
FitzGerald Communications [email protected]
+1 (415) 677 0208
[email protected]
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This document is being filed pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
of 1933 and is deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
