Global Sports Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End Fiscal 2001 Conference Call
GLOBAL SPORTS, INC. (NASDAQ: GSPT), a leading outsource solution provider for e-commerce, has scheduled a conference call on Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 4:45 p.m. EST, to discuss the Company’s operating results for the fourth quarter and year-end fiscal 2001. Global Sports will issue a news release announcing the Company’s fourth quarter and year-end fiscal 2001 results to Business Wire at approximately 4:05 p.m. EST on February 6, 2002. For access to the conference call, please call 1-888-928-9510 by 4:30 p.m. EST on February 6, 2002. The password is “Global” and the leader name is “Michael Rubin.” A tape recording of the conference call will be available, starting one hour after the completion of the call, until end of business February 15, 2002. To access the recording, please call 1-888-484-8239.
Live audio of the conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet at the Company’s Web site, www.globalsports.com. In addition, the broadcast will be available through www.streetevents.com, on both the institutional and individual investor Web sites. A replay of the Webcast will be available for a limited time.
About Global Sports
Global Sports is a leading outsource solution provider for e-commerce. The company develops and operates e-commerce businesses for retailers, media companies, and professional sports organizations. The Global Sports’ platform includes Web site design and development, e-commerce technology, customer service, fulfillment, merchandising, content development and management, and online and database marketing.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements to be made in the conference call, including those in the tape recording, live audio, and Webcast replay of the call, other than statements of historical fact, will be forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “will”, “would”, “should”, “guidance”, “potential”, “continue”, “project”, “forecast”, and similar expressions typically are used to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about the business of Global Sports and the industry and markets in which the company operates. Those statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Factors which may affect Global Sports’ business, financial condition and operating results include the effects of changes in the economy, consumer spending, the stock market and the sporting goods industry generally, changes affecting the Internet and e-commerce, the ability of the company to maintain relationships with strategic partners and suppliers, the ability of the company to timely and successfully develop, maintain and protect its technology and product and service offerings and execute operationally, the ability of the company to attract and retain qualified personnel and the ability of the company to successfully integrate its acquisitions of other businesses. More information about potential factors that could affect Global Sports can be found in its most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other reports and statements filed by Global Sports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Sports expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update those forward-looking statements, except as otherwise specifically stated by Global Sports.
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Contact:
Investor Contact:
Jordan M. Copland
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Global Sports, Inc.
(610) 491-7000
coplandj@globalsports.com
Media Contact:
Patricia Henderson
Corporate Communications
Global Sports, Inc.
(610) 491-7000
hendersonp@globalsports.com
