Scoop Inc.
Ticker:SCPI 254 Red Hill Avenue, Suite 100
Exchange:NASDAQ-Small Cap Market Santa Ana, CA 92705
Industry:Service (SIC Code 7375) (714) 225-6000
# of Employees:28

Offering Information
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:11/5/96
U.S. Shares:1,450,000 Offer Date:4/9/97
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$5.00 - $6.00
Primary Shares:1,450,000 Offer Price:$4.50
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$0.42
Offering Amount: $7,975,000 Selling:$0.15
Expenses:$750,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:5,202,497

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Shamus GroupLead Manager

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Latham & Watkins
Bank's Law Firm: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Registrar/Transfer Agent: American Stock Transfer & Trust Co

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/96 12/31/96
Revenue:$1.40Assets:$0.98
Net Income:-$2.17Curr Assets:$0.58
EPS:-$0.64Liabilities:$3.44
Prior EPS:$0.13Curr Liabilities:$0.98
Cash Flow/Oper:-$1.66Equity:-$2.45
Cash Flow/Fin:$2.08Cash:$0.26
Cash Flow/Inv:-$0.17Working Cap:-$0.40

Business Description
The company is in the process of developing SCOOP!, an Internet delivered business information service designed to enable customers to efficiently satisfy their daily information needs. SCOOP! Customers will have access to an extensive array of well-recognized news and information sources which the companylicenses from UMI Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell & Howell Operating Company and one of the world's leading aggregators of articles from newspapers, periodicals and other information sources. SCOOP! Is designed to provide users with three distinct information toos: (I) a personalized electronic newspaper feature which provides current information tailored to the individual user's preferences, (ii) research tools for efficient retrieval of information from the company's licensed content databases and (iii) Web navigation tools for accessing information available on the Internet's World Wide Web.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes including product development, sales and marketing expenses, repayment of debt, capital expenditures, initiation of Scoop! Operations center and to fund anticipated operating losses.

Additional Underwriter Compensation
Additional compensation of $195,750.
Warrant to purchase 145,000 shares/units at $50.00 per share/unit.
Exercise price of $5.40 for 4 year(s), 1 year(s) from 4/9/97.

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