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FirstWorld Communications, Inc.
8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 * (303) 874-8010
Business Description The company is a rapidly growing network based provider of Internet, data and communications services.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  FWIS (NASNTL) Industry  Telecommunications (SIC 4813)
Type of Stock Offered  Series B Common Shares Filing Date  12/22/99
Domestic Shares Offered  8,500,000 Offer Date  3/7/00
Foreign Shares Offered  1,500,000 Filing Range  $15.00 - $17.00
Company Shares  10,000,000 Offer Price  $17.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $1.190
Gross Proceeds  $170,000,000 Selling  $0.700
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  - - Employees  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Lehman Brothers Incorporated Lead Manager (212) 526-8100
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Co-manager (212) 272-4850
Deutsch Banc Alex. Brown Co-manager (410) 727-1700
Fidelity Capital Markets Co-manager  
PaineWebber Incorporated Co-manager (212) 713-2626
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 9 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data     12/31/96 12/31/97 12/31/98 9/30/98 9/30/99
Revenues   - - 0.354 0.171 1.091 0.977 36.462
Income from Oper.   - - -3.838 -8.225 -18.476 -15.720 -50.193
Net Income   - - -3.856 -9.553 -33.356 -29.258 -72.389
E.P.S   - - -1.380 -2.950 -1.560 -1.050 -2.640
Revenue Growth (%)      - - -51.69 538.012   3,632.04
Net Income Growth (%)      - - - -   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - - - - - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     -10.13 -9.07 -22.48
Cash Flow - Inv.     -191.66 -189.17 51.95
Cash Flow - Fin.     273.30 270.00 -0.97
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 9/30/99 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    277.70 Current Assets    - Current Ratio    -
Total Liab.    325.35 Current Liab.    - Debt Ratio    117.16%
Total Equity    -47.65 Working Cap.    - Debt to Equity Ratio    -
Cash    58.16    Return on Assets   -
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to expand our sales and marketing efforts, fund our operating losses, hire additional personnel, fund potential acquisitions, fund our capital expenditures and product development, provide working capital and for general corporate purposes.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Cooley Godward Castro Huddleson & Tatum
Bank's Law Firm  Shearman & Sterling
Registrar/Transfer Agent  Norwest Bank of Minnesota
Auditor  Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC
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Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Donald L. Sturm 51.41  
Enron Corp. 44.50  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

Last updated: 5/29/00 12:56:26 AM
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