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Global DirectMail Trades as Systemax Today
Business Wire - May 19, 1999 08:25
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1999--Global DirectMail Corp starts trading today as Systemax Inc. with the Company's New York Stock Exchange trading symbol changing from GML to SYX and the corporate web site changing from www.globaldirectmail.com to www.systemax.com.
The new corporate description is as follows: "Systemax Inc. has developed an integrated system of branded e-commerce web sites, direct mail catalogs, and relationship marketing to sell private label and name brand PC hardware, related supplies, and industrial products to businesses in North America and Europe. With more than $1.5 billion in sales, Systemax is a Fortune 1000 company that is listed on the NYSE and traded under the symbol SYX."
Systemax asks all providers of print, electronic, online and Internet-based corporate, financial and trading information to make the appropriate changes in their databases.
The Company changed its name to reflect the growing success of its integrated marketing system, featuring Internet, account relationship, and catalog sales, combined with the success of the Company's fast-growing Systemax(TM) brand of build-to-order PCs.
CONTACT: Systemax Inc. Investors: Kelly Maude, Investor Relations Director 516/625-1555 x7181. E-mail: investinfo@systemax.com. or Hudson Stone Group Media: Gary Fishman 212/889-1727 E-mail: gfish82403@aol.com. |