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In December, 2000, ClearShot, along with two private equity funds, closed
on an equity investment in Acme Tower Group ("Acme") a Florida-based
tower owner and development company. In addition to the equity investment,
Acme and ClearShot signed a letter of intent to combine their businesses,
which combination should be complete by June 1, 2001. The combined company
will be renamed ClearShot Communications, LLC and will be headquartered
in Malvern.
The Acme Tower Group's predecessor companies (Acme Towers, Inc. and Midwest
Tower Leasing Inc.) were founded in 1997 and based in Tampa, Florida.
Acme also focuses on build-to-suit ("BTS") and build-in-advance
or build-to-fill ("BTF") opportunities, primarily in regions
based around office locations in Tampa, Dallas, Nashville, Kansas City,
San Francisco and Boston. Acme has a formidable track record of leasing
up its towers. CWP, founded in 1996 and based in Malvern, Pennsylvania,
is an experienced, middle market tower developer focusing on BTS and opportunities
in all regions of the US. CWP has a track record of executing very cost-effective
BTS projects. At year end 2000, completed towers for Acme and CWP were
62 and 31, respectively. There are presently in excess of 140 sites in
various stages of development and the Company plans to have completed
a total of 230 towers by the end of 2001 and 330 by year end 2002.
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