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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
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INFOUSA INC.
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On
March 29, 2006, infoUSA issued the following press release:
infoUSA Comments on Dolphin Nominees
OMAHA, Neb.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 29, 2006—infoUSA(R) (NASDAQ:IUSA), the leading provider of
proprietary business and consumer databases and sales and marketing solutions, today issued the
following statement in connection with Dolphin Limited Partnership’s announcement that it has
nominated three hand-picked director nominees to the infoUSA Board:
“The infoUSA Board asks that shareholders take no action on the nominees put forward by Dolphin.
infoUSA believes that Dolphin is a dissident shareholder and activist hedge fund that became a
shareholder less than ten months ago. We believe that their investment strategy is not consistent
with the creation of long-term shareholder value. The infoUSA Board has addressed the issues raised
in Dolphin’s recent letter, which is nothing more than a rehash of old news in an attempt to
advance Dolphin’s own agenda. The infoUSA Board, with a majority of independent directors, has
consistently acted in the best interest of all infoUSA shareholders and will continue to do so.”
About infoUSA
infoUSA (www.infoUSA.com), founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer
information products, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing
solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoUSA has the most
comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own a proprietary database of 250
million consumers and 14 million businesses under one roof. The
infoUSA database powers the
directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 3 million customers use
infoUSA’s products and services to find new customers, grow
their sales, and for other direct marketing, telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference
purposes. infoUSA headquarters are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127 and can be
contacted at (402) 593-4500. To know more about Sales Leads, click www.infousa.com. To get a 7-day
free trial and 100 free sales leads, click www.salesgenie.com.
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward
looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, recent changes in senior management, the successful
integration of recent and future acquisitions, fluctuations in operating results, failure to
successfully carry out our Internet strategy or to grow our Internet revenue, effects of leverage,
changes in technology and increased competition. More information about potential factors that
could affect the company’s business and financial results is included in the company’s filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Mackinzie Partners, Inc.
Investors Contact:
Charles Koons, 212-929-5500
or
Larry Dennedy, 212-929-5500
or
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Media Contact:
Dan Katcher, 212-355-4449
or
Laura Smith, 212-355-4449
SOURCE: infoUSA
InfoUSA
Inc. (the “Company”) intends to make a preliminary filing with the Securities and
Exchange commission (“SEC”) of proxy materials to be used to
solicit votes for the election of the Board’s nominees at its 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
The Company strongly advises all stockholders of the Company to read the proxy statement when it is
available because it will contain important information. The Company will send its proxy
statement, along with its annual report, to all stockholders of record, and the proxy statement
will also be available at no charge on the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the
Company will provide copies of the proxy statement and the annual report without charge upon
request. Requests for copies should be directed to the participants’ proxy solicitor, MacKenzie
Partners, at 212-929-5500.
The Company’s participants in the anticipated proxy solicitation are the Company and Vinod Gupta,
the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, beneficial
owner of 22,969,566 shares of
the Company’s common stock, and nominee for election to the Board of Directors at the 2006 Annual
Meeting; Fred Vakili, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary of the
Company and the beneficial owner of 333,076 shares of the Company’s common stock; and Stormy Dean,
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the beneficial owner of 2,641 shares of the
Company’s common stock.
Additional information regarding these participants will be included in the Company’s proxy
statement.