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JD Events to buy The Self-Service & Kiosk Show

September 21, 2006

TRUMBULL, Conn. - The Self-Service & Kiosk Show, owned and operated by Louisville, Ky.-based NetWorld Alliance LLC, has been sold to JD Events LLC.

The acquisition is being made for an undisclosed amount.

NetWorld Alliance is a media provider that covers the kiosk and self-service industry. Its properties include ATMmarketplace.com, Self-Service World magazine, SelfServiceWorld.com, KioskMarketplace.com, the Self-Service & Kiosk Show and the Self-Service & Kiosk Association.

JD Events is a tradeshow organizer that owns and operates KioskCom, the largest and longest-running tradeshow and conference in the self-service and kiosk market. KioskCom also publishes an online newsletter, The KioskCom Report, and manages the KioskCom Professional Society, an organization for kiosk-technology deployers.

"We believe this relationship will create a win-win-win scenario among NetWorld Alliance, JD Events and the entire self-service and kiosk community," said NetWorld Alliance chief executive Dick Good. "Exhibitors and the market at large will now get even higher quality tradeshows, and the previous media confusion in the marketplace will no longer exist. The vendor community will now be able to invest their marketing dollars more efficiently, and we think the industry will grow more quickly as a result."

Following the Sept. 28-29 production of NetWorld Alliance's tradeshow in San Antonio, JD Events will continue to produce and manage tradeshows and NetWorld Alliance will continue to create and manage media properties and all related industry associations.

JD Events will produce two KioskCom events in 2007, including April 25-27 in Las Vegas and Oct. 10-11 in New York City. JD Events also is expected to join the advisory board and membership of the Self-Service & Kiosk Association. Its KioskCom Professional Society will transfer to the new Self-Service Technology User Group, part of the Self-Service & Kiosk Association.

The association will hold its annual meetings at the annual spring KioskCom event each year.

The two companies also expect to form a cooperative marketing partnership.

"The kiosk and self-service industry is poised for tremendous growth over the coming years," said Joel A. Davis, CEO of JD Events. "We are excited about the strategic alliance we have formed with NetWorld. We look forward to working closely with them throughout each year to promote the industry via our respective media properties and to gather the community in person at the KioskCom events."