Gemstar TV Guide (GMST)

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Gemstar-TV Guide Announces Effectiveness of Registration Statement on Form S-4

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--


Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST) today announced that on March 31, 2008, in connection with the proposed acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide by Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN), Macrovision Solutions Corporation's registration statement on Form S-4 was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gemstar-TV Guide and Macrovision are mailing the final joint proxy statement/prospectus to Gemstar-TV Guide and Macrovision stockholders in connection with each company's special meeting of stockholders to vote on the transaction.


As set forth in the final joint proxy statement/prospectus, Gemstar-TV Guide's special meeting of stockholders to vote on the transaction will be held on April 29, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. PT at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 17, 2008 as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting.


Forward-Looking Statements


This press release contains "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the proposed acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide and the completion thereof. A number of factors could cause Macrovision's and Gemstar-TV Guide's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the approval of the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the merged businesses and technologies, and customer demand for the technologies and integrated offerings. Such factors are further addressed in Macrovision Solutions Corporation's, Macrovision's, and Gemstar-TV Guide's respective securities filings on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Neither company assumes any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by law.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


Macrovision Solutions Corporation has filed a (Registration No. 333-148825) containing a definitive joint proxy statement-prospectus regarding the proposed transaction and other documents regarding the proposed transaction described in this document with the Securities and Exchange Commission. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT-PROSPECTUS AND SUCH OTHER MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANIES AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus has been sent to stockholders of each of Gemstar-TV Guide and Macrovision seeking their approval of matters in connection with the transaction. Investors and stockholders may obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement-prospectus and other documents filed by Macrovision Solutions, Macrovision and Gemstar-TV Guide with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov. Stockholders may also obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and the filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission incorporated by reference in the joint proxy statement/prospectus, such as annual, quarterly and special reports, and other information, directly from Macrovision by directing a request to Macrovision Investor Relations at 408-969-5475 and directly from Gemstar-TV Guide by directing a request to Gemstar-TV Guide Investor Relations at 323-817-4600.


Each company's directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed, under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding Macrovision's directors and officers can be found in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2008 and information regarding Gemstar-TV Guide's directors and officers can be found in its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2008. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests in the transaction, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Source: Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc.