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Winners Internet Network, Inc. Announces Appointment of Dr. Reinhard J. Proksch LL.M. As Final Member of Its Board of Directors.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000.
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Winners Internet Network, Inc. Announces Appointment of Dr. Reinhard J. Proksch
LL.M. As Final Member of Its Board of Directors
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000--David C.
Skinner, Jr., President and CEO of Winners Internet Network, Inc.
(WINR) (OTCBB:WINR), www.winr.net, announced today that WINR has
appointed Dr. Reinhard Proksch, LL.M. as the final member of the
Company's board of directors. Dr. Proksch joins Marcus Buechel, former
Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, Ronald Oehri, President of SupraNet
AG, Douglas Morgan, President of Performance Strategies, Inc., and
David C. Skinner, Jr., President and CEO of WINR on the five member
Board.
Dr. Proksch holds double doctorates in Information Systems and in
Philosophy from Vienna and Salzburg Universities and is a Fulbright
Scholar. While at Salzburg, where he also served as Associate
Professor of Media and Communication Law, he was awarded in 1986 the
highest academic honor in Austria - personally bestowed by the
president of Austria. He subsequently earned an LL.M. in 1988 in
Business and Tax and is admitted as an Attorney and Counselor at Law
in New York state.
Dr. Proksch served as Professor and Director of the Institute on
Comparative Telecommunications Law at Edinburgh University, Scotland
and as a Faculty Member of the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.,
California. He was an Attorney and Telecom Counsel with Hall Dickler &
Co., a New York and LA law firm through 1990. From 1990-1994, he
served as Director and Corporate Counsel with Liechtenstein-based
trust company subsidiaries of leading Swiss and International Banks,
including Barclays and Union Bank of Switzerland. Since 1994 he has
been engaged in private practice in the areas of Telecom, Tax,
Finance, and Media and served as a Director of Intertreuhand - one of
the oldest asset management trust companies in Liechtenstein and
founder of the European Economic Institute. He is the author of
numerous publications and articles on Tax, Telecom and Media issues,
frequently travels as an international lecturer, and serves on the
Boards of several local and European Media and Telecom companies.
"With the appointment of Dr. Reinhard Proksch to our Board,
we've now completed an all-star team that will dramatically leverage
our future success," said Mr. Skinner. "Dr. Proksch's accomplished and
broad-ranging background in telecom, media and law offers the perfect
complement to the credentials and experience of our other board
members. We have been working with Dr. Proksch for over two years on
various projects and are delighted that he has now consented to become
even more closely involved with WINR."
"We anticipate that his extensive personal and professional
contacts throughout Europe and the States and his knowledge of
international law will greatly enhance the speed and effectiveness
with which we move ahead in the implementation of our new corporate
strategy. His background in telecom, finance and media will profoundly
leverage the implementation of our processing network and our
financial and e-commerce solutions for the European arena and beyond.
Dr. Proksch comes from one of the oldest families in Vienna and his
background and personal reputation further enhance WINR's credibility,
solidity and reputation for integrity in our marketplace and
throughout Europe."
Dr. Proksch added, "I encounter many companies in the e-commerce
and financial arenas in the course of my professional work, and it is
my belief that WINR is one of the true rising stars. They have a
financial transaction processing technology that has been tried and
tested in one of the most challenging security environments on the
Web, that of Internet gaming. And they are now rapidly converting that
knowledge and experience into a broad based e-commerce and processing
capability offering significant benefits to consumers, e-business,
banks, and brokerage houses across Europe. I have seen first-hand the
level of interest their technology and operations are generating and
am proud to be a part of this dynamic enterprise. I've had the
opportunity to get to know the team behind WINR personally through our
various business interactions to date and have found them without
exception to be among the most creative, high-integrity and committed
group of individuals I've ever met. I'm delighted to have the
opportunity to work alongside Messrs. Buechel, Oehri, Morgan and
Skinner to help guide and oversee the growth of this remarkable
company, and I look forward to bringing my legal, telecom and
financial expertise and contacts to bear in this endeavor."
"We want to welcome Reinhard to WINR," said Mr. Skinner. "All
five members of the now complete Board of Directors will be meeting
the week of March 12th in Liechtenstein to get to know each other
personally, and to further refine the Company's strategic planning and
begin to exploit the synergies they each bring to the table. We
believe that our shareholders will soon see the results and dramatic
benefits of the diverse, accomplished and world-class Board of
Directors we've assembled to advise and assist the Company as we move
ahead."

About Winners Internet Network

Winners Internet Network (www.winr.net) intends to rapidly
position itself as one of the premier financial transaction processors
and integrators in Europe. Through a series of recent acquisitions and
partnerships, it is laying the groundwork for an integrated financial
processing and e-commerce network that will offer compelling benefits
and proprietary advantages over its competitors. Winners services both
vendors and customers in the expanding Internet-based e-commerce space
with state-of-the-art secure financial transaction software and
technology.
Winners Internet Network recently formed a strategic partnership
with and acquired a 19% equity interest in SupraNet AG, believed to be
one of the fast growing and most profitable ISPs in Europe. Both
companies jointly market the Supra Secure Mail system (SSM), which
supports a 448 bit key security protocol, which is believed to be the
most advanced and secure encryption technology available.
Winners Internet Network, Inc. is a public company trading on the
OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol `WINR.' The Company is also
actively pursuing a listing on a German stock exchange in order to
introduce WINR to the European stock market and investment community.

About SupraNet AG

SupraNet AG (www.supra.net), a private company based in
Liechtenstein, is an affiliate of Winners Internet Network and is
believed to be one of the fastest growing and most profitable ISPs in
Europe, with an annualized growth rate of over 80% a year for the past
five years and similar projections going forward.
SupraNet AG serves individuals and businesses throughout Europe,
providing Dial-Up Internet Access, Leased Lines, DSL Connections,
Hosting and Venue, E-Mail, and Encryption Technology and Software,
including SSM - believed to be the most secure, encrypted transaction
transmission technology available.

Disclaimer

Information contained in this news release - other than
historical information - should be considered as forward-looking,
pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and as such is subject to various risk
factors and uncertainties. For instance, Winners Internet Network,
Inc.'s strategies and operations involve risks of competition,
changing market conditions, changes in laws and regulations affecting
these industries, and numerous other factors. Accordingly, actual
results may differ materially from those in such forward-looking
statements.

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CONTACT: Winners Internet Network, Inc., St. Augustine
David Skinner Jr., 800/358-4242
Email: [e-mail]
or
SupraNet AG, Liechtenstein
Ronald Oehri, 011-423-3774443
Email: [e-mail]
or
Investor's contact for the U.S.:
Columbia Financial Group, Inc.
Kevin Holmes, 888/301-6271
Email: [e-mail]
or
Investor's contact for Europe:
World of Internet.com, AG
Torsten Prochnow and Dennis C. Hass
Phone: [phone] or 011-49-172-4062621
Website: www.worldofinternet.com

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