Overstock.com to redeem all outstanding 3.75% senior convertible notes due Dec.1 for cash; outstanding balance totals US$24.5M

Kendall Sinclair

SALT LAKE CITY , September 2, 2011 (press release) – Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) (the "Company") announced today that it will redeem for cash all of its outstanding 3.75% Senior Convertible Notes due December 1, 2011 (CUSIP No. 690370101) (the "Notes"). The redemption date will be September 21, 2011.

The redemption price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to September 21, 2011. As of September 1, 2011, the outstanding balance of the Notes was $24.5 million.

The Company will fund the redemption of the Notes with a combination of cash on hand and a $17 million draw under its Financing Agreement with U.S. Bank National Association.

A notice of redemption is being sent to all currently registered holders of the Notes by the trustee, Wilmington Trust Company at the Company's request.

Payment of the redemption price will be made on or after September 21, 2011 upon presentation and surrender of the Notes by mail or hand delivery to Wilmington Trust Company, as Paying Agent, at Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19890-1615.

Unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on the Notes will cease to accrue on and after the redemption date and the only remaining right of the holders thereof will be to receive the redemption payment upon surrender of the Notes to the Paying Agent.


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