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CHARLOTTE
RUSSE HOLDING,
INC.
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KARPREILLY
CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
KARPREILLY
GP I, LLC
ALLAN
W. KARP
CHRISTOPHER
K. REILLY
WILLIAM
P. LOGAN
HEZY
SHAKED
GABRIEL
BITTON
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On March 25, 2009, KarpReilly Capital
Partners, L.P. (“KarpReilly”), together with the other participants named herein
(collectively, the “KarpReilly
Group”), made
a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) of a
proxy statement and accompanying GOLD proxy card to be used to solicit votes for
the election of its slate of director nominees at the 2009 annual meeting of
stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. (the “Company”).
Item 1: On April 16, 2009,
KarpReilly issued the following press release announcing the withdrawal of its
slate of nominees for election to the Board of Directors of the Company at the
Annual Meeting. The KarpReilly Group will
not vote any proxies received from stockholders of the Company at the Annual
Meeting.
KarpReilly
LLC Announces Withdrawal of Slate of Nominees for Election to Charlotte Russe
Board
Thursday
April 16, 2009, 11:13 am EDT
GREENWICH,
Conn., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- KarpReilly LLC (“KarpReilly”) announced
today that it is
withdrawing its slate of three director nominees for election to the Board of
Directors of Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. (“Charlotte
Russe” or the
“Company”) (Nasdaq: CHIC - News) at the
Company’s
2009 annual meeting of stockholders on April 28, 2009.
Allan W.
Karp, KarpReilly’s managing member,
stated, “We
thank the Company’s stockholders for
the support we have received to date, however, in view of the reports issued by
RiskMetrics Group and Glass Lewis & Co., which acknowledge many of our
concerns but recommend that stockholders support the incumbent nominees, we
believe it is in the best interests of all stockholders for KarpReilly to
withdraw its slate of nominees.”
About
KarpReilly LLC
KarpReilly
LLC is a private investment firm focused on long-term investments in premier
consumer growth companies. KarpReilly and its predecessor firm Saunders, Karp
& Megrue have owned and helped to build such successful national chains as
Dollar Tree Stores, Hibbett Sporting Goods, The Children’s Place, Mimi’s Cafe, Bob’s Discount
Furniture, The Habit Burger Grill and Tommy Bahama.