Optium Corporation Announces Closing of Public Offering and Underwriters' Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares


CHALFONT, Pa., Nov. 1, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Optium Corporation (Nasdaq:OPTM) today announced the completion of its initial public offering of 5,200,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $17.50 per share, all of which were offered by the Company. The Company also announced today that the underwriters of its initial public offering exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 780,000 shares of common stock from the Company.

The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, who acted as joint book-running managers. Cowen and Company, LLC and Jefferies & Company, Inc. acted as co-managers.

A copy of the final prospectus relating to these securities can be obtained by writing or telephoning the prospectus department at Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 (212-761-6775) or at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010 (800-221-1037).

A registration statement relating to these securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and declared effective. This release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any State in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State.

About Optium Corporation

Optium Corporation is a supplier of high-performance optical subsystems that enable transmission, reception and switching functionality for high-bandwidth, intelligent optical networking applications for use in telecommunications and cable TV network systems.



            

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