From: Jan Tarzia <jant@caldera.com>
Subject: SCO Raises $13.1 Million in Cash
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 16:13:09 GMT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS:
Lynn Schroeder Randy Bresee Tony Baines Jan Tarzia
Investor Relations CFO Corp. Communications Public Relations
Tel: 831-427-7399 Tel: 831-427-7661 Tel: +44-836-724414 Tel: 831-427-7221
lynnsc@caldera.com randy@caldera.com tonyb@caldera.com jant@caldera.com
SCO RAISES $13.1 MILLION IN CASH
Private Placement Financing Provides Investment in Tarantella Expansion
Santa Cruz, CA (September 13, 2000) - The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO)
(Nasdaq: SCOC) today announced it has reached an agreement for the private
placement of common stock and warrants, worth $13.1 million. The agreement
was facilitated by Security Research Associates, Inc., and represents a
total purchase of 3,275,000 shares.
The financing provides continued investment for developing the SCO
Tarantella business, which provides web-enabling software that connects
clients and server-based applications over the Internet.
"These additional funds support the expansion of Tarantella efforts, and
place us in a much stronger position to capitalize on our technology lead
and meet our projected growth," said Mike Orr, president of the SCO
Tarantella division. "This growth is fueled by the increasing business use
of the Internet, the attractiveness of thin-client computing, the need to
web-enable legacy applications, and the accelerating adoption of the ASP
business model."
Brian Swift, CEO of Security Research Associates, Inc. commented, "We view
Tarantella web-enabling software as particularly unique in the industry,
and are pleased to be able to provide, through our institutional investors,
some additional working capital to assist the company in gaining continued
market acceptance of their product."
Details of the Agreement
Under terms of the agreement, SCO will receive $13.1 million in cash, in
exchange for 409,375 units valued at $32 each. Each unit sold in the
private placement consists of eight shares of SCO common stock, plus
warrants exercisable for either two shares of SCO common stock at $4 each
or one share of the common stock of Caldera, Inc. valued at $8. The
warrants for Caldera shares refer to shares that will be owned by SCO,
subject to completion of the acquisition of the SCO Server Software and
Professional Services divisions by Caldera Systems, which is pending
shareholder and regulatory approval. The total number of SCO warrants
exercisable in the transaction represent 818,750 shares of SCO common stock
or 409,375 shares of Caldera, Inc. common stock.
Under the terms of the private placement, SCO is obligated to file a
registration statement to register the shares and warrants within 60 days.
Also previously announced and pending shareholder approval is a name change
from The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. to Tarantella, Inc.
Safe Harbor Statement:
This press release contains forward-looking statements about growth of
market share and of the company's business and products. Investors are
cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainty, including without limitation, increases and decreases in the
value of investments, the ability to reduce expenses, impact and success of
joint development projects and industry partnerships, conclusion or success
of strategic opportunities, market acceptance of new products, the impact
of competitive products, general market conditions, and other risks
detailed from time to time in SCO's SEC filings, including forms 10-Q and
10-K. SCO disclaims any intention or obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
About The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
With headquarters in Santa Cruz, CA, The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. is
comprised of three independent divisions -Tarantella, Inc., the Server
Software Division, and the Professional Services Division. The three
divisions sell and support their products and services through a worldwide
network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more
information, see www.scoinc.com.
About Tarantella
Tarantella, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Santa Cruz Operation,
Inc., which provides technologies connecting clients, server-based
applications, and networks. The Tarantella product line includes Tarantella
Enterprise II for large companies and organizations, Tarantella Express for
workgroup and departmental environments, and Tarantella ASP Edition for
Application Service Providers. Tarantella products are available today for
all popular RISC and Intel processor-based UNIX servers and selected Linux
servers. For more information, see www.tarantella.com.
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SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, Tarantella, Express, and the
Tarantella logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz
Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered
trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other
countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United
States and other countries.. All other brand or product names are or may be
trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their
respective owners
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Jan Tarzia
Manager, Public Relations
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Tel: 831-427-7221
Fax: 831-427-5418
Email: jant@caldera.com
www.caldera.com
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