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enrico.sch...@elseworlds.ch  
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(1 user)  More options Mar 10 2008, 12:17 pm
From: enrico.sch...@elseworlds.ch
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:17:13 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Mar 10 2008 12:17 pm
Subject: Impacts for shareholders after 100 million help
Does anyone can explain what are the impacts for shareholders with
these new 100 million?

I read that SCO may go "private"; what does it exactly means?, do you
lose all your shares?, Is the company going to restart regardless of
the judge decision on April?

Thanks for any help on thiese topics :-)


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m...@haydensplace.com  
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(6 users)  More options Mar 10 2008, 1:03 pm
From: m...@haydensplace.com
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:03:19 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Mar 10 2008 1:03 pm
Subject: Re: Impacts for shareholders after 100 million help
During the execution of a typical CH11 plan, a new series/class of
shares is issued and the existing ones are "retired".  The retired
shares then are worth their par value (which is to say they are worth
ZERO).  The old series of shares price rapidly declines to 0.0001 (the
smallest amount that can be registered in an OTC stock) and for
reasons beyond my understanding often remains "in the system" for
years afterwards, however it is truly worthless and dead.

SCOXQ is guaranteed this fate; it will in the coming weeks and months
ahead, drop to 0.0001 with 100 percent certainty.  What is not certain
is what compensation shareholders of SCOXQ will get.  Here are some
possibilities:

1. The proposed plan for SNCP buyout is approved, which is a plan to
refinance in return for taking the company private.  In this specific
plan, SNCP will be the sole owner of all 100% of the new series of
shares, and has alloted 1.5 million, plus "a portion of any litigation
it receives" to SCOXQ shareholders.  Based upon the current state of
affairs in its litigation, the maximum likely amount of litigation
awards is zero.  Given that, current holders of SCOXQ could be "cashed
out" at a price of around 0.0695 per share.  This is a generous deal
for SCOXQ shareholders, as there is no legal obligation to offer
anything to existing shareholders at all.

2. If the bankruptcy court and creditors do NOT approve of the plan
put forth, or the plan is not executed to satisfaction in reasonable
time, SCO will almost certainly file for CH7 bankruptcy
(liquidation).  Based upon SCO's existing financial situation this
means SCOXQ will immediately become worthless and there is absolutely
ZERO likelihood that shareholders will see even one penny of their
investment ever again because shareholders can only make claims to
what is left over after other creditors' claims are settled--and those
claims right now easily exceed the total value of SCO's assets right
now.

3. Sometimes, a CH11 reorg plan issues a publicly-traded series of
shares instead, or another existing public company acquires the
business operations, and if the old shareholders are lucky they will
get some amount of new shares in exchange for the old ones.  This is
very unlikely to happen in any CH11 case, but it is a possibility.
The new offering is typically only a fraction of what the market value
of the old stock was prior to reorg.  This is the least likely
outcome.

The best SCOXQ shareholders can count on, therefore, is to get 0.0695
(a nickel and a couple pennies) per share when cashed out.  If you
invested recently on the announcement of this plan at anything over
this price you are doing so in anticipation that SCO will somehow win
fairly big.  You'd be better off investing in a lottery ticket
however.  SNCP is sending some signals that it wants to exit the
litigation business relatively quickly.  It is appealing last fall's
decision ruling in favour of Novell, and I think the best they can
hope for is a reversal of the ruling indicating SCO owes Novell tens
of millions in fees.  Even if it can once again claim ownership of
UNIX copyrights there is no serious chance it can win big in the IBM
case.

If you happen to hold SCOXQ stock, I'm sorry for your loss and hope
you won't see too much hardship.  If you've short-sold SCO in the past
and have yet to cover, enjoy your windfall, but remember that with the
approval of this plan, you would now have been "forced to cover" and
you will at that point owe taxes on your gains.


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enrico.sch...@elseworlds.ch  
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(2 users)  More options Mar 13 2008, 11:29 am
From: enrico.sch...@elseworlds.ch
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:29:37 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Mar 13 2008 11:29 am
Subject: Re: Impacts for shareholders after 100 million help
Thanks for the careful and complete explanation.

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pettye.s1...@student.sanjac.edu  
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(2 users)  More options Apr 10 2008, 8:57 pm
From: Pettye.S1...@student.sanjac.edu
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:57:29 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Apr 10 2008 8:57 pm
Subject: Re: Impacts for shareholders after 100 million help
I got a new court doc today.  After 3 hours on the phone with Epic, I
called Fidelity.  SELL, b/c we would be lucky to get .06 per share.
You will get nothing, and he is right, it's going down!  The court
document said shareholders are at the bottome of list, especially new
owners( You bought it when it was OTC).  I was a loyal investor since
May 07, and was told by my Broker Agent that filling out the form will
better my chances, but there will be nothing left to give.

I have emailed Investor Relations 1 time per week for 4 months and
made countless phone calls.  No response.

SCO leaders, former and present, should be ashamed of themselves for
lying to Investors.  I wish everyone the best of luck, and I hope IBM
and Novell wipe SCO off the face of the Earth.  Their products have
always sucked, even with Patches(that actually broke more features
than it fixed)  Time to roll over and  die SCO.  Maybe we will get
lucky and some of them will go to jail for violation of SEC trade
agreements (You can't outright lie to Investors).


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(2 users)  More options Apr 10 2008, 8:57 pm
From: Pettye.S1...@student.sanjac.edu
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:57:30 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Apr 10 2008 8:57 pm
Subject: Re: Impacts for shareholders after 100 million help
I got a new court doc today.  After 3 hours on the phone with Epic, I
called Fidelity.  SELL, b/c we would be lucky to get .06 per share.
You will get nothing, and he is right, it's going down!  The court
document said shareholders are at the bottome of list, especially new
owners( You bought it when it was OTC).  I was a loyal investor since
May 07, and was told by my Broker Agent that filling out the form will
better my chances, but there will be nothing left to give.

I have emailed Investor Relations 1 time per week for 4 months and
made countless phone calls.  No response.

SCO leaders, former and present, should be ashamed of themselves for
lying to Investors.  I wish everyone the best of luck, and I hope IBM
and Novell wipe SCO off the face of the Earth.  Their products have
always sucked, even with Patches(that actually broke more features
than it fixed)  Time to roll over and  die SCO.  Maybe we will get
lucky and some of them will go to jail for violation of SEC trade
agreements (You can't outright lie to Investors).


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hillelg...@yahoo.com  
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(4 users)  More options Apr 15 2008, 4:26 pm
From: hillelg...@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:26:28 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Apr 15 2008 4:26 pm
Subject: Re: Impacts for shareholders after 100 million help

Pettye.S1...@student.sanjac.edu wrote:
> SCO leaders, former and present, should be ashamed of
> themselves for lying to Investors.

Who cares about shame?

Lying to investors is a criminal offense and the SEC should
be looking into that.  I suspect that a little digging will find
a mini-Enron hiding in the corner.


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