Caldera will provide updated information with regard to the upcoming quarter’s revenue outlook in a press release and conference call announcing results for the second quarter on Wednesday, May 29, 2002.
Due to Caldera’s revenue shortfall and the company’s increased efficiencies, Caldera also announced a 15 percent reduction in the company’s worldwide staff, or approximately 73 employees. The reduction will broadly cover all functional and geographic areas of the company. After this reduction, the company will have a total staff of approximately 400 employees.
The company plans to streamline operations by closing offices in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and Erlangen, Germany. Caldera will continue its German operations in Munich and Frankfurt. The restructuring is another step to help the company realize its goal of achieving profitability and is expected to save the company $7.0 million on an annual basis.
“Recognizing the difficult worldwide I.T. market conditions and Caldera’s commitment to profitability, we believe that this is a necessary step to protect shareholder value in Caldera,” said Ransom Love, Chairman and CEO, Caldera International. “Since the acquisition of the SCO Server division, Caldera has eliminated $9.3 million or 42 percent in quarterly operating expenses as we continue to drive to our profitable operating model.”
In addition to the reduction in force, Caldera is also announcing the departure of the company’s chief technology officer, Drew Spencer, and Chief Legal Counsel, Harrison Colter. Both Spencer and Colter will continue consulting with the company on a part-time basis. Spencer joined Caldera in 1999 and has held several positions overseeing software development, research and engineering. Colter joined Caldera in 2001 as Caldera’s chief legal counsel.
As part of the executive reorganization, Reg Broughton, the company’s senior vice president over services and operating systems, will assume responsibilities for the company’s global operations. Broughton brings more than 25 years of experience in executing sales, marketing and operational excellence of public and private companies.
Caldera International, Inc.
Caldera International (Nasdaq: CALD) provides “Powerful Choices” for businesses through its UNIX, Linux and Volution product lines and services. Based in Lindon, UT, Caldera has representation in 82 countries and 16,000+ resellers worldwide. Caldera Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on Caldera products and services, visit http://www.caldera.com.>[?
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Forward Looking Statements
The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include the ability of the Company to successfully meet its revenue projections, which are based in part, on the continued acceptance in the marketplace of the historical products of the acquired operations; the ability of the Company to develop and successfully introduce products integrating its products and services with those historically offered by the recently acquired operations; the ability of the Company to continue to manage its cost reductions without adversely affecting customer service and employee productivity; the ability of recently introduced and new products to operate as designed, including compatibility with various platforms in the absence of other defects; the Company’s reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company’s ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed; unenforceability of the GNU general public license and other Open Source licenses; our reliance on third party developers of components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the Company’s distribution sales channel. These and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
