SCO Teleconference Today -- Boies, McBride and Bench On Expanded Legal Agreement, $$$, and Plans

SCO Teleconference Today -- Boies, McBride and Bench On Expanded Legal Agreement, $$$, and Plans

By Pamela Jones
Groklaw

November 18 2003

Can't Get Enough SCO Spin? Than I have good news for you.

SCO has just put out a press release, at 10:28 PM Monday night, announcing a teleconference Tuesday at 11:30 AM, with Darl, Bench and David Boies. Yup. That would be today. They will be talking about the new legal arrangement with Boies' firm, the money and their plans. If they are planning to sue anybody new, this would seem to be a likely moment to say so or at least hint at it. I have no inside info; just guessing. It all seems to be pulled together in haste at the last minute, compared to earlier such press releases.

Here's [ http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031117/lam154a_1.html ] some of the press release:

"SCO Invites You to Participate in a Teleconference With: David Boies, Managing Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner

"Darl McBride, President and CEO, The SCO Group Robert Bench, CFO, The SCO Group

"The SCO Group Teleconference

"Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003, 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time

"What: SCO Teleconference: SCO will provide further details on its expanded agreement with Boies, Schiller & Flexner and its payment to the firm during the 4th fiscal quarter. Executives will take questions on future plans for this investment.

"Where: Toll Free within North America: 1-800-540-0559
"International: +1-785-830-1957
"Confirmation code to enter the call: 105887

"When: Tuesday, Nov.18, 2003
"11:30 a.m. Eastern, 8:30 a.m. Pacific

"Who: Press and industry analysts interested in the UNIX industry, licensing issues, intellectual property and investment news.

"Replay: An audio replay will be available for interested media and analysts.

"To gain a copy, e-mail the SCO PR team at scopr@sco.com or the Schwartz Communications team at sco@schwartz-pr.com ."

Doesn't this seem like kinda short notice? They put out a press release at 10:28 PM on Monday, calling a teleconference for Tuesday at 11:30 AM. You don't suppose they saw people noticed their SEC filing, do you?

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