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Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 07:32 PM EDT
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SCO has filed two monthly operating reports, one for SCO Group and one for SCO Operations. This is like watching water drain from a slow tub. Also the transcript of the June 17 hearing is now available. And Dorsey & Whitney have submitted another bill going back to April. From the transcript, we see the first words out of the judge's mouth, after "good morning", is about the quarterly fees: "Yes, I'm prepared to approve those." And then, after all the lawyers on the phone for the fee applications decide to leave since there is nothing for them to say, the court turns to Arthur Spector to present SCO's need for an extension of time to file a reorganization plan. "It's a pleasure to be back," Spector says, as he begins. "Good to have you back," Judge Gross responds. I believe that captures the tone of the day perfectly. I'll comment more on the transcript when we post it as text.
Dorsey & Whitney were busy bees, reviewing and revising the business plan. What business plan? I thought they can't do that until they hear from Utah. That's what Spector told the court, anyhow. What business, now that I think of it? Also I see a flurry of activity about blue sky filings in California. And here's an entry from Exhibit D: 4/25/08 - 0.85 - 85.00 - Conference with C. Peters regarding Utah filing (.5); conference call with Utah Division of Securities regarding same (.35) And on page 16 of the filing, there is activity regarding the "Hong Kong Corporate Formation". At the end of May, I see them sending emails about it to "team and B. Young of SCO". Hmm. Hong Kong, judging from the next entry, is about Me Software Limited, and you see a notation about "status of subject company and possible dissolution of subject company." The same day there was an email "regarding deregistration". And there is some issue regarding the 2004 stock issuance plan that shows up on page 22. "Continue work on Utah 2008 filing for 2004 stock incentive plan." And on May 14: "Prepare renewal for 1998 option plan, 1999 incentive plan and 2000 ESPP." Several references to work on "corporate matter". I gather they know we actually read these things, even if the court doesn't. Apparently a stock holder is too. On page 26, I see: "Emails with equity holder regarding fee application." More about that on May 6: Telephone conference with UST regarding fee application and e-mails with equity holder...; telephone conference with equity holder regarding fee application...; e-mails with N. Taylor regarding equity holder... The next page continues with that theme, with folks looking at prior applications. But there was apparently a happy ending for Dorsey & Whitney, as the next page notes nobody objected to the court. This bill, the firm's 7th, is for $17,000 and change.
Here are the filings:
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Filed & Entered: 06/25/2008
Certificate of No Objection
Docket Text: Certificate of No Objection (No Order Required) Regarding Eighth Interim Application of Tanner LC for Compensation for Services and Reimbursement of Expenses as Accountants to the Debtors for the Period from May 1, 2008 through May 31, 2008 (related document(s)[486] ) Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service and Service List) (O'Neill, James)
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Filed & Entered: 06/25/2008
Operating Report
Docket Text: Debtor-In-Possession Monthly Operating Report for Filing Period May 2008 for SCO Operations, Inc. Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service and Service List) (Makowski, Kathleen)
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Filed & Entered: 06/25/2008
Operating Report
Docket Text: Debtor-In-Possession Monthly Operating Report for Filing Period May 2008 for The SCO Group, Inc. Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service and Service List) (Makowski, Kathleen)
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Filed & Entered: 06/26/2008
Transcript
Docket Text: Transcript of Hearing held on June 17, 2008 before the Honorable Kevin Gross. (related document(s)[497] ) (BJM)
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Filed & Entered: 06/26/2008
Application for Compensation
Docket Text: Monthly Application for Compensation (Seventh) for the Period April 1, 2008 through May 31, 2008 Filed by Dorsey & Whitney LLP. Objections due by 7/16/2008. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit A # (2) Exhibit B # (3) Exhibit C # (4) Exhibit D # (5) Notice) (Schnabel, Eric)
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| Authored by: Raymee on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 07:38 PM EDT |
Subjects in the title would be helpful!
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| Authored by: Raymee on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 07:40 PM EDT |
On topic comments will be depleted!
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| Authored by: Raymee on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 07:42 PM EDT |
A triple play!
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| Authored by: bbaston on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 07:55 PM EDT |
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| Authored by: tanner andrews on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 08:13 PM EDT |
4/25/08 - 0.85 - 85.00 - Conference with C. Peters regarding Utah
filing (.5); conference call with Utah Division of Securities regarding same
(.35)
Normally lawyers bill in tenths, or six-minute
intervals. Computer guys bill in quarter hours.
It looks as though
these guys are either billing in hundredths, which is unlikely, or halves of
tenths, giving three-minute intervals.
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| Authored by: bezz on Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 09:44 PM EDT |
He sure has a way of spreading a lot of pretty icing on SCO's BK cake. I am
just going to focus on one small area on pages 7 and 8 in which he addresses
SCO's prospects and the MOR's:
25 Aside from the
1 historical financial
information that the Court has in the
2 form of the MORs and that’s only
through April, the May one
3 isn’t due until June 20th, and the June one,
which we think
4 will have material improvements, won’t be due till July
20th.
5 We think we have succeeded in bettering our projections, the
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company has. The April projections - the April results were
7 better than
projected, and if we could - if we were permitted
8 to, and we’re not
because the company is publicly traded and
9 we can’t talk about future
financial matters on an open
10 record, but we think we can show that the
prospects are
11 greater than originally anticipated and that the
likelihood
12 of any prejudice coming about by this rather short
extension
13 is almost nil.
If you look at the Schedule of
Cash Receipts and Disbursals on the MOR's, yeah, April came out better than
projected due to Accounts Receivables being $520,000 higher. But May came
in -- take a wild guess -- $520,000 lower than projected.
But some
things between April and May look, shall we say, irregular. The payroll and
payroll taxes have been odd since the first filing, with taxes ending up about
%50 of total payroll. At least that is a predictable inconsistency. Yet the
total projected payroll and payroll taxes for April was $536,000 (actual) /
$408,900 (projected) and for May was $558,100 (actual) / $799,100
(projected).
That skews the projections. Yeah, SCO got more AR than
projected for April, but it was offset in May. But what is the deal with the
projected payroll almost doubling from April to May? $400,000 change in
projection? Is that a hiring spree? Also, it makes the projected vs. actual
performance for May look better by $400,000.
As much disrespect as I
heap on Mr. Spector in my postings, I do recognize that he is the lawyer and the
messenger. But this brand of SCO accounting that is foisted on the court as a
performance - projection success is getting old.
Way to better the
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| Authored by: The Mad Hatter r on Saturday, June 28 2008 @ 06:07 PM EDT |
I gather they know we actually read these things, even if the
court doesn't.
Yes, I suspect that they do know this, and
I also suspect that it worries them, based on how the reports have changed since
the bankruptcy was first filed.
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