Guess why SCO says it hasn't been able to file a workable reorganization plan so far? No. Really. Guess.
In SCO's just filed Debtors' Reply to Novell's Response to Debtors' Third Motion to Extend Exclusivity [PDF], SCO says one reason is the turmoil in the financial markets. There currently is no deal with Stephen Norris Capital Partners. But SCO needs more time, because there could be someday. "Despite the declining economic
climate, Messrs. Norris and Robbins continue to work with the Debtors to pursue a transaction." So, we just need to be patient. Norris is flying to the Middle East shortly and they've had meetings in London and Paris, but investors are nervous, we learn, due to the current turmoil in the markets, and they feel they'd like more legal certainty in this picture first. Like a definite date for SCO to file an appeal. Ah. Do hold your breath, SCO. Do. I thought SNCP had buckets of ducats of its own and a pipeline to Middle East princes and stuff. Wasn't that the story? It has to be true. Reporters printed it as true. No? SCNP are just some guys scurrying about looking for investors for SCO? So, the honorable SCO wants more time to work things out, find a "transaction partner", and exit Chapter 11 with SCO shareholders holding their own and creditors paid in full with interest. Except for Novell, methinks. They never seem to be at the head of the line, do they?
Poor SCO. Everything conspires against it reaching its ethical goals. I swoon with laughter.
Is it a contest to see how outrageous they can be without getting sanctioned? Some kind of office bet? Anyway, all is not lost. SCO says that "the Debtors' mobility business has blossomed." I'm sure. SCO wouldn't lie or anything. Still, I feel I'd like to just quickly double check all SCO's most recent 10Qs, especially the latest 10Q, just to be sure. Darl told the court at trial in Utah he always signs off on truthful SEC filings. So we can use it as our ruler's edge. We've been hearing for a long time about how wonderfully that mobile business will do in the great bye and bye, after all, but when does Me Inc stop blossoming and become an actual, profitable business?
First, here are all the latest filings:
546 -
Filed & Entered: 09/15/2008
Affidavit/Declaration of Service
Docket Text: Affidavit/Declaration of Service regarding Service of Novell's Response to the Debtors' Third Motion to Extend Exclusivity (related document(s)[541] ) Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. (Greecher, Sean)
547 -
Filed & Entered: 09/15/2008
Reply (A)
Docket Text: Reply to Novell's Response to Debtors' Third Motion to Extend Exclusivity (related document(s)[525], [541] ) Filed by The SCO Group, Inc. (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit A # (2) Exhibit B # (3) Exhibit C # (4) Certificate of Service and Service Lists) (O'Neill, James)
548 -
Filed & Entered: 09/15/2008
Notice of Withdrawal (B)
Docket Text: Notice of Withdrawal of Debtors' Motion to Present Evidence and Testimony Related to Certain Awards Under the 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan Under Seal (related document(s)[537] ) Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service and Service List) (Makowski, Kathleen)
549 -
Filed & Entered: 09/15/2008
Notice of Matters Scheduled for Hearing (B)
Docket Text: Amended Notice of Agenda of Matters Scheduled for Hearing (related document(s)[543] ) Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. Hearing scheduled for 9/16/2008 at 10:00 AM at US Bankruptcy Court, 824 Market St., 6th Fl., Courtroom #3, Wilmington, Delaware. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service and Service List) (Makowski, Kathleen)
550 -
Filed & Entered: 09/15/2008
Operating Report
Docket Text: Debtor-In-Possession Monthly Operating Report for Filing Period July 2008 for The SCO Group, Inc. Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service and Service List) (O'Neill, James)
551 -
Filed & Entered: 09/15/2008
Operating Report
Docket Text: Debtor-In-Possession Monthly Operating Report for Filing Period July 2008 for SCO Operations, Inc. Filed by The SCO Group, Inc.. (Attachments: # (1) Certificate of Service and Service List) (O'Neill, James)
Now, for our reality check, how's SCO doing according to the
latest 10Q?
As a result of both the Court’s August 10, 2007 order and the Company’s entry into Chapter 11, among other factors, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern including continuing the SCO Litigation or appealing the adverse ruling of August 10, 2007 and the July 16, 2008 order.
As a result of this order from the Court, the Company has accrued $3,473,000 for this contingent liability and related interest. However, the Company, continues to contest this liability. The Company believes that this order is in error, and that the Company has strong grounds to overturn it and the August 10, 2007 summary judgment upon appeal.
The Company intends to appeal the adverse August 10, 2007 summary judgment ruling and the July 16, 2008 order as soon as Final Judgment is entered upon those orders. However, in the event that the Company’s assets are further depleted or frozen, the Company may not be in a financial position to appeal those rulings.
The Company’s management and board of directors determined that filing for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on September 14, 2007 was appropriate and necessary. Absent a significant cash payment to Novell being required by the final resolution for the aforementioned court order, management believes that the undiscounted future cash flows generated by the Company will be sufficient to recover the carrying values of the Company’s long-lived assets over their expected remaining useful lives. However, if a significant cash payment is required the carrying amount of the Company’s long-lived assets may not be recovered. So, if they have to pay Novell, it's curtains for them? What? Me Inc can't save them? I guess not. The 10Q says Me Inc is part of "the UNIX business" and that business appears to be tanking: UNIX Business. Our UNIX business serves the needs of small-to-medium sized businesses as well as replicated site franchisees of Fortune 1000 companies, by providing reliable, cost effective UNIX software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems. Our UNIX business includes our mobility product and services offerings....
Revenue from the UNIX business decreased by $947,000, or 20%, for the three months ended July 31, 2008 compared to the three months ended July 31, 2007 and revenue from the UNIX business decreased by $4,420,000, or 26%, for the nine months ended July 31, 2008 compared to the nine months ended July 31, 2007. The revenue from this business has been declining over the last several years primarily as a result of increased competition from alternative operating systems, particularly Linux. We believe the inclusion of our UNIX code and derivative works in Linux has been a contributor to the decline in our UNIX business because users of Linux generally do not pay for the operating system itself, but pay for services and maintenance. The Linux operating system competes directly with our OpenServer and UnixWare products and has taken significant market share from these products.
With that foundation, let's look at the Memorandum, page 1, the part where SCO says that it has *always* been its goal to emerge from Chapter 11 with a transaction partner and everyone but Novell paid off with interest. SCO says of course they are capable of proposing a plan of reorganization "that solves for contingencies" but "it has always been the Debtors' goal to propose a plan that will allow them to exit bankruptcy with creditors paid in full with interest and equity security holders retaining their interests, and to do so with a fully negotiated and binding transaction at the time of proposing the plan, as opposed to filing the plan with a contingent framework without a transaction partner."
Noble goals. But how would that work in a bankruptcy? And, um, how's about a little coin for Novell? Oh, *them*! They can wait until after the appeal, I suppose. Say, does SCO have to tell us ever who their shareholders are they are fighting so hard for? Ever? I'm getting the distinct impression SCO has a preference as to who gets paid, its shareholders or Novell. The rest of the document is devoted to alleging that mean old Novell is trying to delay the appeal. But it's SCO requesting to extend the period of exclusivity. That doesn't even make sense. It's *SCO* asking for more time. Do these lawyers practice in front of any fellow humans before they write this stuff? I know. It's an elaborate dance, with SCO dancing as fast as it can to avoid what we might view as its just deserts. Well, dancing revived Tinkerbell, didn't it? Maybe *that's* the plan.
Also SCO has filed a Notice of Withdrawal of Debtors' Motion to Present Evidence and Testimony Related to Certain Awards Under the 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan Under Seal [PDF], without prejudice. That means they found out we can read SEC filings, maybe, and we already know the names and the figures? Or might this paragraph from the 10Q explain it? During the nine months ended July 31, 2008, the Company granted options to purchase approximately 60,000 shares of common stock with an average exercise price of $0.08 per share. None of these stock options were granted with an exercise price below the quoted market price on the date of grant. During the nine months ended July 31, 2008, no options to purchase common stock were exercised. As of July 31, 2008, there were approximately 4,309,000 stock options outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $3.37per share. Speaking of the SEC, I see them listed on the Affidavit of Service. I wonder, are they watching this circus? Here's something odd in the 10Q: The Company’s resources are allocated and operating results managed to the operating income (loss) level for each of the Company’s segments: UNIX and SCOsource. Both segments are based on the Company’s UNIX intellectual property. The UNIX business sells and distributes UNIX products and services through an extensive distribution channel and to corporate end-users and the SCOsource business enforces and protects the Company’s UNIX intellectual property....The decline in our UNIX business revenue will continue if the factors that have contributed to the decline described above continue or industry partners continue to withdraw their support for our products. So... what was the Sun deal, again? I guess they can tell the truth now. It wasn't SCOsource, then? But wasn't the accounting done with that money put into that bucket .... Oh, who can keep up? It used to be that the story was that Linux competed with UNIX. Now it's OpenServer and UnixWare. Whatever, SCO, whateve...
All this is the subject of today's hearing in Delaware, a transcript of which we'll get to read very soon. Sadly, no one will be able to make it in person, so far as I know so far, a first for us, but this court releases transcripts very fast, and for free, so we'll get to read it all. It wouldn't amaze me to hear the court give them another extension, though. They seem to say yes to almost everything in bankruptcy court in Delaware.
And here's SCO's Reply to Novell's Response, #547, as text:
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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
In re:
The SCO GROUP, INC. et al.,
Debtors.
Chapter 11 Cases
Case No. 07-11337 (KG)
(Jointly Administered)
Hearing: September 16, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. (prevailing Eastern time)
Related Docket Nos. 525 and 541
DEBTORS' REPLY TO NOVELL'S RESPONSE TO
DEBTORS' THIRD MOTION TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVITY
The above captioned Debtors reply to Novell's Response to Debtors' Third Motion to
Extend Exclusivity ("Novell Response") to state, among other things, that: (1) it is not the fact of the Novell Litigation itself, but the market reaction as experienced by the Debtors, along with
other facts and circumstances that constitute "cause" to extend the Debtors' exclusive periods;
and (2) the Debtors are not requesting that the Court extend the Debtors' exclusive periods
beyond that imposed by the Bankruptcy Code. In further support of the Third Motion by Debtors Under Section 1121(d) for Extension of Exclusivity Deadlines (the "Motion"), the Debtors state:
Introduction
The Debtors are certainly capable of proposing a plan of reorganization that solves for
contingencies. However, it has always been the Debtors' goal to propose a plan that will allow
them to exit bankruptcy with creditors paid in full with interest and equity security holders
retaining their interests, and to do so with a fully negotiated and binding transaction at the time
of proposing the plan, as opposed to filing the plan with a contingent framework without a
transaction partner. The Debtors have been working in good faith to secure a transaction to
achieve those goals. The Debtors have presented a couple of proposals to ths Court to help reach
this goal. Novell has objected to or expressed concerns regarding those proposals. There are
several reasons why the Debtors believe that they have not been able to present a confirmable
plan to date. One reason is that the downturn in the economy has impacted the financial markets,
which has impacted the Debtors' ability to access capitaL. Another, more fully elaborated in the
Motion, is that the August 10, 2007 summary judgment ruling in the Novell Litigation raises
certain questions as to what rights SCO Group had in its business which, in turn, impacts how
potential investors view and value the Debtors' business. Finally, Novell continues to use legal
tactics to delay or avoid appellate review of that ruling.
Exclusive Periods Should be Extended
1. The determination of "cause" is fact and case specific. In re Dow Corning Corp.,
208 B.R. 661, 664-665 (Ban. B.D. Mich. 1997) (citing In re Express One Intl., Inc., 194 B.R.
98, 100 (Bank. E.D. Tex. 1996)); In re McLean Indus., Inc., 87 B.R. 830 (Ban. S.D.N.Y.
1988); In re Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc., 78 B.R. 946 (Ban. E.D. Mo. 1987)). The Debtors will
not repeat the factors discussed in the Motion, but emphasize that the lack of finality surrounding
the August 2007 Ruling, coupled with the other factors referenced in the Motion and herein,
constitute "cause."
2. As stated in the Motion, after conducting a four-day bench trial in late April and early May of this year, on July 16, 2008, the Utah District Court entered the July 2008 Ruling.
In that ruling, the Utah District Court concluded that SCO Group was entitled to enter into the
2003 Microsoft Agreement and the other SCOsource Licenses and awarded Novell the principal
sum of $2,547,817, an amount significantly less than the approximately $30 million plus interest
reflected in the proof of claim Novell filed in connection with these bankruptcy cases. The
District Court also requested briefing from the parties on the issue of prejudgment interest.
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3. The July 2008 Ruling also directed Novell to submit a final judgment consistent
therewith, so that, among other things, appeals could be taken from the District Court's rulings.
However, Novell did not submit a final judgment and instead filed a response indicating that a
final judgment could not be entered because several of SCO Group's claims remain stayed and
unresolved pending the SuSE arbitration and because Novell's claim for constructive trust is to
be adjudicated by this Court. Novell asserted that the SuSE Arbitration affects SCO Group's
claims for breach of contract and unfair competition, and copyright infringement. Novell also
submitted a request for prejudgment interest that the Debtors contend far exceeds what is
justified.
4. In an effort to expedite the entry of a final judgment in the Novell Litigation, and
after negotiating about methodologies to employ, SCO Group agreed to Novell's calculation of
the prejudgment interest as well as the (reduced) calculation of the amounts subject of any
potential constructive trust. See Novell's Unopposed Submission Regarding Prejudgment
Interest, filed in the Novell Litigation on August 29, 2008, attached hereto as Exhibit B. Further,
SCO Group has decided to dismiss its claims for breach of contract and unfair competition, and
copyright infringement subject of the SuSE Arbitration. At this point, Novell has no reason to
delay any further the submission of a final judgment as directed by the Utah District Court in the
July 2008 Ruling. Therefore, the Debtors believe that their request for extension of the exclusive
periods would remain within the statutory limitations imposed in the Bankruptcy Code. 11
U.S.C.§ 1121(d). In all events, the Debtors' stipulate that the extensions sought in the Motion
will terminate when the statute requires. SCO Group today filed a motion with the Utah District
Court seeking the entry of a final judgment. (See Exhibit A attached hereto.)
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5. As the Debtors also indicated in the Motion, based upon feedback received from prospective interested parties, the entry of a final judgment (and the commencement of the
appellate process) in the Novell Litigation will greatly facilitate the Debtors' ability to sell,
finance or recapitalize as necessary as a basis for a plan of reorganization. Novell does not think
it is credible that a potential investor would find any comfort in an appeaL. However, it has been
repeatedly expressed to the Debtors by potential investors and potential transaction partners that
the entry of a final judgment and the commencement of the appellate process is a significant
factor affecting their willingness to go forward. Further, as the Motion points out, it is not the
appeal per se that would provide comfort, but the establishment of a time frame on an ultimate
resolution of the intellectual property rights issues that will greatly assist with the formulation of
investors' assumptions and projections. Likewise, the appeal process and the timing of it are of
great concern to SCO Group's customers and potential customers of both its UNiX business and
nascent mobility business. This Court has acknowledged that the resolution of the rights
between Novell and the Debtors, which won't be finally resolved short of an appeal, is a
troubling issue for all parties in these cases. Novell seems to argue to this Court that those
issues are trivial while at the same time it is doing all it can in the Utah District Court to block
SCO Group from ever getting those issues heard by an appellate court. See Novell's Submission
Regarding Entry of Final Judgment, filed in the Novell Litigation on August 29, 2008, attached
hereto as Exhibit C.
6. Novell claims that it "begs credulity" for SCO Group to claim that the
commencement of an appeal of the court's rulings in the Novell litigation has any impact on the
timing of or SCO's ability to present a confirmable plan. However, this Court was correct in its
observation that the resolution of the issues remaining in the Novell Litigation are troubling
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issues that continue to complicate these cases. See Memorandum Opinion (D.E. No. 232), pp. 10-11). SCO Group acknowledges that it will not be able to resolve all issues and contingencies
before it must confirm a plan of reorganization. However, SCO Group believes that an
important issue for investors, customers and partners is when SCO will be able to take an appeal
of the August 2007 Ruling and the July 2008 Ruling, and how long will Novell succeed in its
continuing attempts to frustrate that appellate review.
7. That timing is a very real concern for Debtors and their stakeholders and will
inform the decisions potential investors and customers make in connection with doing business
with the Debtors. If it takes months or longer to get a notice of appeal filed, that may have
negative impacts on the Debtors' access to capital markets. The Debtors believe that it is
important to show creditors, shareholders, potential investors, customers and business partners
that an appeal is imminent and that those issues will likely be finally resolved sometime within
the usual appellate timeline. A final judgment and notice of appeal is critical to this process and
Novell is using legal tactics to delay that from happening.
8. Novell is correct that many issues in the Novell litigation have been resolved -- at
least at the district court level. Most of these critical issues will not be finally resolved until the
appellate court has addressed the issues. The closer the Debtors can get to that date prior to
filing a reorganization plan the better able it will be to file a viable plan that meets the objectives
of making creditors and shareholders whole. Novell should support those efforts, not try to
thwart them.
9. It is true that these cases have seen starts and stops on the part of the Debtors.
This is true, at least in part because at the time of the filing, Novell asserted in the Utah District
Court that SCO Group owed it nearly $30,000,000 plus interest and was attempting to have a
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constructive trust imposed. Additionally, Novell argued to this Court that SCO owed SuSE up to
$100,000,000 in damages. Novell then waived that claim in an effort to have the automatic stay
lifted as to the SuSE Arbitration proceedings.
10. Shortly after these cases were filed, York Capital said that it could do a UNIX deal even with uncertainty resulting from the August 2007 Ruling and the parties worked hard to
try to get a transaction completed. However, Novell and IBM objected to the transaction and the
Court expressed concerns about how any deal could be done given the issues raised by the
August 2007 Ruling. Thereafter, the negotiations around the transaction with York unraveled
and ultimately, the transaction was terminated.
11. Not too long after terminating the transaction with York, the Debtors and Stephen
Norris Capital Partners agreed to terms that formed the basis of the Debtors' original Plan, that
solved for the issues raised by the Novell Litigation. That value of that transaction was in the
range of $75 million to $100 million. During SNCP's due dilgence process, the financial
markets began to significantly tighten and investors in general became more nervous about doing
deals. The Debtors worked hard to convince SNCP and other potential investors that the
August 2007 Ruling and July 2008 Ruling included rulings that: (i) SCO Group had some
ownership rights, including all post-1995 copyrights, which is what UnixWare is based on, (ii)
Novell had no ownership interest in OpenServer, which is the source of most of the Debtors'
revenue, and (iii) the Utah district judge did not hold that Novell gets any of SCO Group's new
UnixWare royalties (contrary to what one of the articles had asserted). The Debtors learned that
they would be completing trial in the Novell Litigation in late April -- early May 2008, and based
upon the proximity to the trial date, SNCP indicated it wanted to await the results of trial and see the commencement of appellate proceedings before completing a transaction with the Debtors.
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12. Prior to the commencement of the trial, Novell reduced its claim by
approximately 50% and made concessions that the Debtors believed would further reduce their
damage calculation and help the Debtors clear up their rights -- and the Debtors were right.
13. In July 2008 the Utah District Court issued the July 2008 Ruling, which found
that Novell is not entitled to the Debtors' SCOsource revenue or revenue derived from the
Debtors' large license to Microsoft. Novell was awarded approximately $2.5 million in damages
based only upon an amendment of an agreement with Sun Microsystems. The Utah District
Court affirmed that SCO Group owns and has full rights to its UnixWare business, has some
ownership rights of UNIX and owns all post-1995 UNIX copyrights. The Debtors were told that
the July 2008 Ruling cleared up many issues for customers and investors, but not all -- they still
want to know when the Debtors could appeal.
14. Therefore, the Debtors submit that the timing of beginning the appeal remains an
important issue in the minds of investors. Since the Petition Date, the investment climate has
continued to worsen and a couple of options have gone away. Despite the declining economic
climate, Messrs. Norris and Robbins continue to work with the Debtors to pursue a transaction.
They scheduled meetings with investors in London and Paris and Mr. Norris is heading to the
Middle East this week. The uncertainty around the Novell Litigation issues and the timing of an
appeal are discussed in every meeting. While investors have a favorable view of the July 2008
Ruling, they still want to know when the appellate process will begin and the timing of getting
all of the issues resolved.
15. Further, even though the July 2008 Ruling directed Novell to file a proposed final
judgment in 10 days and for the parties to enter into stipulations regarding the disposition of
certain causes of action, Novell has failed to do so in the two months since the issuance of the
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July 2008 Ruling. The Utah District Court also directed Novell to submit interest calculations to
the court. SCO Group has agreed to Novell's interest calculation, their constructive trust number
(based on information SCO voluntarily provided to Novell) and has agreed to dismiss all
remaining causes of action in order to facilitate the entry of the final judgment. Nevertheless,
Novell has refused to submit the form of final judgment as directed by the Utah district court.
Now, knowing full well that an appeal of the Novell Litigation rulings is important to the
Debtors' reorganization efforts, they object to the extension of the Debtors' exclusive periods.
16. In the meantime, the Debtors' mobility business has blossomed. For example,
Franklin Covey, has recently launched "FC mobilelifeTM"
which uses mobile applications
licensed to it from the Debtors (through Me, Inc.). The Debtors believe that the buzz and
feedback surrounding the mobile applications enhance the possibilities of a transaction.
17. Novell cites In re R.G. Pharmacy, Inc., 374 B.R. 484 (Ban. D. Conn. 2007) for
the proposition that unresolved litigation, even if important, is not a ground for extension of
exclusivity. It is true that the court in that case held that the "fact that litigation is pending with
creditors is not itself sufficient cause to justify an extension of the exclusivity period. . ." R. G.
Pharmacy, 374 B.R. at 484 (quoting In re Southwest Oil Co. of Jourdanton, Inc., 84 B.R. 448,
452 (Ban. W.D. Tex. 1987)). However, the court also found that the debtor did not show that
the requested extension was likely significantly to improve the progress of the case given the
breakdown of negotiations with its largest creditors. Id.
18. Here, the Debtors are not premising their request solely on the pendency of the
Novell Litigation. The Debtors have been advised by potential investors or transaction partners
that the commencement of the appellate process regarding the August 2007 Ruling and the July
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2008 Ruling will facilitate the Debtors' ability to sell, finance or recapitalize around the UNIX
business.
19. The Debtors disagree with Novell's mischaracterizations and analysis of the
factors in determining "cause" as applied to the facts and circumstances of these cases.
Apparently Novell has forgotten that the Debtors have negotiated and resolved significant issues
with Novell! Further, since SCO Group has agreed to dismiss the claims subject of the SuSE
Arbitration, Novell can hardly state that the Debtors are pressuring Novell or trying to avoid the
SuSE Arbitration. While structuring a plan in itself may not be complicated, the reorganization
plan that the Debtors believe would be in the best interests of all constituencies, including equity,
includes a transaction partner and the Debtors do not know at this point whether the transaction
will take the form of an equity investment, financing, recapitalization or something else. In
addition, even an uncomplicated transaction takes some time to draft -- Novell knows this.
20. The Debtors have also negotiated for a resolution of the largest claim against the
estate -- the claim of the IPO plaintiffs. Claims review has begun in preparation for the eventual
filing of an amended or new plan and estimation of certain contingent or unliquidated claims
may soon be sought.
21. Finally, the Debtors are not seeking an open-ended extension. The Debtors recognize that any extension granted by the Court must be within the confines of the statutory
mandates of the Bankruptcy Code and cannot go beyond March 16, 2009 and May 14,2009,
respectively.
22. The Debtors submit that cause exists to extend the exclusive periods, subject to
the statutory limitations imposed by the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors are working toward a
transaction that will allow it to pay creditors in full, allow equity to retain their interests, allow
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mandates of the Bankruptcy Code and cannot go beyond March 16, 2009 and May 14, 2009, respectively.
22. The Debtors submit that cause exists to extend the exclusive periods, subject to
the statutory limitations imposed by the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors are working toward a
transaction that will allow it to pay creditors in full, allow equity to retain their interests, allow
employees to keep their jobs and allow the Debtors to continue their businesses so that they can
continue to provide their numerous valued customers goods and services that enhance and help
keep those businesses running smoothly. The Debtors prefer to propose a plan based upon an
actual transaction, and file a disclosure statement containing executed transaction documents,
rather than a plan that provides for contingencies without a transaction partner. The Debtors are
current on all of their post-petition obligations and do not believe the requested extension will
prejudice any party in interest.
WHEREFORE, the Debtors request that the Court enter an order granting the Motion and
extending the Debtors' exclusivity periods as requested therein, subject to the statutory
limitations imposed by the Bankruptcy Code, and granting them whatever other and further relief
the Court deems just and appropriate.
Dated: September 15, 2008
PACHULSKI STANG ZIEHL & JONES LLP
____[signature]______
Laura Davis Jones (Bar No. 2436)
James E. O'Neill (Bar No. 4042)
Kathleen Makowski (Bar No. 3648)
[address, phone, fax, email]
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[address, phone, fax, email]
Co-Counsel for the Debtors in Possession
1 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined have the meaning ascribed in the Motion.
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