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Technology Stocks : Linuxcare, Inc. (LXCR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Powers who wrote (5)	2/6/2000 4:12:00 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 17

LXCR filed its initial S-1 on January 19. It generally takes about 60 days from its initial filing before a company gets the blessing of the SEC. Figure late March for LXCR.

To: Michael Powers who wrote (5)	2/28/2000 11:37:00 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17

LXCR has set the initial pricing for the IPO: biz.yahoo.com Monday February 28, 6:16 pm Eastern Time Linuxcare sets IPO at 4.5 mln shares, $13-$15/shr WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Linuxcare Inc., provider of services for the Linux operating system, said on Monday it plans to sell 4.5 million shares for between $13-$15 a share in its initial public offering. The company plans to net $56.6 million from the offering to be used for working capital, funding operating losses, expanding its information technology infrastructure and capital expenditures. The terms of the offering were revealed for the first in an amended prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. After the offering there will be 30.2 million shares outstanding in the company, putting its initial market capitalization at about $422.8 million based on a $14 per share initial price, the midpoint of the price range. The underwriters, led by Credit Suisse First Boston, have been granted 675,000 extra shares in the event of heavy demand. Linuxcare has applied to list its shares on Nasdaq under the symbol ``LXCR' (NasdaqSC:LXCR - news) once it goes public.

To: Michael Powers who wrote (5)	3/3/2000 4:07:00 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 17

From CNetNews.com: news.cnet.com Linuxcare plans to raise $56.6 million in IPO By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 3, 2000, 10:50 a.m. PT Linuxcare, a small Linux services company, plans to raise at least $56.6 million in its initial public offering, although it admits it is not likely to see profits until 2002. The latest Linux company with plans to go public, Linuxcare sells technical support, customization, education and other services. It's one of a handful of the most prominent Linux companies, along with Red Hat, VA Linux Systems, Caldera Systems, TurboLinux, SuSE and Corel. Linuxcare will sell 4.5 million shares priced between $13 and $15 apiece, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing this week. At a share price of $14 and including the possible sale of over-allotments, Linuxcare could raise, in the aggregate, as much as $65.3 million. The company had pro forma revenues of $1.5 million for the year ended Dec. 31, with a net loss of $21.3 million, according to the filing. Because of aggressive expansion plans, which will cost $65 million this year, Linuxcare will remain unprofitable through 2001, the company said. Though investor hype has driven several intensely hot Linux IPOs, the prices of most of those stocks have slipped after the initial trading frenzy. Being unprofitable while carving out as large as possible a market share in a new area is nothing new. The technique was pioneered by Internet companies, many of which still aren't profitable. A lack of profits has been a characteristic for Linux companies as well. VA Linux Systems, a Linux computer maker that went public in December and set the record for a first-day stock climb, doesn't expect to be profitable until the end of 2001 or beginning of 2002. Also like VA, Linuxcare is looking to expand its customer base so it's not as dependent on a small number of companies. The company said in the filing that more than half of its revenues in the last year came from three companies: 26 percent from Sun Microsystems, 18 percent from Motorola, and 11 percent from Silicon Graphics. Of the roughly $56 million it expects to raise, Linuxcare plans to spend $32 million on sales and marketing and $19 million on information technology in 2000, the company said. Linuxcare plans to trade on the Nasdaq market under the symbol "LXCR." The IPO is being underwritten by Credit Suisse First Boston, FleetBoston Robertson Stephens and Chase Securities.