From: abrunton@sonic.net
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 13:20:14 PST
Message-Id: <200301072120.h07LKET10804@ultra.sonic.net> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 21:20:14 -0000 Subject: Re: SLA-SF: Divine/Faxon From: <abrunton@sonic.net>
It was on the CALIX list some time ago. Apparently EBSCO is picking its
pieces, but it may take a long time. I used Divine, but was forced to go to
bid this year, and a good thing, too. They were the highest and I went with
EBSCO. Although we didn't get info to them until the first of Dec, all seems
to be well. Angie.PS do you still go to the ballet. Are you interested in Feb
23 ( sunday of teh long weekend). Yuri POssokov's Damned and two other pieces.
Let me know if you 'd like to go. Angie
Terry Dean <tdean@library.berkeley.edu> said:
> Did anyone else notice this message from Divine/Faxon? Terry
>
> RoweCom, Inc. ("RoweCom" or the "Company"), doing business as Faxon or
> Divine Information Services, announced today [Dec. 20, 2002] that it is
> currently
> experiencing financial difficulties. Due to financial constraints, RoweCom
> has not been able to place or make payments for the substantial majority of
> its customer orders for 2003 subscriptions.
> RoweCom has been advised recently by its parent company, divine inc.
> ("divine"), that divine has recently decided to no longer support the
> subscription aggregation business. Without the support of divine, RoweCom
> has been forced to explore strategic alternatives that may ultimately
> include the sale or shutdown of the business. RoweCom will continue limited
> operations during this exploration period. Any funds received prospectively
> for subscriptions will be maintained in a segregated escrow account pending
> transmittal to the applicable publisher.
> Management has recently met with three leading publishers that fulfill its
> subscription orders and has been working with divine in an attempt to
> obtain a satisfactory resolution to RoweCom's current financial problems.
> The three publishers (Elsevier, John Wiley and Blackwell), as a significant
> accommodation to this process, have agreed to continue to distribute
> journals through January 2003 to RoweCom's customers. We will be asking all
> of our other publishers to do the same. Without the satisfactory placement
> of orders and related payments, there can be no assurance that other
> publishers will distribute journals or that any journals will be
> distributed by any publisher after January 2003.
> RoweCom understands that many of its customers are concerned about the
> status of their subscription orders. In that regard, an ad hoc committee
> (the "Informal Committee") was formed in order to, among other things,
> perform investigations and analyses of the operations and financial
> condition of RoweCom and its parent corporation, divine, initiate
> negotiations with RoweCom and divine, and to take such other actions that
> the Informal Committee may determine are in the best interests of its
> constituency.
> The initial members of the Informal Committee include a major research
> library as well as Blackwell, Elsevier, and Wiley. Going forward, Informal
> Committee membership is open to both publishers and libraries that have (or
> that have had) a business relationship with RoweCom. Therefore, other
> libraries and publishers interested in acquiring information about or
> joining the Informal Committee are invited to contact the Informal
> Committee at the following email address: adhoccommittee@nyc.rr.com.
> RoweCom asks for the patience of its customers during the next couple of
> weeks and will provide you with an update as to status of the process no
> later than January 8th, 2003. If during the meantime, you have not received
> a publication that you have ordered, please contact your customer service
> representative at (800) 769-3266.
> Thank you for consideration and understanding during this most difficult
> period.
>
> RoweCom is a subsidiary of divine, inc. (NASDAQ: DVN). This press release
> contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the Company
> that are subject to risks and uncertainties that include, but are not
> limited to, those identified in the Company's press releases. For example,
> such risks and uncertainties include the ability of the Company to
> implement a restructuring plan to maximize the amount realized for
> stakeholders; continued cooperation of the Company's leading publishers;
> the availability of strategic alternatives for the Company; the adequacy
> and availability of cash to operates its business; the Company's ability to
> maintain sufficient cash flow and liquidity; the availability and
> accessibility of financing at affordable levels for the Company and the
> ability of the Company to tightly control expenditures.
>
>
>
>
>
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