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EXHIBIT (a)(1)(TT)
For immediate release
December 20, 2000
Contact:
pcOrder.com, Inc. Trilogy Software, Inc.
Tiffany O'Brien Krista Rollins
512.684.1171 512.425.3128
[email protected] [email protected]
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TRILOGY SOFTWARE, INC. SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES
TENDER OFFER FOR PCORDER.COM, INC.
CLASS A COMMON STOCK
AUSTIN, TEXAS, December 20, 2000 - Trilogy Software, Inc. and pcOrder.com, Inc.
(NASDAQ: PCOR) today jointly announced the completion of Trilogy's cash tender
offer to acquire the outstanding Class A Common Stock of pcOrder at a price of
$6.375 per share.
Trilogy reported that a total of 5,053,285 shares of pcOrder's Class A Common
Stock were tendered pursuant to the tender offer, including 98,404 shares
subject to guarantees of delivery, and that all such shares have been accepted
for payment. The tender offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on
December 19, 2000. Tendering stockholders will receive the $6.375 per share cash
price promptly.
Trilogy also yesterday gave pcOrder notice of Trilogy's exercise of its option
to convert all of the shares of Class B Common Stock of pcOrder owned by Trilogy
into Class A Common Stock. After giving effect to the purchase of the shares
tendered and the shares received upon the conversion of its Class B Common
Stock, Trilogy owns approximately 92.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of
pcOrder's Class A Common Stock.
Trilogy also announced today that a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trilogy intends
to effect a merger with pcOrder later today pursuant to which pcOrder will
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trilogy, and all remaining pcOrder
stockholders (other than Trilogy and its subsidiaries) will have the right to
receive the same $6.375 per share of Class A Common Stock in cash as paid in the
tender offer. The merger will be effected as a short form merger without a vote
of pcOrder's stockholders.
Trilogy is a leading provider of software driving the e-commerce transformation
of Global 2000 companies. Trilogy's robust e-commerce platform's rapid
deployment cycles and business expertise serve industry leaders, such as Ford
Motor Company, Fidelity Brokerage Services, Lands' End, IBM, and ALLTELL.
Trilogy's ability to integrate multichannel sales and service environments on a
unified e-commerce technology platform increases a corporation's market share,
generates higher revenue, and results in deeper customer and channel partner
relationships. For more information, please visit www.trilogy.com.
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