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Carreker
Corporation Press Release - April
4, 2002
CARREKER
CORPORATION AGREES TO THE SALE
OF APPROXIMATELY 1,282,000
SHARES VIA PIPE
DALLAS
(April 4, 2002) — Carreker
Corporation (NASDAQ: CANI), a leading
provider of e-finance enabling
solutions for the financial industry,
announced today that it had agreed
to the sale of approximately 1,282,000
common shares in a Private Investment
in Public Equity ("PIPE") transaction.
The
stock will be sold at a price of
$7.83 per share and will net the
company approximately $9.3 million
in new equity capital after fees
and expenses. The Company expects
to close the sale of the shares
on April 5, 2002, and to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission
a registration statement on Form
S-3 relating to the resale of the
privately placed shares shortly
thereafter.
The
Company intends to use the net
proceeds from the PIPE transaction
to satisfy certain remaining obligations
of Check Solutions Company, which
the Company acquired in June 2001,
and for general corporate purposes.
The
common shares sold have not been
registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and may
not be offered or sold absent registration
or applicable exemption from registration.
This release shall not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation
of an offer to buy, nor shall there
be any sale of the securities in
any state where such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior
to the registration or qualification
under the securities law of such
state. Any offering of Carreker
shares under the resale registration
statement will be made only by
prospectus.
About Carreker Corporation:
Carreker Corporation improves earnings
for financial institutions around
the world. The Company’s
integrated consulting and software solutions are
designed to increase our clients’ revenues
and reduce expenses, while improving security and
increasing the value of their customer relationships.
Carreker provides products and services to more than
200 clients in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa, including
more than 75 of the largest 100 banks in the United
States. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas since 1978,
Carreker Corporation also has offices located around
the world including London, Toronto, and Sydney.
For more information, visit www.carreker.com or
phone Hal Denton at 972-340-2537.
Forward
Looking Statement - This
document contains forward-looking
statements based on current
expectations that are inherently
subject to risks and uncertainties.
The words "estimate," "project," "intend," "expect," "believe," "plan" and
similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking
statements. The Company's actual
results could differ materially
from those currently anticipated
due to a number of factors,
including, but not limited
to, risks associated with the
Company’s acquisition
of Check Solutions, changes
in the banking industry’s
demand for the Company’s
solutions, significant customer
concentration and the potential
loss of a significant customer,
variations in operating results,
reduction in revenues due to
pricing arrangements, the infrequent
use of long-term contracts
with customers, the focus of
the Company's solutions on
e-finance opportunities and
the chance that they will not
be accepted in the marketplace,
risks associated with rapid
growth in the Company’s
business, the inability to
attract and retain key personnel,
existence of defects or errors
in the Company’s software,
ability to develop new technologies
and services, ability to meet
the changing needs of customers,
dependence on third-party Internet
providers and the Internet,
intense competition, risks
associated with strategic alliances
and acquisitions, inability
to protect the Company's proprietary
rights, infringement and other
claims and related expenses,
reliance on third-party licenses,
volatility in the Company's
stock price, exposure to risks
associated with international
operations, reliance on independent
contractors, governmental regulation
and legal uncertainties and
anti-takeover provisions in
the Company's charter documents
and under applicable law. These
and other factors are set forth
in the Company's annual report
on Form 10-K filed on April
30, 2001 and in other reports
and documents filed by the
Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission from
time to time.
Carreker
Contacts:
Hal
Denton, Vice President, Marketing
972 340-2537 PH
972 233-7831 FX
Email: hdenton@carreker.com
Terry
Gage, Executive Vice President,
CFO
972 371-1454 PH
972 458-2567 FX
Email: tgage@carreker.com
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