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Roxio Shares Rise On 1st Trading Day

By Brian Garrity, N.Y.
Publication: Billboard Bulletin
Date: Tuesday, May 15 2001
Roxio, a developer of CD-burning software, yesterday completed its spin-off from parent Adaptec Inc., as expected (Bulletin, May 10). Roxio closed its first day of trading on the Nasdaq exchange at $14.69, up 46 cents from its offering price to Adaptec shareholders. Roxio is scheduled to announce results

tomorrow for the fourth quarter and year ended March 31.

Roxio and Adaptec are being sued for breach of contract by Gracenote, which alleges that they failed to pay for the use of its music database and switched to a competing, and allegedly illegal, service (Bulletin, May 14).

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