To: lwn@lwn.net Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Trustix Completes Second Round of Financing Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:12:19 +0200 (CEST) From: marketing@trustix.com PRESS RELEASE Contact Information: Håvard Wollan, CEO Trustix Telephone: +47 73 54 50 88 E-mail: havard@trustix.com Trustix Completes Second Round of Financing Investors commit NOK 25 million to Internet Infrastructure Software Company Trondheim, Norway, - October 12, 2000 - Trustix AS, a leading Internet infrastructure software company that provides Internet software for management of systems, software, security and information, today announced it has secured its second round of financing. Investors participating in this round of funding include Oslo based lead investor Convexa Capital, as well as other investors in the USA and Norway who also participated in Trustix first round of financing earlier this year. Trustix intends to use the investment funds to accelerate the sales and marketing of its new generation of eBusiness management and Internet infrastructure software, including increasing the company's presence in the US market. "We are very pleased with the strong interest and support Trustix has received from the investment community during this funding cycle," said Håvard Wollan, Trustix CEO. "Lead investor Convexa Capital is a very good match for Trustix because of their focus and network in the business and markets that we are targeting." "Trustix offers unique technology and a compelling value proposition," said Bjørge Gretland, CEO of lead investor Convexa Capital. "Convexa Capital is targeting new growth companies providing new Internet infrastructure solutions, including ASP enabling technology, security and wireless. Trustix has leading edge solutions within these areas." About Trustix AS Trustix is a leading Internet infrastructure software company that provides Internet software for management of systems, software, security and information. Trustix' XPloy is the leading eBusiness Systems Management Solution for Linux. Other products from Trustix include the XSentry firewall and security administrator and Trustix Secure Linux, the high performance, secure and stable Linux operating system developed by Trustix and used by customers world-wide. Trustix AS is a privately held corporation with headquarters in Trondheim, Norway. For more information about Trustix, please visit the web site at www.trustix.com. XPloy, Trustix Secure Linux, XSentry and Manage your eBusiness! are trademarks of Trustix AS. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Trustix AS, P.O. Box 1245 Leiv Eiriksson Senter, 7462 Trondheim, Norway URL: www.trustix.com, Telephone: +47 73 54 50 54, Telefax: +47 73 54 50 53