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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): SEPTEMBER 4, 2001
                         Commission File Number: 0-29911


                           CALDERA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                  DELAWARE                                   87-0617393
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       (State or other jurisdiction of                      (IRS Employer
       incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)


           240 WEST CENTER STREET
                 OREM, UTAH                                     84057
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)


               Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
                                 (801) 765-4999
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                                      N/A
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              (Former name, former address, and formal fiscal year,
                          if changed since last report)


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                              ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

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PROPOSED STOCK CONSOLIDATION

         The board of directors of Caldera International, Inc., has unanimously
approved submitting to the stockholders a proposal to consolidate the issued and
outstanding common stock of the Company on the basis of one share for each six
shares previously outstanding. This action was taken by the board to seek to
increase the pool of potential investors in the common stock and to pre-empt any
action that might be taken by Nasdaq to delist the common stock. The Company's
stock has traded below the minimum $1.00 bid price required by Nasdaq since late
July. The low trading price has increased the difficulty of attracting analysts
for the common stock and the interest of institutional investors in acquiring
shares. The board hopes that the proposed stock consolidation will result in an
increase in the per share price that will assist in addressing these concerns.
The proposed stock consolidation will not be implemented until after a
stockholders' meeting, which the Company intends to schedule in the near future.

LITIGATION

         Since July 11, 2001, four complaints have been filed in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that our
predecessor, Caldera Systems, Inc., various of our officers and various of the
underwriters involved in our initial public offering violated federal securities
laws. The complaints allege, among other factual bases for the claims asserted,
that a registration statement dated January 10, 2000, and a prospectus dated
March 21, 2000, for the public offering of 5 million shares of Caldera Systems',
our predecessor's, common stock contained material misrepresentations or
omissions or both. The complaint further alleges that the misrepresentations and
omissions consisted of, among other things, the failure by Caldera Systems to
disclose in the registration statement and the prospectus that the underwriters
involved in the offering described in the registration statement and prospectus
received compensation for the distribution of securities in the offering from
parties other than Caldera Systems. The plaintiffs seek certification of the
actions as class actions, an unspecified amount of damages suffered by the
plaintiff and the other members of the class, if any, rescission to the members
of the class, if any, who do not continue to hold Caldera Systems common stock
and attorneys' fees and costs. We have only recently become aware of these
complaints and have not yet filed a response. We intend to investigate the
claims in the complaints and take action as we deem appropriate. We have
notified our insurance carrier and placed the underwriters involved in the
public offering of our stock on notice that we intend to seek indemnification
from them. We are currently unable to predict the possible outcome of this
litigation.



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                                   SIGNATURES

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         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  September 4, 2001         CALDERA INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                  By /s/ Robert K. Bench
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                                    Robert K. Bench
                                    (Chief Financial Officer
                                    Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



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