Mark Leslie, Kenneth E. Lonchar, Paul A. Sallaberry, Michael M. Cully, and Douglas S. Newton

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Litigation Release No. 22143 / October 28, 2011

Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 3333 / October 28, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mark Leslie, Kenneth E. Lonchar, Paul A. Sallaberry, Michael M. Cully, and Douglas S. Newton Civil Action No. 07 CV 3444 (JF) (PSG) (N.D. Cal. filed July 2, 2007)

SEC SETTLES LITIGATION WITH FORMER CEO OF VERITAS SOFTWARE CORPORATION

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that, on October 21, 2011, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered a settled final judgment against Mark Leslie, the former Chief Executive Officer of Veritas Software Corporation, in SEC v. Mark Leslie, Kenneth E. Lonchar, Paul A. Sallaberry, Michael M. Cully, and Douglas S. Newton, Civil Action No. 07 CV 3444 (JF) (PSG) (N.D. Cal. filed July 2, 2007).

The final judgment resolves the Commission's case against Leslie. The Commission's amended complaint alleges that Leslie and the remaining defendants in this action inflated Veritas' reported revenues by approximately $20 million in connection with a software sale to AOL. The complaint further alleges that Leslie failed to disclose material information to Veritas' independent auditors in violation of the federal securities laws.

Without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, Leslie consented to entry of a final judgment permanently enjoining him from future violations of Rule 13b2-2(a)(2)of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and ordering him to pay disgorgement and prejudgment interest of $1,550,000 and a civil penalty of $25,000.

Kenneth E. Lonchar and Paul A. Sallaberry remain as defendants in the Commission's action.

See Litigation Release No. 20178 (July 2, 2007).