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LITIGATION RELEASE 17860
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NONPUBLIC INFORMATION DISCLOSING VIOLATIONS CIVIL ACTION EXCHANGE ACT REGULATION SECURITIES STOCK TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE INVESTMENT SIEBEL SYSTEMS EXCHANGE COMMISSION BUSINESS ATTENDEES PROVISIONS CAUSING VIOLATIONS COMMITTING CEASE ALLEGATIONS DENYING ADMITTING DISTRICT FILING CIVIL PENALTY SETTLED CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER SIMULTANEOUSLY BROADCAST INVESTOR RELATIONS TWICE TRADING |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. Litigation Release No. 17860 / November 25, 2002 , Civil Action No. 1 02CV02330 (JDB), (D.D.C.) (November 25, 2002) , Administrative Proceeding File No. 3-10949 and Securities Exchange Act Release No. 46896 SEC Files Settled Cease-and-Desist Order Against Siebel Systems, Inc. Finding that It Violated Regulation FD; Siebel Systems, Inc. Also Agrees to Pay a $250,000 Civil Penalty The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the filing of a civil action against Siebel Systems, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The company consented, without admitting or denying the Commission's allegations, to pay a $250,000 civil penalty. The Commission also announced the filing of a settled cease-and-desist order against the company. The Commission's Order finds that the company violated Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and Regulation FD and orders the company to cease and desist from committing or causing violations of these provisions. Regulation FD prohibits issuers from selectively disclosing material, nonpublic information to certain persons -- securities analysts, broker-dealers, investment advisers and institutional investors -- before disclosing the same information to the public. The Commission's Order finds that, on November 5, 2001, the company's Chief Executive Officer disclosed material, nonpublic information to the attendees of an invitation-only technology conference in California. At the conference, the company's CEO made positive comments about the company's business that were based on material, nonpublic information and that contrasted with negative statements that he had made about the company's business in a public conference call three weeks earlier. The public did not have access to the technology conference and was unable to benefit from the information that was disclosed at the conference. Immediately following the disclosures, certain attendees at the conference purchased the company's stock or communicated the disclosures to others who purchased the stock. On the day of the conference, the company's stock price closed approximately 20% higher than the prior day's close and the trading volume was more than twice the average daily volume. The Order finds that the company's CEO was aware that his comments at the conference were based on material, nonpublic information. The Order further finds that the company's Director of Investor Relations knew that the technology conferenceSNIPPETS: |
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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SECURITIES TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE RESPONDENT EXCHANGE ACT INSTITUTING DISCLOSURES REGULATION INVESTORS STOCK GOLDMAN SACHS NONPUBLIC INFORMATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS SIEBEL SYSTEMS ISSUER SELECTIVE DISCLOSURE MAKING FINDINGS SALES PIPELINE COMMUNICATING INVESTMENT ADVISERS ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING UNITED STATES INSTITUTIONAL HOLDER INVESTMENT COMPANIES STOCK PRICE SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCLOSE EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Release No. 46896 / November 25, 2002
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
File No. 3-10949
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In the Matter of
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC.,
Respondent.
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ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A
CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER
I.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it
appropriate that public administrative proceedings be, and hereby are,
instituted pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Exchange Act") against Siebel Systems, Inc. (the "Company" or
"Respondent").
II.
In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Respondent
has submitted an Offer of Settlement (the "Offer") which the
Commission has determined to accept. Solely for the purpose of these
proceedings and any other proceedings brought by or on behalf of the
Commission, or to which the Commission is a party, and without
admitting or denying the findings herein, except as to the
Commission's jurisdiction over it and the subject matter of these
proceedings, which Respondent admits, Respondent consents to the entry
of this Order Instituting Proceedings Pursuant to Section 21C of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing A
Cease-and-Desist Order ("Order").
III.
On the basis of this Order and Respondent's Offer, the Commission
finds that
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COMPLAINT
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EXCHANGE ACT CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE NONPUBLIC INFORMATION REGULATION COMMISSION SECURITIES PURSUANT ISSUER BUSINESS STOCK GOLDMAN SACHS INVESTMENT SELECTIVELY DISCLOSING DEFENDANT PLAINTIFF COMMUNICATING ATTENDEES ANALYSTS SEQ CUSTOMER MARKET CALIFORNIA COURT ALLEGES SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCLOSE MEANING KNOWING RECKLESS |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Securities and Exchange Commission, :
450 Fifth Street, N.W. :
Washington, D.C. 20549, :
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Plaintiff, :
: Civil Action No. 1:02CV02330 (JDB)
v. :
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SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC., :
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Defendant. :
COMPLAINT
Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") alleges as follows:
JURISDICTION
I. The Commission brings this action pursuant to the authority conferred upon it by Section
21(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") [15.U.S.C. § 78u(d)].
II. This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to Sections 21(d)(3) and 27 of the Exchange Act [15
U.S.C. §§ 78u(d)(3) and 78aa]. Defendant, directly or indirectly, used the means and
instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or the facilities of a national
securities exchange, in connection with the acts, practices and courses of conduct alleged
herein.
III. Venue is proper in this district pursuant to Sections 21(d)(1) and 27 of the Exchange Act
[15 U.S.C. §§ 78u(d)(1) and 78aa].
DEFENDANT
IV. Siebel Systems, Inc. ("Defendant" or the "Company") is a Delaware corporation with its
headquarters in San Mateo, California. At all relevant times, the Company's common stock
was registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and
traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol SEBL. The Company is a provider of
customer relationship management (CRM) software and other business applications.
FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS
V. This matter arises under Regulation FD, 17 C.F.R. § 243.100, et seq., which became
effective on October 23, 2000. Regulation FD prohibits issuers from selectively disclosing
material, nonpublic information to certain persons - securities analysts, broker-dealers,
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