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CaseNo: SVSSI121739, CourtName: MISC S2, Plaintiff: SEC, State: DC Washington D.C., UniqueCaseRef: LCD>SVSSI121739, Exchange Act, Securities, Technology Conference, Commission, Respondent, Regulation, Instituting, Nonpublic Information, Disclosures, Stock, Disclosing, Goldman Sachs, Siebel Systems, Conference, Investors, Issuer, Instituting Proceedings Pursuant, Order Instituting Proceedings, Selective Disclosure, Communicating, Making Findings, Sales Pipeline, Investment Advisers, Electronic Mail Message, Simultaneously Disclose, Cease-and-desist Order, Administrative Proceeding, United States, Investment , ContentID: 120254841

Case Documents
1 2002-11-25 LITIGATION RELEASE 17860
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2 pages
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2 2002-11-25 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
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11 pages
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3 2000-10-23 COMPLAINT
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1 . LITIGATION RELEASE 17860

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
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 conference
SNIPPETS:
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Washington,
  • SEC Files Settled Cease-and-Desist Order Against Siebel Systems,
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the filing of a civil action against
  • The company consented, without admitting or denying the Commission's allegations, to pay a
  • The Commission also announced the filing of a settled cease-and-desist order against the
  • The Commission's Order finds that the company violated Section 13of the Exchange Act and
  • Regulation FD prohibits issuers from selectively disclosing material, nonpublic information
  • The Commission's Order finds that, on November 5, 2001, the company's Chief Executive Officer
  • At the conference, the company's CEO made positive comments about the company's business that
  • certain attendees at the conference purchased the company's stock or communicated the
  • On the day of the conference, the company's stock price closed approximately 20% higher than
  • The Order further finds that the company's Director of Investor Relations knew that the
  • The company consented, without admitting or denying the findings in the Commission's Order,
  • The allegations in the Commission's civil action are substantially the same as set forth in

  • 2 . ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    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
         _________________________________________________________________
    
       In the Matter of
    
       SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC.,
    
                                    Respondent.
         _________________________________________________________________
    
       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
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  • ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
  • ORDER INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission deems it appropriate that public administrative
  • In anticipation of the institution of these proceedings, Respondent has submitted an Offer of
  • Solely for the purpose of these proceedings and any other proceedings brought by or on behalf Cease-and-Desist Order.
  • the Company's common stock was registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12of the
  • On November 5, 2001, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, disclosed material, nonpublic
  • Immediately following the disclosures, certain attendees at the conference purchased
  • On the day of the conference, Respondent's stock price closed approximately 20% higher than
  • the Company violated Regulation FD.
  • Goldman Sachs also stated in an electronic mail message to the Company's IR Director that one
  • The list of nearly 200 attendees included broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment
  • By virtue of his position at the Company, Respondent's CEO had access to information
  • The Company did not simultaneously disclose the statements that were made by its CEO at the
  • The Commission adopted Regulation FD to level the playing field for all investors with
  • the Commission recognized that "selective disclosure leads to a loss of investor confidence
  • Under Regulation FD, an issuer disclosing material, nonpublic information to a few selected
  • Certain attendees at the conference who received this information recognized that the

  • 3 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    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,                     :
                                                       :
                                         Plaintiff,    :
                                                       : Civil Action No. 1:02CV02330 (JDB)
                             v.                        :
                                                       :
           SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC.,                       :
                                                       :
                                       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,
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission alleges as follows:
  • The Commission brings this action pursuant to the authority conferred upon it by Section 21of
  • Siebel Systems, Inc. ("Defendant" or the "Company") is a Delaware corporation with its
  • the Company's common stock was registered with the Commission pursuant to Section 12of the
  • The Company is a provider of customer relationship management software and other business
  • This matter arises under Regulation FD, 17 C.F.R. § 243.100, et seq., which became effective
  • Regulation FD prohibits issuers from selectively disclosing material, nonpublic information
  • On November 5, 2001, the Company's Chief Executive Officer disclosed material, nonpublic
  • In response to questions from the Goldman Sachs analyst who organized the conference, the
  • certain attendees at the conference purchased the Company's stock or communicated the
  • the Company knew or was reckless in not knowing that it was selectively disclosing material
  • Plaintiff re-alleges and incorporates by reference paragraphs 1 through 8 above.
  • Regulation FD requires that when an issuer discloses material, nonpublic information to
  • Where the issuer knows or is reckless in not knowing that the information it is communicating
  • the Commission respectfully requests that the Court enter a Final Judgment ordering Defendant
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