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Broadband communications provider, PMC-Sierra, Inc., announced Tuesday it has completed redemption of the remaining balance of its outstanding 3.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due August 15, 2006. The company said about $68.1 million aggregate principal amount of the notes was redeemed for about $70.2 million in cash, which included about $1.1 million in accrued interest. PMC said holders of the notes did not elect to convert their notes into its common stock.

PMCS closed Tuesday's regular trading session at $9.78 on volume of 3 million shares.

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Pivotal Corp., a software unit of Chinadotcom Corp., and New Home Technologies, a building industry technology consortium, said that they would jointly market products and services to homebuilders under an alliance agreement. The companies said that their alliance program aims to accelerate adoption of sales marketing, service warranty and options management solutions by the homebuilding industry. Also, the companies would share industry and technology expertise and identify customer integration projects.

CHINA closed Tuesday's regular trading session at $3.94 on volume of 804,080 shares.

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January 18, 2005

Check Point Software Technologies Reports 2004 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results; 2004 Fourth Quarter Revenues Increased 24% Over Fourth Quarter of 2003



REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2005--Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2004.

   Financial Highlights for the Fourth Quarter of 2004:

   --  Revenues: $143.0 million, an increase of 24% compared to
       $115.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2003.

   --  Net income: $76.4 million, and $78.7 million excluding net
       acquisition related charges(1), an increase of 21% compared to
       $65.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2003.

   --  Earnings per Diluted Share: $0.30, and $0.31 excluding net
       acquisition related charges, an increase of 19% compared to
       $0.26 in the fourth quarter of 2003.

   --  Operating Margin: 58% for the fourth quarter of 2004,
       excluding acquisition related charges, compared to 56% in the
       third quarter of 2004.

   --  Share Repurchase Program: During the fourth quarter, the
       company purchased 1.9 million shares at a total cost of close
       to $44.3 million. In 2004, the company purchased a total of 12
       million shares at a total cost of $245 million.

   Financial Highlights for the Year Ended December 31, 2004:

   --  Revenues: $515.4 million, an increase of 19% compared to
       $432.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2003.

   --  Net Income: $248.4 million, and $278.7 excluding net
       acquisition related charges, an increase of 14% compared to
       $243.9 million in 2003.

   --  Earnings per Diluted Share: $0.95, and $1.07 excluding net
       acquisition related charges, an increase of 11% compared to
       $0.96 in 2003.

   --  Cash and Interest Bearing Investments: $1.58 billion as of
       December 31, 2004.

   --  Record Deferred Revenues: $141.1 million as of December 31,
       2004, an increase of $16.3 million from the third quarter of
       2004.

"Fourth quarter results demonstrated a strong ending to a very good year," said Gil Shwed, chairman and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies. "We redefined the scope of the Internet security market with the introduction of our new Internal and Web security products and technologies. We've also expanded our product portfolio and customer access with our endpoint security products; Integrity and the ZoneAlarm family. In addition, we've continued to experience healthy growth and traction for our enterprise, high-end and branch office security gateways."

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