FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule
13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of July, 2005
Commission File Number 0-28584
| CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. |
| (Translation of registrant's name into English) |
| 3A Jabotinsky Street, Ramat-Gan 52520, Israel |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
| INVESTOR CONTACT: | MEDIA CONTACT: |
| Anne Marie McCauley | Sondra Magness |
| Check Point Software Technologies | Check Point Software Technologies |
| 650-628-2040 | 650-628-2088 |
| ir@us.checkpoint.com | press@us.checkpoint.com |
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE
ANNOUNCES
CONTINUING SHARE
REPURCHASE PROGRAM
Board of
Directors Approves Plan to Acquire up to $200 Million Additional
Outstanding Common Stock
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.- July 25, 2005 – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $200,000,000 of its outstanding common stock in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions.
Under the repurchase program, share purchases may be made from time to time depending on market conditions, share price, trading volume and other factors. The repurchase program has no time limit and may be suspended from time to time or discontinued. The share repurchases will be funded from available working capital. As of June 30, 2005, Check Point had approximately 252 million shares of common stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis.
Since its initial share repurchase program commenced in October 2003, Check Point has purchased approximately 18.7 million shares for a total of $397 million.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this press
release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements
regarding Check Point’s anticipated re-purchase of shares. Because such statements
deal with future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual
results could differ materially from Check Point’s current expectations. Factors that
could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the price
of the shares, the impact on revenues of economic and political uncertainties and
weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the commencement or escalation of
hostilities or acts of terrorism; the inclusion of network security functionality in
third-party hardware or system software; any unforeseen developmental or technological
difficulties with regard to Check Point’s products; changes in the competitive
landscape, including new competitors or the impact of competitive pricing and products; a
shift in demand for products such as Check Point’s; unknown factors affecting third
parties with which Check Point has formed business alliances; timely availability and
customer acceptance of Check Point’s new and existing products, and other factors and
risks discussed in Check Point’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2004, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Check
Point assumes no obligation to update information concerning its expectations.
About Check Point
Software
Check Point Software Technologies
Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is
the market leader in the worldwide enterprise firewall, personal firewall and VPN markets.
Through its NGX platform, the company delivers a unified security
architecture for a broad range of perimeter, internal and Web security solutions
that protect business communications and resources for corporate networks and
applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company’s
ZoneAlarm product line is one of the most trusted brands in Internet security, creating
award-winning endpoint security solutions that protect millions of PCs from hackers,
spyware and data theft. Extending the power of the Check Point solution is its Open
Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry’s framework and alliance for integration
and interoperability with “best-of-breed” solutions from over 350 leading
companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of more
than 2,200 Check Point partners in 88 countries.
©2003-2005 Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
Check Point, Application
Intelligence, Check Point Express, the Check Point logo, AlertAdvisor, ClusterXL,
Cooperative Enforcement, ConnectControl, Connectra, CoSa, Cooperative Security Alliance,
Eventia, Eventia Analyzer, Eventia Reporter, FireWall-1, FireWall-1 GX,
FireWall-1 SecureServer, FloodGate-1, Hacker ID, IMsecure, INSPECT, INSPECT XL, Integrity,
InterSpect, IQ Engine, NGX, Open Security Extension, OPSEC, Policy Lifecycle
Management, Provider-1, Safe@Home, Safe@Office, SecureClient, SecureKnowledge,
SecurePlatform, SecuRemote, SecureXL Turbocard, SecureServer, SecureUpdate, SecureXL,
SiteManager-1, SmartCenter, SmartCenter Pro, Smarter Security, SmartDashboard,
SmartDefense, SmartLSM, SmartMap, SmartUpdate, SmartView, SmartView Monitor, SmartView
Reporter, SmartView Status, SmartViewTracker, SofaWare, SSL Network Extender, Stateful
Clustering, TrueVector, Turbocard, UAM, User-to-Address Mapping, UserAuthority, VPN-1,
VPN-1 Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Edge, VPN-1 Pro, VPN-1 SecureClient, VPN-1 SecuRemote, VPN-1
SecureServer, VPN-1 VSX, VPN-1 XL, Web Intelligence, ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Pro, Zone Labs,
and the Zone Labs logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd. or its affiliates. All other product names mentioned herein are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The products described in
this document are protected by U.S. Patent No. 5,606,668, 5,835,726, 6,496,935, 6,873,988
and 6,850,943 and may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or pending
applications.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| July 26, 2005 | CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. BY: /S/ Eyal Desheh —————————————— Eyal Desheh Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |