Symantec and Network Associates Settle Litigation

CUPERTINO, Calif. – Dec. 20, 1999 - Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), Network Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETA), and Network Associates’ subsidiary Cybermedia, Inc., today announced that the companies have settled copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition lawsuits brought by Symantec against Network Associates and its predecessor McAfee Associates, and brought by Cybermedia against Symantec.

As a result of today’s settlement, two federal lawsuits and a state court case involving Symantec and Network Associates, and a federal lawsuit involving Symantec and Cybermedia, have been resolved.

The terms of the companies’ settlement are confidential.

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