FARO, DOJ & SEC Formally Resolve FCPA Matter
June 05 2008 - 12:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
LAKE MARY, Fla., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO) the world leader in portable
computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced that,
as expected, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities
Exchange Commission have formally approved the settlement of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matter with the Company. There will
be no further penalties or fines beyond what was previously
disclosed, nor were any criminal charges filed against FARO. Also,
as previously disclosed, resolution of the matter includes
continuing obligations for compliance with the FCPA, including a
monitoring requirement for two years, which began on June 3, 2008.
The total cost associated with the monitoring obligation is
currently estimated to be to be in the range of $1 million to $2
million, as disclosed in the Company's most recent earnings release
and conference call. However, the actual costs incurred may vary
from this preliminary estimate. About FARO With approximately
17,000 installations and 7,600 customers globally, FARO
Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets portable,
computerized measurement devices and software used to create
digital models -- or to perform evaluations against an existing
model -- for anything requiring highly detailed 3-D measurements,
including part and assembly inspection, factory planning and asset
documentation, as well as specialized applications ranging from
surveying, recreating accident sites and crime scenes to digitally
preserving historical sites. FARO's technology increases
productivity by dramatically reducing the amount of on-site
measuring time, and the various industry-specific software packages
enable users to process and present their results quickly and more
effectively. Principal products include the world's best-selling
portable measurement arm -- the FaroArm; the world's best-selling
laser tracker -- the FARO Laser Tracker X and Xi; the FARO Laser
ScanArm; FARO Photon Laser Scanners; the FARO Gage, Gage-PLUS and
PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 Q family of advanced CAD-based measurement
and reporting software. FARO Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and
ISO-17025 laboratory registered. DATASOURCE: FARO Technologies,
Inc. CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global PR Manager of FARO Technologies,
Inc., +1-407-333-9911, Web site: http://www.faro.com/
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