Ulticom and Former Executive Settle Backdating Charges with SEC

The SEC today filed settled civil charges against Ulticom, Inc. and a former executive, Lisa M. Roberts, for two separate fraudulent schemes, involving improper options backdating practices and certain improper accounting practices. The Commission's Complaint against Ulticom alleges the misconduct began in 1996, when Ulticom was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. ("Comverse"), and continued after Ulticom became a publicly-traded company, while still majority-owned by Comverse, in 2000.