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Securities

Jan. 9, 2007

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Vitesse Admits New CEO Took Backdated Stock Options

LOS ANGELES - Vitesse Semiconductors Corp., which has teetered in financial turmoil during widespread accounting and stock-option problems, disclosed Friday that recently appointed Chief Executive Officer Chris Gardner also took backdated options.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Vitesse Semiconductors Corp., which has teetered in financial turmoil during widespread accounting and stock-option problems, disclosed Friday that recently appointed Chief Executive Officer Chris Gardner also took backdated options.
      The Southern California technology company stated that Gardner and Ira Dehimy, co-founder and chie...

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