SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and products, today announced the voluntary offer by Mark Moshayedi, president and chief executive officer, and Manouch Moshayedi, founder, to cut their annual salaries to $1 in response to STEC's ongoing efforts to lower its costs and improve its overall financial performance. The salary reduction was accepted by STEC's Board of Directors and took effect on December 1, 2012.
The two executives also purchased late last month on the open market approximately 275,000 shares of STEC common stock.
"We strongly believe in STEC's ability to continue to be a leading innovator in the SSD market and in our management team's efforts to navigate the company to a better position and realize its long-term potential," said Mark Moshayedi. "In support of these beliefs, we made open-market purchases of STEC's shares and have reduced our salaries. The share purchases also reflect our continued confidence in STEC extending its reach in the global enterprise-class SSD market, which continues to grow at a healthy pace. We look forward to executing on our strategy designed to reposition our business in ways that will allow us to capitalize on this growth and advance our standing as a leader in this market."
About STEC, Inc.
STEC, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class solid-state drive (SSD) technologies and solutions tailored to meet the high-performance, high-reliability and high-endurance needs of today's data-intensive server and storage platforms. With headquarters in Santa Ana, California, and locations worldwide, STEC leverages almost two decades of solid-state knowledge and experience to design, manufacture and deliver the most comprehensive line of PCIe, SAS, SATA, and embedded SSDs on the market today. In addition, STEC's EnhanceIO™ SSD Cache Software enables IT managers to cost-effectively scale server application performance. STEC's SSD solutions are designed to enable enterprise-class SSD storage and data-access acceleration in cloud computing and data centers, and are deployed around the globe. For more information, please visit www.stec-inc.com.
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