FORMER CEO OF PRESSTEK, INC. SETTLES REGULATION FD CHARGES

FROM:  U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
May 15, 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Edward J. Marino of Boston, Massachusetts, the former chief executive officer of Connecticut-based Presstek, Inc., has agreed to settle previously-filed charges that he aided and abetted Presstek’s violations of Section 13(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and Regulation FD. Regulation FD generally prohibits public companies from selectively disclosing material non-public information to certain investors without simultaneously disclosing it to all investors. Among other things, Marino has agreed to pay a $50,000 civil penalty.

On March 9, 2010, the Commission filed a civil injunctive action against Marino and Presstek, a manufacturer and distributor of high-technology digital imaging equipment. The Commission's complaint alleged that on September 28, 2006, while acting on behalf of Presstek, Marino selectively disclosed material non-public information regarding Presstek's financial performance during the third quarter of 2006 to partner of a registered investment adviser. According to the complaint, within minutes of receiving the information from Marino, the partner decided to sell all of the shares of Presstek stock managed by the investment adviser. The complaint alleged that Presstek violated of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and Regulation FD when it did not simultaneously disclose to the public the information provided by Marino to the partner, and that Marino aided and abetted those violations.

Without admitting or denying the Commission’s allegations, Marino has consented to the entry of a civil judgment requiring him to pay a $50,000 civil penalty. The civil judgment is subject to approval of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Marino also consented to the issuance of an administrative order making findings that he caused Presstek’s violations and ordering him to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and Regulation FD.

At the time the case was originally filed in March 2010, Presstek agreed to settle the Commission's charges by consenting to a judgment that enjoins Presstek from further violations of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act and Regulation FD and ordered it to pay a $400,000 civil penalty.