Exhibit 99.1
Red Hat Reaches Settlement in Restatement Class Action Litigation
Raleigh, NC - December 15, 2009 - Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) today announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle the class action lawsuit, pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, brought on behalf of a class of shareholders in connection with the restatement of financial results announced in July 2004. Red Hat has recorded, in its quarter ended November 30, 2009, a reserve in the amount of $8.8 million for its portion of the settlement. Red Hat plans to exclude this one-time charge from the non-GAAP results Red Hat reports for its quarter ended November 30, 2009, when these results are announced on December 22, 2009, and will provide a reconciliation to GAAP results at that time.
The class action settlement is subject to the completion of a final, written settlement agreement and court approval.
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