SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Law Firm Of Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Announces Investigation Into Possible Breaches Of Fiduciary Duty By The Board Of AuthenTec, Inc. In Connection With The Sale Of The Company To Apple Inc.

NEW YORK, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky is investigating the Board of Directors of AuthenTec, Inc. ("AuthenTec" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: AUTH) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL).

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Under the terms of the transaction, AuthenTec shareholders will receive $8 per share of AuthenTec stock they own. The transaction has a total approximate value of $350 million. The investigation concerns whether the AuthenTec Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to AuthenTec stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before entering into this transaction and whether Apple is underpaying for AuthenTec shares, thus unlawfully harming AuthenTec stockholders.

If you own common stock in AuthenTec and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at [e-mail] or by telephone at [phone], toll-free: [phone], or visit http://zlk.9nl.com/authentec-auth .  

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York and Washington D.C.  The firm has extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities and shareholder lawsuits.  The attorneys at Levi & Korsinsky have been appointed by numerous courts throughout the country to serve as lead counsel on behalf of shareholders in major securities lawsuits and have successfully recovered multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of investors.  For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

CONTACT:    Levi & Korsinsky, LLP  Joseph Levi, Esq.  Eduard Korsinsky, Esq.  30 Broad Street - 24th Floor   New York, NY 10004            Tel: [phone]  Toll Free:  [phone]  Fax: [phone]  www.zlk.com

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