AuthenTec Files Shelf Registration Statement

MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), a leading provider of mobile and network security, today announced that it has filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Once declared effective by the SEC, the new registration statement would allow AuthenTec to sell, from time to time, one or more placements of up to $100 million in shares of its common stock and preferred stock, debt securities and other securities in one or more public offerings.