Adaptec, INC., Names Former Universal Studios Executive Christopher Gorog to Lead New Software Subsidiary

MILPITAS, Calif., September 11, 2000 - Adaptec, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADPT), announced the appointment of Christopher Gorog as President and Chief Executive Officer and Tom Shea as Chief Operating Officer of its newly formed software subsidiary Roxio, Inc. Gorog, who will report to Bob Stephens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Adaptec, will assume his position as CEO effective September 11th.

Said Stephens, "Chris has a proven track record as both an innovator and an aggressive strategic mover in the global entertainment industry. With Chris's extensive knowledge of the entertainment industry and Tom's success in creating a premier software business, Roxio is staged to pioneer the future in digital content products and distribution for the mass market."

Gorog brings 22 years of diverse entertainment experience to Roxio. He comes to the company from Universal Studios where, as President of New Business Development for the company's Recreation Group, he initiated and led the execution of its strategic plan for global expansion. Gorog also managed the team responsible for new product development as well as creating the division's international market entry strategies. Prior to joining Universal, he served as CEO of the worldwide production company ITC Entertainment Group. During his tenure, Gorog led a management buy-out of the Group and ITC became the number one producer of network television movies and mini-series. Prior to ITC, Gorog was Vice President Business Affairs Motion Pictures and Television for the Walt Disney Company. Most recently, Gorog participated in the acquisition of Universal's concert division by HOB Entertainment, Inc. Gorog is a director of HOB, a leading North American concert producer and owner of HOB.com, the largest live music site on the Internet.

Gorog said, "Adaptec has excelled by its creation of category-leading content management products and is associated with innovation and quality. I look forward to working with the talented team at Roxio and the opportunity to continue this standard and expand on its success."

As Chief Operating Officer of Roxio, Shea will oversee the operations of a company he was instrumental in creating. Shea brings 13 years of engineering and general management experience to Roxio. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Adaptec's Software Products Group from March 1996 through February 1998, and from April 1999 until the present. In this role, Shea spearheaded Adaptec's leading position in the CD recordable software market and was responsible for a number of key acquisitions, including CeQuadrat and Wild File, Inc. Under Shea's leadership the company's CD recording products--Easy CD Creator for Windows and Toast for Macintosh--have grown to be the top-selling CD recording software products on the market, and are now the flagship offerings of Roxio.

About Roxio

Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the best-selling digital media software in the world. Roxio offers award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing and has an installed base of over 150 million users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, through leading retailers, through Internet partnerships and through direct sales at www.roxio.com. Roxio's parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC; http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software and provides a broad range of software tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users and technology partners. Sonic's products range from professional DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies that are used to produce the majority of Hollywood movies released on DVD, to the award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup applications that have become the premiere solutions for consumers and business users worldwide. Sonic's AuthorScript® is the de facto standard for CD and DVD burning and formatting and has been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others. Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.

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