SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 4, 2012) - Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ PFPT ])

WHAT:
Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ PFPT ]), a leading security-as-a-service provider, announced that Chief Executive Officer Gary Steele will present at BoxWorks 2012. Steele will be participating in the opening keynote, joining Box CEO Aaron Levie and Box general manager Whitney Bouck to address how organizations can extend data protection and information governance to all the ways today's businesses communicate and share, including e-mail, cloud-based file sharing, collaboration tools, mobile messaging and social media.

WHO:
Gary Steele, chief executive officer, Proofpoint

WHEN:
9 a.m., Monday, October 8, 2012

WHERE: 
The Westin St. Francis Hotel, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA. For more information about BoxWorks 2012, please visit [ https://cloud.box.com/boxworks ].

About Proofpoint, Inc.
Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ PFPT ]) is a leading security-as-a-service provider that focuses on cloud-based solutions for threat protection, compliance, archiving & governance and secure communications. Organizations around the world depend on Proofpoint's expertise, patented technologies and on-demand delivery system to protect against phishing, malware and spam, safeguard privacy, encrypt sensitive information, and archive and govern messages and critical enterprise information. More information is available at [ www.proofpoint.com ].

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