Christa Carone, a Xerox spokeswoman, said that the accounting restatements moved profits from one year to another but did not lower total earnings.
The inquiry ended seven months later with no action against Tyco beyond restatement of earnings that moved 2 cents from one quarter to another and didn't affect revenue or operating results.
Saylor, who is known for enjoying the limelight, preferred to respond in a statement by saying, "Given our desire to put this restatement behind us and move forward in our business, this is a welcome outcome".
He dismissed Ms. Rice's memo describing the move as a restatement of the obvious, which is that the National Security Council is supposed to "coordinate" (translation: not run) this sort of thing.
In a move to reassure advertisers, NatMags stressed: "The average restatement for the affected titles is less than 5% and there is no impact on the actively purchased circulation.
C1 Interpublic Moves Forward Managers of the Interpublic Group of Companies announced a restatement of more than $500 million, saying they were finally finished with their internal investigation of accounting problems and were working on a plan to revive their business.
At Citigroup, the policy also states that it will move to recoup pay called into question after a restatement.
The restatement, which was disclosed late on Monday, did not affect full-year results but moved some sales from the second quarter to the third and fourth.
The report and the restatement are part of Tyco's effort to put its troubled past behind it and move forward under its new chief executive, Edward D. Breen, a former president of Motorola who took up the post in July after Mr. Kozlowski was arrested.
