08 May 2008

KLA-Tencor’s Board of Directors has welcomed Kiran Patel and Bob Akins
(pictured) as new additions, while H. Raymond Bingham has announced his
retirement from the Board, also ending his seven-year tenure as
Chairman of the Audit Committee.
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29 April 2008

Applied Materials has appointed James E. Rogers to serve on its Board
of Directors, effective immediately. He will serve as a member of the
Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Strategy Committee
of the Board. Rogers is Chairman of the board, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Duke Energy, one of the largest electric power
companies in the United States.
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25 April 2008

A Mentor Graphics employee since 2002, Simon Bloch (pictured) has
accepted the role of Vice President and General Manager of the
company’s Design and Synthesis division. In this role he will be based
in the company’s San Jose office and will oversee all field
programmable gate array (FPGA) and electronic system level (ESL) design
and synthesis products.
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