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Bernin, France, 11th July 2007 – Soitec, the leading supplier of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and other engineered substrates, held the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders at its headquarters in Bernin on 10th July 2007. All resolutions recommended by the Board of Directors were approved.
The Group is also pleased to note that the European Commission has announced its decision in favour of a research programme referred to as Benin 2010 and which is complimentary to the NanoSmart™ initiative. This 3-year programme managed in collaboration with the CEA and costing in total around 60 million Euros is devoted to the development of advanced new substrates. Soitec will receive, in total, direct aid of 12.25 million Euros with contributions coming from local and national funds.
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The results for the first quarter of its financial year 2007-2008 will be published on 16 July 2007 after the close of the Paris Stock Exchange.
About the Soitec Group: The Soitec Group is the world’s leading innovator and provider of the engineered substrates that serve as the foundation for today’s most advanced electronic products and nanotechnologies. Headquartered in Bernin, France, the company manufactures its comprehensive portfolio of engineered substrates, including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and strained SOI (sSOI), using Soitec’s proprietary Smart Cut™ technology—the de facto industry standard. With its strong global presence, patented technology and industry-leading production capacity, Soitec is helping to drive the performance and power advantages that are key to the smaller, more power efficient, and increasingly mobile electronic products favoured by consumers worldwide. Both shares and convertible bond are listed on Euronext Paris.
Soitec, Smart Cut and UNIBOND are registered trademarks of S.O.I.TEC Silicon On Insulator Technologies.
For further information, please contact:
Iain Murray
Chief Financial Officer
Tel. +33 4 76 92 75 14
E-mail: investors@soitec.fr
Olivier Brice
Investor Relations – Financial Communication
Tel. +33 4 76 92 93 80
E-mail: olivier.brice@soitec.fr