Elpida Memory Announces Directors Appointments
TOKYO, June 27, 2006 - Elpida Memory, Inc., Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced its new appointments of directors, which were approved by the Board of Directors and the Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting on June 27, 2006.
Directors [*New]
| Representative Director | Yukio Sakamoto | - President & Chief Executive Officer |
| Director | Shuichi Otsuka | - Chief Operating Officer - President, Hiroshima Elpida Memory, Inc. |
| *Director | Takao Adachi | - Chief Technology Officer |
| Outside Director | Toshio Nohara | - Corporate Auditor, Renesas Technology Corp. |
| Outside Director | Kosei Nomiya | - Chairman, Ultratech JAPAN KK - Advisor to Chairman, UMC JAPAN |
| *Outside Director | Tsutomu Niimura | - Executive Alumnus, Sony Corporation |
| *Outside Director | Tsugio Makimoto | - Board Director, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing - Chairman, PDF Solutions, KK. - President, Techno Vision Consulting |
Resigning Directors
- Shinji Shimizu
- Shunichi Suzuki
(Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, NEC Corporation) - Akira Kiyota
(Corporate Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman of the Board, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.; Chairman of the Institute Director, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.)
About Elpida Memory, Inc.
Elpida Memory, Inc. is a manufacturer of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) silicon chips with headquarters based in Tokyo, Japan, and sales and marketing operations located in Japan, North America, Europe and Asia. Elpida's state-of-the-art semiconductor wafer manufacturing facilities are located in Hiroshima, Japan. Elpida offers a broad range of leading-edge DRAM products for high-end servers, mobile phones, digital television sets and digital cameras as well as personal computers.
Information in this news release is current as of the timing of the release, but may be revised later without notice.