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To: Mark Oliver who wrote (8609)	8/24/2000 10:19:20 AM
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Read-Rite is Qualified by Samsung Electronics Corporation as Launch Supplier of Their Spin Point 20.4 GB Per Platter Head and Head Stack Assemblies - Production Shipments Underway August 24, 2000 08:45 AM Eastern Time FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Read-Rite Corporation RDRT today announced that it has been qualified by Samsung Corporation as the launch supplier for the 20 GB per platter GMR heads and head stack assemblies on its Spin Point V20400 hard disk drive program. Samsung's new leading edge 5400 RPM hard disk drives will have capacities ranging from 10 GB to 40 GB. Read-Rite is ramping production and volume shipments have already begun. "This is a very exciting time for Read-Rite as we have again been chosen by Samsung as the launch supplier for its most recent 20.4 gigabyte per platter program. Read-Rite is proud that it continues to use its technological advancements in meeting the ever increasing demands of its customer for new and improved products," said Alan S. Lowe, president and chief operating officer. Read-Rite Corporation is one of the world's leading independent manufacturers of magnetic recording heads, head gimbal assemblies (HGAs) and head stack assemblies (HSAs) for disk drives and tape drives. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California and has operations in California, Thailand, Philippines, Japan and Singapore. The company's home page on the world wide web can be reached at readrite.com . This news release contains statements which include forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, and is subject to the "safe harbor" created by those sections. These statements include, but are not limited to: the company's expectation that it will it continues to use its technological advancements in meeting the ever increasing demands of its customer for new and improved products. The company's actual results for future periods could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to: the company's ability to sustain volume production cost-effectively and to maintain satisfactory yields; the company may be unsuccessful in ramping production for this program; and the other factors described in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 1999 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first and second and third quarters of Fiscal Year 2000 ended December 31, 1999, April 2, 2000 and July 2, 2000. Read-Rite undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements. SOURCE Read-Rite Corporation