To: Jenna who wrote (119077 ) 12/14/2000 4:01:49 PM From: 2MAR$ Respond to of 120523 Sanmina's Registration Statement For Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2020 Declared Effective SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) today announced that it has been notified by the Securities and Exchange Commission that its registration statement relating to the resale by holders of its $1,660,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Debentures due 2020 and the shares of Sanmina common stock issuable upon conversion thereof was declared effective on December 12, 2000. The debentures were originally issued by Sanmina in a private placement in September 2000 to certain qualified institutional investors in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the registration statement was required under the terms of that issuance. Holders of debentures may sell debentures pursuant to the prospectus constituting a part of the registration statement only if they have been included as selling security holders in a prospectus supplement to the prospectus. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. Company Profile Sanmina Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturing services company providing a full spectrum of integrated, value-added electronic manufacturing services. These include the manufacture of complex printed circuit board assemblies, custom-designed backplane assemblies and subassemblies, multilayered printed circuit boards, custom cable and wire harness assemblies, enclosures and the testing and assembly of electronic subsystems and systems. The company provides these services to a diversified base of leading OEMs in the communications, industrial and medical instrumentation and computer sectors of the electronics industry. Sanmina common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol: SANM. Information regarding Sanmina can be found on its World Wide Web page located at sanmina.com . SOURCE Sanmina's Corporation -0- 12/14/2000 /CONTACT: Rick Ackel, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, or Hannah Bruce, VP, Corporate Communications, of Sanmina's Corporation, 408-964-3500/ /Web site: sanmina.com / (SANM) CO: Sanmina's Corporation ST: California IN: CPR SU: *** end of story ***