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Technology Stocks : Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates -- VSEA -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sherman Chen who wrote (1313)	2/15/2001 1:07:09 PM
From: dantecristo	Respond to of 1929

VSEA @ $33! Woweeee! That's ALMOST half the price the pusillanimous VSEA CEO dumped at when he made his millions. To hell with that silly stock buy back program, I'd rather know what Aurelio does about the fascist Varian SLAPP lawsuit, wouldn't you? BTW, Sherman, any news about PLAD sales? tee hee!

To: Sherman Chen who wrote (1313)	2/15/2001 1:29:59 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1929

Someone is FINALLY noticing VSEA. Once this sector starts back up, VSEA should lead the way, since it is not priced expensively, yet has earnings leverage behind it. BK

To: Sherman Chen who wrote (1313)	4/2/2001 10:23:30 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1929

Varian Semiconductor Names Alan P. Sheng to New Vice President of Engineering Position GLOUCESTER, MA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001--Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA - news) today announced the appointment of Alan P. Sheng, Ph.D., to the newly created senior management position of vice president of engineering. He will report directly to Ernest L. Godshalk, president and chief operating officer. Sheng joins Varian Semiconductor after 14 years with Rockwell/Goss Graphic Systems, most recently as chief technology officer and senior vice president of engineering. Previously, Sheng had been a researcher for 9 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he worked on electronic switching systems software. He also served as a research physicist at the California Institute of Technology and at Rutgers University. Godshalk welcomed Sheng to his new post at Varian Semiconductor, noting, ``Al brings the right combination of business and leadership skills necessary to advance our successful research and development program. With his extensive background in software development and advanced materials science, we expect to gain from his innovative programs and further the technology leadership position of our VIISta single wafer platform. This common platform of ion implantation equipment is especially valuable with the transition to 300mm production and next generation microprocessor design.'' Sheng holds a doctor of philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he specialized in high-energy physics. He has also earned an executive masters degree in business administration from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of arts degree in physics from the University of California at Berkley. About Varian Semiconductor Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates is a leading producer of ion implantation equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors. The company is headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and operates worldwide. Varian Semiconductor maintains a web site at www.vsea.com. The information contained in our web site is not incorporated by reference into this release, and our web site address is included in this release as an inactive textual reference only. Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, the statements concerning the company's intention to repurchase shares of its common stock from time to time under the stock repurchase program and the intended use of any repurchased shares are forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those suggested or indicated by such forward-looking statements. These include, among others, the market price of the company's stock prevailing from time to time, the nature of other investment opportunities presented to the company from time to time, the company's cash flows from operations, general economic conditions, and other factors identified in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company cannot guarantee any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement. The company undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.