FEI-Micrion Merger Receives FTC Clearance

Hillsboro, Oregon (ots-PRNewswire) - FEI Company (Nasdaq:FEIC) and Micrion Corporation (Nasdaq: MICN), leading suppliersof charged particle beam equipment for the worldwidesemiconductor and data storage industries, announced that theyreceived antitrust clearance for their proposed merger from theFederal Trade Commission (FTC). Shareholders of each companyapproved the merger on June 10, 1999. FEI President and CEO, Vahe A. Sarkissian said, "We arepleased with the FTC clearance and the customer support for themerger. We look forward to combining our resources to furtherfocus on customer value." Nicholas P. Economou, Micrion President and CEO, said, "We arepleased that we have received the clearance of the FTC tocomplete the merger with FEI Company. We look forward to quicklymerging companies operations so that we can concentrate ongrowing our business and offering new and innovative productofferings to our customers." FEI Company is a leading supplier of charged particle beamsystems, including FIB systems, scanning electron microscopes,transmission electron microscopes and components for submicron-level imaging, analysis, modification and fabrication. FEI hasapproximately 1,000 employees worldwide, with manufacturingoperations located in Hillsboro, Oregon; Eindhoven, TheNetherlands; and Brno, Czech Republic. Micrion Corporation is a world leader in the design,manufacture and marketing of Focused Ion Beam (FIB) systems foruse in the design, fabrication and testing of semiconductor, datastorage and other high technology products. Micrion FIB systemsare used to perform "microsurgery" on integrated circuits andmagnetic heads, providing fast, efficient and cost-effectivemethods for prototype modification, process monitoring, defectanalysis and sample preparation. Micrion systems are also usedfor the micromachining of high-precision parts. Micrion isheadquartered in Peabody, MA, and has operations and servicecenters throughout North America, Europe, Japan and the Far East.ots Original Text Service: FEI Company Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: William P. Mooney, ChiefFinancial Officer of FEI Company, (USA) 503-640-7537, or fax,(USA) 503-640-7570, or BMooney@feico.com; or David M. Hunter,Vice President Finance & Administration of Micrion Corporation,(USA) 978-538-6707, or fax, (USA) 978-531-9648, orfinadmin@micrion.com Web site: http://www.feic.com

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