SUPERTEX INC.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
August 15, 2003
To the Shareholders of Supertex, Inc.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of
Supertex, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), will be held
on Friday, August 15, 2003 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the principal
offices of the Company located at 1235 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California
94089, for the following purposes, as more fully described in the Proxy
Statement accompanying this Notice:
1. Election of Directors. To elect directors to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are elected.
2. Ratification and Approval of the Appointment of Independent Auditors.
To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent
accountants of the Company for fiscal year 2004.
3. Other Business. To transact such other business as may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The names and biographies of the nominees for directors are set forth
in the enclosed Proxy Statement.
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on June 20, 2003
are entitled to vote at the meeting.
All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting in person.
However, to ensure your representation at the meeting, you are urged to mark,
sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card as promptly as possible in the
enclosed postage-prepaid envelope. Any shareholder attending the meeting may
vote in person even if such shareholder returned a proxy. Please note,
however, that if your shares are held on record by a broker, bank or other
nominee, and you wish to vote at the meeting, you must obtain from the record
holder a proxy in your name.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ Benedict C.K. Choy
Benedict C.K. Choy
Corporate Secretary
Sunnyvale, California
June 30, 2003
Supertex Inc.
PROXY STATEMENT
SOLICITATION OF PROXY, REVOCABILITY AND VOTING
General
The enclosed Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors
(the 'Board" or "Board of Directors") of Supertex, Inc., a California
corporation (the "Company"), for use at the 2003 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held on August 15, 2003 at 10:00 a.m., local time (the
Annual Meeting), or at any adjournment thereof, for the purposes set forth
herein and in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
The Annual Meeting will be held at the principal offices of the
Company located at 1235 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089. The
Company's telephone number at that address is (408) 222-8888.
The Company is mailing this proxy statement and an accompanying proxy
card on or about July 14, 2003 to all shareholders entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting.
Revocability of Proxies
Any proxy given pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked by the
person giving it at any time before its use (i) by delivering to the Secretary
of the Company at the Company's principal executive offices, 1235 Bordeaux
Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089 a written notice of revocation or a duly
executed proxy bearing a later date or (ii) by attending the meeting and
voting in person. Attendance at the meeting will not, by itself, revoke a
proxy.
Solicitation
The Company will bear the entire cost of preparing, assembling,
printing and mailing this Proxy Statement, the accompanying proxy and any
additional material that may be furnished to shareholders. Copies of
solicitation material will be furnished to brokerage houses, fiduciaries and
custodians to forward to beneficial owners of stock held in the names of such
nominees. The Company may retain the services of an outside proxy
solicitation firm at an estimated cost of approximately $10,000 to $15,000.
The solicitation of proxies may also be made by the use of the mails and
through direct communication with certain shareholders or their
representatives by officers, directors and employees of the Company, who will
receive no additional compensation for such solicitation. This proxy and the
accompanying form of proxy are being mailed to shareholders on or about
July 14, 2003.
Voting
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on June 20, 2003
(the "Record Date") are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. On
the Record Date, 12,705,704 shares of the Company's Common Stock, no par
value, were issued and outstanding. Therefore, the presence at the Annual
Meeting, either in person or by proxy, of a majority or 6,352,853 shares of
Common Stock will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the
Annual Meeting. Every shareholder voting at the election of directors may
cumulate such shareholder's votes and give one candidate a number of votes
equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of
votes to which the shareholder's shares are entitled, or distribute the
shareholder's votes on the same principle among as many candidates as the
shareholder thinks fit, provided that votes cannot be cast for a greater
number of candidates than the number of directors to be elected. However, no
shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes unless the candidate's name
has been placed in nomination prior to the voting and the shareholder, or any
other shareholder, has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of the
intention to cumulate the shareholder's votes. On all other matters, each
share has one vote. The director candidates who receive the most votes will
be elected to fill the seats on the Board. Approval of all of the proposals
requires the favorable vote of a majority of the votes "represented and voting"
at the Annual Meeting (the "Votes Cast"). An automated system administered by
the Company's transfer agent, Registrar and Transfer Company, tabulates the
votes.
Quorum; Abstentions; Broker Non-Votes
The required quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual
Meeting is a majority of the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on
the Record Date. Shares that are voted "FOR", "AGAINST" or "WITHHELD FROM" a
matter are treated as being present at the meeting for purposes of
establishing a quorum and are also treated as shares "represented and voting"
at the Annual Meeting (the "Votes Cast") with respect to such matter.
While there is no definitive statutory or case law authority in
California as to the proper treatment of abstentions, the Company believes
that, in the absence of contrary controlling authority, abstentions should be
counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for
the transaction of business, but should not be counted as Votes Cast with
respect to a proposal, since the shareholder has expressly declined to vote on
such proposal. Similarly, broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of
determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of
business, but will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of
Votes Cast with respect to the proposal on which the broker has expressly not
voted. A broker "Non-Vote" occurs when a nominee holding shares for a
beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee
does not have discretionary power with respect to that item and has received
no instruction from the beneficial owner.
Accordingly, in general abstentions and broker "non-votes" will not
affect the outcome of the voting on a proposal that requires a majority of the
Votes Cast. However, the number of shares voting favor of any matter must
constitute at least a majority of the require quorum for the Annual Meeting.
Deadline for Receipt of Shareholder Proposals
Proposals of security holders of the Company which are intended to be
presented by such shareholders at the Company's Annual Meeting for fiscal 2004
must be received by the Company no later than March 9, 2004 in order to be
considered by the Company's management to be included in the proxy statement
and form of proxy relating to that meeting. The proposal must be mailed to our
principal offices, 1235 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089. Such
proposals may be in next year's proxy statement if they comply with the
certain rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Nominees
A board of six directors is to be elected at the Annual Meeting.
Unless otherwise instructed, the proxy holders will vote the proxies received
by them for the Company's six nominees named below. The six nominees
receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of the shares entitled to be
voted will be elected as directors of the Company. In the event that any
nominee of the Company declines or is unable to serve as a director at the
time of the Annual Meeting, the proxies will be voted for any nominee who
shall be designated by the present Board of Directors to fill the vacancy.
It is not expected that any nominee will decline or will be unable to serve
as a director. In the event that additional persons are nominated for
election as directors and/or votes are cumulated, the proxy holders intend
to vote all proxies received by them in such a manner as will ensure the
election of as many of the nominees listed below as possible, and, in such
event, the specific nominees to be voted for will be determined by the proxy
holders. The term of office of each person elected as a director will
continue until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until such person's
successor has been elected and qualified. The names of the nominees and
certain information about them are set forth as follows:
Name of Nominee Age Principal Occupation Director Since
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Henry C. Pao 65 President/Principal Executive 1976
(2)(4)(5) and Financial Officer of the
Company
Benedict C.K. Choy 57 Senior Vice President -Technology 1986
(2) Development of the Company, Secretary
Richard E. Siegel 57 Executive Vice President of the 1988
(5) Company
W. Mark Loveless 51 Partner, Burr, Pilger and Mayer 2000
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Elliott Schlam 62 President, Elliott Schlam Associates 2000
(1) (3)
Milton Feng 53 Chair Professor of Electrical and 2001
(1) (3) Computer Engineering
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
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(1) Member of the Board's Audit Committee.
(2) Member of the Board's Compensation Committee.
(3) Member of the Board's Executive Compensation Committee.
(4) Member of the Board's Employee Stock Purchase Plan Committee
(5) Member of the Board's Deferred Compensation Plan Committee
There is no family relationship between any director, nominee or
executive officer of the Company.
Henry C. Pao is a founder of Supertex and has served as President,
Principal Financial and Executive Officer, and as a Director since the
Company's formation in fiscal 1976. Previously, he worked at Fairchild
Semiconductor, Raytheon, Sperry Rand, and IBM. He received B.S., M.S.,
and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana.
Benedict C. K. Choy, a founder of the Company, joined in 1976 as Vice
President, Device Technology and Process Development, and has served as Senior
Vice President since 1988. He has been a Director since 1986. Previously, he
worked at Fairchild Semiconductor, National Semiconductor, and Raytheon. He
received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of
California, Berkeley.
Richard E. Siegel joined the Company in 1981 as National Sales Manager,
was appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing in April 1982, Senior Vice
President in February 1988, and has served as Executive Vice President since
November 1988. He has been a Director since 1988. Previously, he worked at
Signetics Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor, Ford Instrument, and Grumman
Aircraft Corporation. Mr. Siegel is also a member of the Board of Directors
for All American Semiconductor (Nasdaq: SEMI). All American Semiconductor,
headquartered in Florida, is a national distributor of electronic components
manufactured by others and is a major distributor for Supertex. Mr. Siegel
received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the City College of New
York, augmented with Electrical Engineering courses from Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute, New York.
W. Mark Loveless is a partner of Burr, Pilger & Mayer, an accounting
and consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, CA, since May 2002. From
March 2001 to May 2002, Mr. Loveless was an independent financial consultant.
From November 1999 to March 2001, Mr. Loveless served as the Chief Financial
Officer of NPoint Inc., an embedded software company located in Los Gatos, CA.
Prior to joining NPoint, Inc. in November 1999, Mr. Loveless had been with
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, since 1978. Mr. Loveless was a Business Assurance
Partner from 1990 to 1999 with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, in San Jose, CA in
their Technology Sector where he spent considerable time working with mergers
and acquisitions, public offerings, and accounting systems and controls. Mr.
Loveless is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. degree in Business
Administration and an MBA degree in Finance.
Elliott Schlam is an internationally recognized authority on the flat
panel display industry, and has been President of Elliott Schlam Associates
since 1989. His consulting practice includes technology development,
management and market strategies, R&D and equity fund raising and securities
analysis. He has consulted for numerous successful Fortune 100 and start-up
companies and was previously VP of Sales and Marketing for a flat panel
display company as well as director of display R&D, manufacturing methods and
technology insertion for the U.S. Army. Dr. Schlam is a Fellow of the Society
for Information Display.
Milton Feng is a leading authority in III-V compound semiconductor and
opto-electronic devices. He is currently the Dr. Nick Holonyak Jr. Chair
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of the Center for
Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics at the University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana, where he has been a professor since 1991. He is a Fellow of
IEEE and received the prestigious IEEE David Sarnoff Award in 1997. He was
also awarded the Dr. Pan Wen Yuan Award in 2000 for his outstanding
contribution in Noise in Microelectronics. He has published 120 journal
papers, 105 conference papers, and holder of 6 patents in microelectronics and
opto-electronics area. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Illinois. Dr. Feng worked as a Section Head at the Torrance
Research Center, Hughes Aircraft, and at the Ford Microelectronics in Colorado
Springs before returning to the University of Illinois as a faculty member.
Board Recommendation on Proposal 1: Vote Required
The six (6) nominees for director receiving the highest number of
affirmative votes of the shares entitled to be voted for them shall be elected
as directors. Votes withheld from any director are counted for purposes of
determining the presence or absence of a quorum, but have no other legal
effect under California law.
THE BOARD OF THE DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR ELECTION
OF THE ABOVE-NAMED PERSONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY.
Board Meetings and Committees
The Board of Directors of the Company held a total of two meetings
during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, and acted on three resolutions
passed by unanimous written consent. All directors attended each meeting
during such fiscal year. The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, a
Compensation Committee, an Executive Compensation Committee, an Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") Committee, and a Deferred Compensation Plan
Committee. The Board has no special nominating committee or any committee
performing similar functions of such committee. Any member of the Board can
make nominations.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee consists of three non-employee directors, W. Mark
Loveless, Elliott Schlam, and Milton Feng. On behalf of the Board of
Directors, the Audit Committee retains the Company's independent accountants,
reviews the arrangements for and scope of the audit by the Company's
independent accountants and reviews their independence, and generally oversees
the integrity and quality of the Company's financial accounting and reporting
practices and its system of internal accounting controls. It is not the duty
of the Audit Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the
Company's financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. Management is responsible for
the Company's financial statements and the reporting process, including the
system of internal controls. The independent auditors are responsible in
their report for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those financial
statements with generally accepted accounting principles. The
responsibilities of the Audit Committee are more fully described in the Audit
Committee's written charter, which was approved by the Board of Directors in
fiscal year 2001 and included as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement for the
Company's 2001 annual meeting of shareholders.
All members of the Audit Committee are independent as defined under
the listing standards of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
In fiscal year 2003, the Audit Committee held six meetings. All members of
the Audit Committee attended all six meetings.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan Committee
The Employee Stock Purchase Plan Committee, consisting of Henry C. Pao
and W. Mark Loveless, is responsible for the general administration and
interpretation of the ESPP and for carrying out its provisions. No meetings of
this committee were held in fiscal year 2003.
Deferred Compensation Plan Committee
The Deferred Compensation Plan Committee, consisting of Henry C. Pao,
Richard Siegel, and W. Mark Loveless, is responsible for interpretation of the
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (the "SERP") and making all other policy
decisions concerning the SERP's administration. The Deferred Compensation Plan
Committee met once in fiscal year 2003.
Executive Compensation Committee
The Executive Compensation Committee consists of non-employee directors
W. Mark Loveless, Elliott Schlam, and Milton Feng, and is responsible for
making recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to all cash-based
and all stock compensation of executive officers. No meetings of this
committee were held in fiscal year 2003.
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee consists of W. Mark Loveless, Henry C. Pao,
and Benedict Choy. The Compensation Committee is responsible for making
recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to all cash-based
compensation and all stock compensation of employees and consultants, other
than employee directors and executive officers. The Compensation Committee
acted on four resolutions by unanimous written consent in fiscal year 2003,
and they held no meetings during the fiscal year. The Compensation Committee
serves as the Stock Option Committee under the Company's Stock Option Plan.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
Benedict Choy and Henry C. Pao serve on the Compensation Committee.
Henry C. Pao and Richard Siegel serve on the Deferred Compensation Plan
Committee. All three of them are also officers of the Company.
Compensation of Directors
Standard Arrangements. The Company currently pays cash compensation
to its outside Directors for serving on the Board or committees of the Board
in an amount of $1,000 for each Board meeting attended. The Chairman of the
Audit Committee receives a $1,000 fee per Audit Committee meeting, while the
Audit Committee members receive $500 per such meeting. The Company also
reimburses all outside Directors for travel and other necessary out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in the performance of their services as directors.
Other Arrangements. The Company paid Elliott Schlam Associates
$24,514 in consulting fees during the fiscal 2003. Elliott Schlam, one of the
Company's directors, is the President of Elliott Schlam Associates. There is
no long-term consulting contract between Mr. Schlam and the Company. Payment
made to Mr. Schlam during the fiscal year 2003 represents consulting services
rendered during the fiscal year.
Stock Option Grant. The Company did not grant stock options to any
director during fiscal year 2003.
Certain Relationship and Related Transactions
The Company leased a portion of a building, consisting of approximately
5,600 sq. ft at 1225 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California under an operating
lease from Fortuna Realty Co, a corporation owned by a former Supertex
Director, Yunni Pao, who beneficially owns more than 5% of the Company's Common
Stock, as more fully set forth in the following page under "Securities
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management." The lease will expire
on April 1, 2007, which coincides with our Sublease Agreement with Reaction
Technology, our epitaxial deposition service provider at essentially the same
cost. Previously we leased the entire building, consisting of approximately
20,000 sq.ft. The total rental expenses paid to Fortuna Realty Co. were
$135,000, $457,000, and $408,000 in fiscal years 2003, 2002 and 2001,
respectively. We believe that the lease with Fortuna Realty Co. was and is at
prevailing market rates.
Mr. Richard Siegel, the Executive Vice President of the Company, is a
member of the Board of Directors for All American Semiconductor. All American
Semiconductor is a national distributor of electronic components manufactured
by others and is a major distributor for Supertex. Sales to this distributor
for fiscal years 2003, 2002, and 2001 were $3,120,267, $ 2,109,000, and
$3,969,000, respectively. Supertex has no long-term distributorship agreement
with All American Semiconductor, instead operating on the basis of purchase
orders and sales order acknowledgements.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of Common Stock
of the Company as of June 20, 2003 (i) by each person who is known by the
Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the Company's Common Stock, (ii)
by each of the Company's directors, (iii) by each of the Company's five most
highly compensated executive officers, and (iv) by all directors and executive
officers as a group:
Directors, Officers and 5% Stockholders Shares Beneficially Owned (1)
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Number of Shares Percentage of Total
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Wasatch Advisors, Inc. 1,265,661 (2) 9.96%
150 Social Hall Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Account Management Corp. 893,150 (3) 7.03%
2 Newberry Street
Boston, MA 02116
Yunni Pao 1,615,552 (4) 12.72%
2 Oxford Road
Kowloon, HongKong
Henry C. Pao 939,349 (5) 7.19%
Supertex, Inc.
1235 Bordeaux Dr.
Sunnyvale, California 94089
Frank C. Pao 803,521 (6) 6.32%
Business Systems Technology Corp.
330 Manchester Rd.
Poughkeepsie, New York
Benedict C.K. Choy 274,304 (7) 2.10%
Richard Siegel 41,339 (8) (11)
Michael Lee 44,302 (9) (11)
David Schie 24,768 (10) (11)
W. Mark Loveless 9,200 (11)
Elliott Schlam 10,300 (11)
Milton Feng 2,000 (11)
All Directors and Executive Officers
as a group (13 persons) 1,495,812 (12) 11.45%
(1) Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, and pursuant to
applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have
sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common
stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
(2) Based on a filing dated February 14, 2003, pursuant to Section 13(g) of
the Exchange Act, the Company believes that Wasatch Advisors, Inc., a
registered investment advisor, has beneficial ownership of 1,265,661
shares of the Company's Common Stock as of December 31, 2002.
(3) Based on a filing dated February 14, 2003, pursuant to Section 13(g) of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
the Company believes that Account Management Corp., a registered
investment advisor has beneficial ownership of 893,150 shares of the
Company's Common Stock as of February 13, 2003.
(4) Based on a filing dated February 14, 1997, pursuant to Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act, the Company believes that Push, Inc., a British Virgin
Islands corporation owned 100% by Yunni Pao, has beneficial ownership of
1,615,552 shares of the Company's Common Stock as of December 31, 1996.
Yunni Pao is the father of, and disclaims beneficial ownership of the
shares owned by, Frank C. Pao and Henry C. Pao. Yunni Pao, Henry C. Pao
and Frank C. Pao have no arrangement to act in concert with respect to
their shares.
(5) Includes options held by Henry C. Pao to purchase 67,000 shares of Common
Stock exercisable within 60 days of June 20, 2003. Henry C. Pao is the
son of, and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by, Yunni
Pao. Henry C. Pao is also the brother of, and disclaims beneficial
ownership of the shares held by, Frank C. Pao. Yunni Pao, Henry C. Pao
and Frank C. Pao have no arrangement to act in concert with respect to
their shares.
(6) Based on a filing dated February 14, 2002, pursuant to Section 13(g) of
the Exchange Act, the Company believes that Frank C. Pao has beneficial
ownership of 803,521 shares of the Company's Common Stock as of February
12, 2002. Frank C. Pao is the son of, and disclaims beneficial ownership
of the shares held by, Yunni Pao. Frank C. Pao is also the brother of,
and disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by, Henry C. Pao.
Yunni Pao, Henry C. Pao and Frank C. Pao have no arrangement to act in
concert with respect to their shares.
(7) Includes options held by Mr. Choy to purchase 57,000 shares of Common
Stock exercisable within 60 days of June 20, 2003.
(8) Includes options held by Mr. Siegel to purchase 30,800 shares of Common
Stock exercisable within 60 days of June 20, 2003.
(9) Includes options held by Mr. Lee to purchase 34,950 shares of Common Stock
exercisable within 60 days of June 20, 2003.
(10) Includes options held by Mr. Schie to purchase 24,000 shares of Common
Stock exercisable within 60 days of June 20, 2003.
(11) Indicates less than 1% in beneficial ownership.
(12) Includes options held by the Company's executive officers and directors
(13 persons) to purchase an aggregate 353,050 shares exercisable within
60 days of June 20, 2003.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company's officers and
directors, and persons who own more than 10% of the Company's Common Stock to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the National
Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") initial reports of ownership on
Form 3 and changes in ownership on Form 4 or 5. Such officers, directors and
10% stockholders ("Reporting Persons") are also required by SEC rules to
furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
Specific due dates for these reports have been established, and the Company is
required to disclose in this Proxy Statement any failure to file these reports
on a timely basis.
Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms we have
received, or written representations from certain Reporting Person, we believe
that, during fiscal year 2003, all Reporting Persons complied with all
applicable filing requirements.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The names, ages and positions of the Company's executive officers as
of June 21, 2002 are as follows:
Name Position with the Company Age Officer Since
Henry C. Pao President, Principal Executive 65 1976
and Financial Officer
Richard E. Siegel Executive Vice President 57 1982
Benedict C. K. Choy Senior Vice President, 57 1976
Technology Development,
and Secretary
Dennis E. Kramer Vice President, Materials 61 1996
William P. Ingram Vice President, Wafer Fab Operations 56 1999
Franklin Gonzalez Vice President, Process Technology 52 1999
Michael Lee Vice President, I.C. Design 49 1999
Dilip Kapur Vice President, Standard Products 54 2000
William Petersen Vice President, Worldwide Sales 50 2001
David Schie Vice President, Telecom and 31 2001
Broadband Products
Officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve at the
discretion of the Board. There is no family relationship between any
directors or executive officers of the Company.
Henry C. Pao is a founder of Supertex and has served as President,
Principal Financial and Executive Officer, and as a Director since the
Company's formation in fiscal 1976. Previously, he worked at Fairchild
Semiconductor, Raytheon, Sperry Rand and IBM. He received B.S., M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana.
Richard E. Siegel joined the Company in 1981 as National Sales Manager,
was appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing in April 1982, Senior Vice
President in February 1988, and has served as Executive Vice President since
November 1988. He has been a Director since 1988. Previously, he worked at
Signetics Corporation, Fairchild Semiconductor, Ford Instrument and Grumman
Aircraft Corporation. Mr. Siegel is also a member of the Board of Directors
for All American Semiconductor (NASD: SEMI). All American Semiconductor,
headquartered in Florida, is a national distributor of electronic components
manufactured by others and is a major distributor for Supertex. Mr. Siegel
received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from City College of New York,
augmented with Electrical Engineering courses from Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute, New York.
Benedict C. K. Choy, a founder of the Company, joined Supertex in
fiscal 1976 as Vice President, Device Technology and Process Development, and
has served as Senior Vice President since February 1988. He has been a
Director since 1986. Previously, he worked at Fairchild Semiconductor,
National Semiconductor, and Raytheon. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dennis E. Kramer joined Supertex in September 1981 as Wafer Fab II
Production Manager. Over his tenure, he has managed many facets of the wafer
fabrication process as well as all the back-end manufacturing operations. He
was promoted to Vice President of Materials in 1996. Previously, he worked at
Siemens and Signetics Corporation. He received a B.S. degree in Chemistry
from University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Santa Clara
University.
William Ingram joined Supertex in 1995 as its Director of Wafer Fab
Operations, and was promoted to Vice President, Wafer Fab Operations in 1999.
Prior to joining Supertex, he was Vice President of Technology Development at
Crosspoint Solutions, before which he held management positions at Fairchild
and National Semiconductor. He began his career at National after receiving
his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering with honors from the North Carolina
State University.
Franklin Gonzalez joined Supertex in November 1990 as a Process
Development Manager. In 1994, he was promoted to Director of Process
Technology, and in 1999 he was promoted to Vice President, Process Technology.
Prior to joining Supertex, he held various R& D management positions spanning
over seventeen years with such companies as ECI Semiconductor, Telmos and
Harris Semiconductor where he began his career. He received a Ph.D. in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida and a M.S. degree in
Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
Michael Lee re-joined Supertex in October 1993 as Director of I.C.
Design, and was promoted to Vice President, I.C. Design in 1999. Before that,
he had a combined total of fifteen years of industry experience in I.C. Design.
Mr. Lee began his career at Supertex after receiving his M.S. degree in
Electrical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley in 1978.
Dilip Kapur joined Supertex in March 1984 and has managed Marketing,
Applications, Marketing Communications and Product Engineering Departments. In
2000 he was promoted to Vice President, Standard Products. He has previously
held Application Engineering and Marketing positions at Computer Power Inc.
and Advani Oerlikon Ltd. He has a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from
MACT, Bhopal and a Diploma in International Trade from Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
William Petersen first joined Supertex in 1984 as Sales Manager for the
Central Region of the United States. From 1990 through 1994, he was the
Company's National Sales Manager, overseeing sales operations throughout the
United States. Mr. Petersen re-joined Supertex in September 1999 as Director
of Sales. He was promoted to Vice President of Worldwide Sales in April 2001.
Prior to working at Supertex, he worked at Siemens as Central Area Manager from
1980-1984. Mr. Petersen attended the University of Iowa.
David C. Schie joined Supertex in 2000 and was promoted to Vice
President Telecom & Broadband Products in August 2001. He was a founder of
various companies including the ESG group of companies and Linear Dimensions
Semiconductor, where he worked from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Schie holds various
patents or patents pending in areas including PWM, supervisory & biasing ICs
and power management ICs. He was trained at the University of Toronto in
Analog IC Design.
Compensation of Executive Officers
The following table shows compensation paid to the Company's Chief
Executive Officer and each of the four other most highly compensated executive
officers for the three fiscal years ended March 31, 2003.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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Long-Term
Annual Compensation Compensation(1)
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Deferred Deferred Securities Underlying All other
Name and Principal Position Year Salary(2) Salary Bonus(3) Bonus Options (No. of Shares) Compensation(4)
Henry C. Pao 2003 $180,520 $ 65,335 $ 0 $ 0 0 $ 1,295
President, CEO, Director 2002 186,042 59,813 196 13,304 25,000 1,295
2001 175,810 210,504 1,276 85,724 0 1,295
Richard Siegel 2003 182,389 117,193 0 0 0 1,295
Executive Vice President 2002 204,168 104,373 5,850 5,850 22,000 1,295
2001 231,151 41,796 37,700 37,700 0 1,295
Benedict C. K. Choy 2003 190,703 20,456 0 0 0 1,301
Senior Vice President, 2002 190,703 20,456 4,950 4,950 20,000 1,295
Technology Development 2001 190,703 20,456 57,420 6,380 0 1,295
David Schie (5) 2003 185,420 4,281 0 0 0 1,295
Vice President, Telecom 2002 183,858 0 4,000 0 24,000 1,295
and Broadband Products 2001 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Michael Lee 2003 189,200 0 0 0 0 1,295
Vice President, 2002 189,200 0 4,000 0 0 1,295
I.C. Design 2001 184,239 0 24,000 0 5,000 1,295
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(1) The Company has not issued stock appreciation rights or restricted stock
awards. The Company has no "long-term incentive plan," "defined benefit
plan," or "pension plan" as such terms are defined in the applicable rules.
(2) Compensation deferred at the election of executive is included in that
category and in the year earned.
(3) The amounts shown in this column reflect payments under the Company's
semi-annual profit-sharing plan under which all eligible employees
participate. Bonus deferred at the election of the executive is included
in the category and in the year earned.
(4) The amounts disclosed in this column include:
(a) Total Company contributions of $9,360 in fiscal 2001, and $10,400 in
fiscal year 2002 and 2003 to the Supertex, Inc. Savings and Retirement
Plan, a defined contribution 401(k) plan on behalf of each named executive
officers.
(b) Payment by the Company of premiums amounting to $2,453, $2,538, and $2,543
for fiscal 2001, 2002, and 2003 respectively, for term life insurance on
behalf of each named executive officer. All full-time employees of the
Company are covered by such term life insurance benefits.
(5) David Schie became an officer of the Company in fiscal 2002.
In fiscal year 2003, the Company granted options representing 132,200
shares of stock to employees. No option was granted to any officer during
fiscal 2003.
In March 1998, Franklin Gonzalez, the Company's Vice President,
Process Technology, and William Ingram, the Company's Vice President, Wafer
Fab Operation, were given the opportunity to exchange their older higher
priced incentive stock options for new incentive stock options at the then
current market price of $10.625 per share in return for changing the vesting
start date of the option to one year after the original vesting date for the
surrendered option. The Board believed that it was in the best interest of the
Company and the shareholders of the Company to highly motivate the two
officers at the time and to make a special exchange offer that was not
available to the rest of the officers of the Company.
The following table provides the specified information concerning
repricing of options to purchase the Company's Common stock held by any
executive officer of the Company in the last 10 years.
OPTION REPRICING WITHIN LAST 10 YEARS
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Length of
Original
Name Date Number of Market Option Term
Securities Price of Remaining at
Underlying Stock at Exercise Price New Date of
Options Time of at Time of Exercise Repricing
Repriced Repricing Repricing Price (Months)
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Franklin Gonzalez 03/02/98 6,000(1) $10.625 $16.750 $10.625 78
William Ingram 03/02/98 5,000(2) $10.625 $12.000 $10.625 72
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(1) 8-year term, vest 3 years after original grant date over a 5-year period.
(2) 7-year term, vest 2 years after original grant date over a 5-year period.
The following table summarizes the information concerning stock option
exercises during the last fiscal year for each named executive officer.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
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Number of Securities Value of
Underlying Unexercised Unexercised In-the-Money
Shares Acquired Value Options at Fiscal Year-End Options at Fiscal Year-End(*)
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Name on Exercise Realized Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
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Benedict C.K. Choy 0 $ 0 45,000 73,000 $ 68,150 $ 162,650
Franklin Gonzalez 0 0 43,400 13,600 85,570 17,530
William P. Ingram 8,400 22,053 23,700 6,300 65,635 9,240
Dilip Kapur 0 0 8,800 12,500 14,203 9,131
Dennis E. Kramer 0 0 20,000 5,000 41,400 5,850
Michael Lee 0 0 34,950 14,050 49,925 10,800
Henry C. Pao 30,000 219,862 54,000 80,000 83,950 169,000
William Petersen 0 0 20,000 20,000 7,940 13,760
David Schie 0 0 24,000 48,000 0 15,240
Richard E. Siegel 0 0 27,200 75,800 27,700 165,190
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(*) Closing market price of the Company's Common Stock on Friday, March 28,
2003 was $13.80.
Report of the Executive Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the
Company's previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that might incorporate future
filings, including this Proxy Statement, in whole of report, the following
report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any such
filings.
The Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors is
generally responsible for reviewing compensation and benefits, including stock
options, of executive officers of the Company. All the members of the Board
of Directors review the stock compensation of outside directors.
The Company applies a consistent philosophy of compensation for all
employees, including its executive officers. This philosophy is based on the
premise that the achievements of the Company result from the coordinated
efforts of all individuals working toward common objectives. The Company
strives to achieve those objectives through teamwork that is focused on
meeting the defined expectations of customers and shareholders.
Compensation Philosophy. The goals of the committee are to align
executive compensation with business objectives and performance, and to enable
the Company to attract, retain and reward executive officers who contribute to
the long-term success of the Company. The Company's compensation program for
the chief executive officer and other executive officers is based on the same
four principles applicable to compensation decisions for all employees of the
Company:
* The Company pays competitively. The Company is committed to providing a
compensation program that helps attract and retain the best people in
the industry. To ensure that pay is competitive, the Company reviews
the compensation practices of other companies of similar size and sales
volume within the semiconductor industry, most of which are included in
the Nasdaq Electronic Component Index.
* The Company pays for relative sustained performance. Executives are
rewarded based upon corporate performance, product line performance and
individual performance. Corporate performance and product line
performance are evaluated by reviewing the extent to which strategic
and business plan goals are met, including such factors as operating
profit, performance relative to competitors and timely new product
introductions. Individual performance is evaluated by measuring
organization progress against set objectives.
* The Company strives for fairness in the administration of compensation.
The Company strives to achieve a balance with respect to compensation
paid to the executives within the Company and in comparable companies.
The Company also believes that the contributions of each member of the
executive staff are vital to the success of the Company. As such, the
Executive Compensation Committee's current policy is that the CEO's base
compensation does not have any bearing on the base compensation of the
other officers. Similarly, any employee may receive a base compensation
higher than his/her supervisor due to the particular higher technical
skills required in the subordinate position.
* The Company believes that employees should understand the performance
evaluation and compensation administration process. At the beginning of
each focal review period in July, annual objectives for the Company are
set for each officer. The CEO gives ongoing feedback on performance to
each executive officer. Within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year,
the committees evaluate the accomplishments of the key objectives, which
affects decisions on merit increases and stock option grants.
Compensation Components. The Company's compensation program, which
consists of cash and equity based compensation, allows the Company to attract
and retain highly skilled officers, provide useful products and services to
customers, enhance shareholder value, motivate technological innovation and
adequately reward its executive officers and other employees. These components
are:
Cash-Based Compensation:
Salary. The Executive Compensation Committee sets base salary
for the chief executive officer and executive officers by reviewing the
compensation levels for competitive positions in the market. Based on
comparative data, the chief executive and other executive officers were
compensated within the low-to-middle salary range levels during fiscal
2003. The chief executive and executive officers of the Company
largely met their individual goals and the Company's overall
performance set for them in fiscal year 2003 although none were granted
any salary increase.
Profit-Sharing Bonus. The Company has a semiannual
profit-sharing plan under which it distributes to all employees,
including the chief executive officer and all other officers, ten
percent of its operating profits before taxes and other adjustments.
The Company believes that all employees share the responsibility of
achieving profits. Accordingly, it awards a bonus to all employees
based on a formula, which includes employment grade level, seniority
with the Company, and employee performance including attendance. As
of June 24, 2003, the Company has made twenty-six semiannual
profit-sharing distributions.
Equity-Based Compensation:
Stock Option Grants. Stock options provide additional
incentives to the chief executive officer and all other officers,
directors, and certain management and technical employees to work to
maximize stockholder value. The options vest over a defined period to
encourage such employees to continue in the employ of the Company. In
line with its compensation philosophy, the Company grants stock
options commensurate with the employee's potential contribution to the
Company, measured by his qualifications and previous work performance.
Stock options were granted to existing employees for performance and
promotions, and as a part of the employment compensation package for
new employees. The Committee chose not to grant stock options to any
officer during fiscal 2003 due to the Company's performance which was
in large part impacted by the weak economic conditions, in particular,
in the semiconductor industry.
Chief Executive Officer Compensation
In accordance with the compensation philosophy stated above and the
Company's results, Mr. Henry Pao's base salary during fiscal year 2003 was
$245,855, which was the same salary he earned during fiscal year 2002. His base
salary is designed to be competitive with base salaries paid to other chief
executive officers of corporations with similar size and sales volume within
the semiconductor industry, most of which are included in the Nasdaq Electronic
Component Index, although Mr. Pao has the added responsibility of the
Company's Chief Financial Officer without extra compensation.
The Executive Compensation Committee establishes performance goals and
objectives for the CEO each year and assesses his accomplishments of previously
established objectives on a yearly basis. Company performance is a significant
portion of each year's objectives, with the remaining elements reflecting
matters most important to the Company. This process is the basis for
determining the amount of any bonus awarded to the CEO. Mr. Pao did
not received a bonus in fiscal year 2003
As to the equity component of his compensation, the Executive
Compensation Committee did not grant Mr. Pao options during fiscal
2003.
-Respectfully submitted by the members of the Executive
Compensation Committee
W. Mark Loveless
Elliot Schlam
Milton Feng
Report of the Audit Committee
of the Board of Directors
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the Company's
previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might incorporate future
filings, including this Proxy Statement, in whole or in part, the following
Audit Committee Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any such
filings, nor shall it be deemed to be soliciting material or deemed filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Audit Committee is comprised entirely of outside, independent
directors. On behalf of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee retains
the Company's independent accountants, reviews the arrangements for and scope
of the audit by the Company's independent accountants and reviews their
independence, and generally oversees the integrity and quality of the
Company's financial accounting and reporting practices and its system of
internal accounting controls. It is not the duty of the Audit Committee
to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the Company's financial
statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. Management is responsible for the Company's
financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of
internal controls. The independent auditors are responsible in their report
for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those financial statements with
generally accepted accounting principles.
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, the Committee met six
times, and discussed the interim financial information contained in each
quarterly earnings announcement with the chief financial officer, controller
and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our independent auditors, prior to public
release.
In discharging its oversight responsibility as to the audit process,
the Committee obtained from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP the written disclosures
and the letter from the independent accountants required by the Independence
Standards Board Standard No. 1, "Independence Discussions with Audit
Committees," has discussed with the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP their
independence and has satisfied itself as to the auditors' independence. The
Committee also discussed with management, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP the
quality and adequacy of the Company's internal controls. The Committee
reviewed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP their audit plans, audit scope and
identification of audit risks.
The Committee discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP all matters
required to be discussed as described in Statement on Auditing Standards No.
61, as amended, "Communication with Audit Committees" and, with and without
management present, discussed and reviewed the results of the independent
auditors' examination of the financial statements.
The Committee reviewed the audited financial statements of the Company
as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, with management and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Based on this review and the above-mentioned
discussions with management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Committee
recommended to the Board that the Company's audited financial statements be
included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2003, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Each of the members of the Audit Committee is independent as defined
in Rule 4200(a)(14) of the National Association of Securities Dealers'
Marketplace Rules.
- Respectfully submitted by the members of the Audit Committee
W. Mark Loveless
Elliot Schlam
Milton Feng
PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
On recommendation of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors has
selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as independent public accountants to
audit the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending
March 27, 2004. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, was the Company's independent
public accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003. Representatives
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting
to make a statement if they desire to do so and are expected to be available
to respond to appropriate questions.
Accountants Fees. The following table sets forth the aggregate fees
billed or to be billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the following services
during fiscal 2003:
Description of Services Fees
Audit fees (1) $ 222,419
Financial system design and implementation fees --
All other fees (2) 145,528
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Total $ 367,947
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The Audit Committee did consider whether the provision of financial
information systems design and implementation services and all other
non-audit services is compatible with the accountants' independence and
concluded that provision of financial information systems design and
implementation services and other non-audit services are compatible with
maintaining the independence of the Company's external auditors.
(1) Audit Fees represents the aggregate fees billed or to be billed for
professional services rendered for the audit of our fiscal 2003 annual
financial statements and for the review of the financial statements
included in our quarterly reports during such period.
(2) All Other Fees represents the aggregate fees billed in fiscal 2003 for
services other than audit and other than financial information system
design and implementation including, for example, fees for tax compliance
of $45,425 and tax consulting of $100,103.
Board Recommendation on Proposal 2: Vote Required
The ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as
the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending March 27, 2004,
will be approved upon the favorable vote of the majority of the Votes Cast on
the Proposal, provided that such favorable vote constitutes at least a
majority of the required quorum for the Annual Meeting.
THE BOARD OF THE DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS INDEPENDENT
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 27, 2004. THE VOTE
REQUIRED TO APPROVE THIS PROPOSAL IS A MAJORITY OF THE SHARES PRESENT AND
VOTING AT THE MEETING.
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph shows a five-year comparison of cumulative total
return for the Company's Common Stock, the Nasdaq Composite Total Return Index
(U.S.), and the Nasdaq Electronic Components Total Return Index. The stock
price performance shown on the graph below is not necessarily indicative of
future price performance.
March 31,
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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Supertex, Inc. $100 $ 93 $266 $112 $189 $122
Nasdaq Electronic Components Stocks $100 $144 $418 $131 $139 $ 80
Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S. Companies) $100 $135 $251 $101 $101 $ 74
OTHER MATTERS
The Company knows of no other matters to be submitted to the Meeting.
If any matters properly come before the Meeting, it is the intention of the
persons named in the enclosed proxy card to vote the shares they represent as
the Board of Directors may recommend.
It is important that your stock be represented at the meeting,
regardless of the number of shares which you hold. You are, therefore, urged
to mark, sign, date, and return the accompanying Proxy as promptly as possible
in the postage-paid envelope enclosed for that purpose.
Any person who was a beneficial owner of common stock on the record
date for the 2003 Annual Meeting may obtain a copy of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-k for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission without charge (except for exhibits to such
annual report, which will be furnished upon payment of the Company's reasonable
expenses in furnishing such exhibits). The request for such materials should
identify the person making the request as be directed to Supertex, Inc.,
Attention: Investor Relations, 1235 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California
94089.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SUPERTEX, INC.
/s/ Benedict C.K. Choy
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Benedict C. K. Choy
Corporate Secretary
June 30, 2003
Sunnyvale, California
17
SUPERTEX, INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, AUGUST 15, 2003
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned shareholder of SUPERTEX, INC., a California
corporation, hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and Proxy Statement, each dated June 30, 2003, and hereby appoints
Henry C. Pao as proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, on
behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders of SUPERTEX, INC., to be held on August 15,
2003, at 10:00 a.m., local time, at the principal offices of the Company,
located at 1235 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California, 94089 and at any
adjournments thereof, and to vote all shares of Common Stock which the
undersigned would be entitled to vote if then and there personally present, on
the matters set forth on the opposite side.
THE PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED, OR, IF NO CONTRARY DIRECTION IS
INDICATED, WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINATED DIRECTORS, FOR THE
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS INDEPENDENT
ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 27, 2004, AND AS SUCH PROXY DEEMS
ADVISABLE ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
SUCH PROXY AND ATTORNEY, OR SUBSTITUTE, SHALL BE PRESENT AND SHALL ACT
AT THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF AND MAY EXERCISE ALL
OF THE POWERS OF SUCH PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT HEREUNDER.
(CONTINUED AND TO BE MARKED, DATED AND SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE)
Please make your vote as indicated in this example [ X ]
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS:
Nominees:
Henry C. Pao
Benedict C. K. Choy
Richard E. Siegel
W. Mark Loveless
Elliott Schlam
Milton Feng
Instruction: If you wish to withhold authority to vote for any
individual nominee, strike a line through the nominee's name in the
list above.
[ ] FOR all nominees (except as indicated above)
[ ] WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for all nominees listed above.
2. PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS
THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
MARCH 27, 2004:
[ ] FOR
[ ] AGAINST
[ ] ABSTAIN
In his discretion, the proxy is authorized to vote upon such other matters as
may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments
thereof.
If shares are jointly held, each holder should sign. If signing for estates,
trusts, corporations, or partnerships, title and capacity should be stated.
PLEASE MARK, DATE, AND SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME(S) APPEARS HEREON, AND RETURN
THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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