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Paige Bombino
Investor Relations
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2001

                    SANMINA ADOPTS SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTS PLAN

     San  Jose, California -- Sanmina Corporation ([NASDAQ: SANM]) announced
today that its board of directors has adopted a Shareholders' Rights Plan. Under
the plan, Sanmina will issue a dividend of one right for each share of common
stock -- par value $0.01 per share -- of the company held by stockholders of
record as of the close of business on June 15, 2001. The plan is designed to
assure stockholders fair value in the event of a future unsolicited business
combination or similar transaction involving the company. Sanmina added that the
plan was not adopted in response to any attempt to acquire the company, and that
it is not aware of any such efforts.

     Each right will initially entitle stockholders to purchase a fractional
share of the company's preferred stock for $200.00. However, the rights are not
immediately exercisable and will become exercisable only upon the occurrence of
certain events. Upon certain other events, unless redeemed for $0.001 per right,
the rights will become exercisable by holders, other than rights held by an
unsolicited third party acquirer, for shares of the company or of the third
party acquirer having a value of twice the right's then-current exercise price.
Further details of the plan are outlined in a letter that will be mailed to
stockholders as of the record date.

Company Profile

     Founded in 1980, Sanmina Corporation (www.sanmina.com) provides a
cost-efficient, design and manufacturing solution to the world's leading
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the communications, medical
industrial instrumentation, and high-speed computer sectors. Sanmina's complete
end-to-end solution includes design, engineering, circuit fabrication of bare
printed circuit boards, circuit board and backplane assembly, enclosures, cable
assemblies,  complete system integration and test, global order fulfillment, and
end-of-life product services. OEMs benefit from this model by dealing with a
single-source supply-chain and global supply-base, which helps them achieve cost
efficiencies in material acquisition as well as flexibility to reduce lead
times. Sanmina has more than 23,000 employees, 10 global technology solution
centers, 65 manufacturing operations in 13 countries, and more than 6.5 million
square feet of manufacturing capacity.

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