SAES Getters Group – Press Release

For Immediate Release

Saes Getters: Carisma executes the Shareholders’ Agreement.

(July 5, 2004, Milan - Italy) On the basis of information provided by the Syndicate Committee of Saes Getters S.p.A., the latter informs that Carisma S.p.A. purchased today the 7.45% of the voting capital stock of the Company, 6.23% of which is bound to the Saes Getters S.p.A.’s Shareholders’ Agreement. The transaction was carried out through sales of partial participations by some Participants (concerning either shares subject to the Syndicate or shares held by the Participants outside the Syndicate), with percentages that vary from a minimum of 0.01% to a maximum of 1.11% of the ordinary capital stock, and a price per share of 12.75 euro, in line with the average share price recorded in the latest 10 weeks.

Paolo della Porta (President), Massimo della Porta (Vice-President and Managing Director), Giulio Canale (Managing Director) and the following directors Stefano Baldi, Evelina Christillin, Gianluca Spinola (through its controlled company Desis S.A.) are among the sellers with total amounts higher than 250,000 euro.

Carisma S.p.A. syndicated 6.23% of the ordinary capital stock of the Company to the Shareholders’ Agreement, to which Carisma adhered. The new Syndicate Participant holds the 10.88% of the syndicated shares; to this extent, it has to be noted that the total number of the shares bound to the Syndicate remains unchanged.

Carisma S.p.A. is the holding of Bain & Company Italy, the company leader in the strategic and organizational consultancy in Italy. By this transaction, Carisma S.p.A, as financial shareholder, joins the della Porta, Canale, Baldi families and the Berger and Desis Groups, historical shareholders of the Company, also in order to bring its strategic contribution on the basis of its proven experience. Carisma S.p.A. recently bought some minority shareholdings in companies with high growth potentials in Italy and abroad, and it is characterized by the association with Bain & Company Italy, which carried out more 2,500 project in different economical fields, and in particular more than 300 consulting projects in high tech field in the last two years.

Pioneering the development of the getter technology, SAES Getters Group is the world leader in a variety of scientific and industrial applications where stringent vacuum conditions or ultra high pure gases are required. For the last 60 years, its getter solutions have been supporting technological innovation in the information display and lamp industries, in ultra high vacuum systems, in a wide range of electron device-based applications, and in the vacuum thermal insulation. The Group also holds a leading position in ultra pure gas handling for the semiconductor and other hi-tech markets. Starting year 2004, by leveraging on the core competence in special metallurgy and material science, SAES Getters Group expands its business in the advanced material niche markets, with the introduction of the optical crystal product line, for optoelectronic and high-power laser applications, and of the shape memory alloys, for actuators primarily used in the automotive industry.

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A total production capacity distributed at 8 manufacturing plants spanning across 3 continents, a 16- facility sales & service network, about 1,000 employees allow the Group to combine multicultural skills and expertise to form a truly global enterprise. SAES Getters is headquartered near Milan (Italy) and has been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange Market, STAR segment, since 1986. More information at www.saesgetters.com

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Giuseppe Rolando Gianna La Rana SAES Getters S.p.A. SAES Getters S.p.A. Group Chief Financial Officer Investor Relations Manager Tel +39 02 93178 203 Tel +39 02 93178 273 Fax +39 02 93178 250 Fax +39 02 93178 370 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

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