Atmel CEO Extends Retirement Date to Facilitate Completion of Strategic Evaluation Process

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that Steven Laub, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, agreed to a Board of Directors' request to extend his retirement date to facilitate the completion of an ongoing strategic evaluation process. The Company does not intend to make further public announcements regarding the status of the evaluation process until it is completed, and there can be no assurance as to its outcome or timing.

About AtmelAtmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with intelligent and connected solutions focused on the industrial, automotive, consumer, communications, and computing markets.

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