
| 12th Annual Needham Growth Stock Conference January 12-14, 2010 The New York Palace New York, NY |

| Photonics West 2010, Booth 505 January 23-28, 2010 Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, CA |

| SEMICON Korea 2010 February 3-5, 2010 The COEX Center Seoul, Korea |

| NCCAVS 31st Annual Vacuum Equipment Exhibition February 10, 2010 Wyndham San Jose San Jose, CA |

| Sidoti & Company 14th Annual New York Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum March 23-24, 2010 Grand Hyatt Hotel New York, NY |

| 2010 MRS Spring Meeting April 6-8, 2010 The Moscone Center San Francisco, CA |

| 53rd Annual SVC Technical Conference, Exhibit & Education Program April 20-21, 2010 Orlando Marriott Convention Center Orlando, FL |

| Joint NSLS and CFN Users' Meeting May 24-26, 2010 Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY |

| SEMI Annual Semiconductor Market Trend Update June 2, 2010 Burlington Marriott Hotel Brooks Automation, Building 11 Chelmsford, MA |

| AVS New England Symposium June 7, 2010 Burlington Marriott Hotel Burlington, MA |

| UBS Global Technology and Services Conference June 8-10, 2010 Crown Plaza Time Square New York, NY |

| Needham Bus Tour June 17, 2010 Brooks Automation, Inc. Chelmsford, MA |
| | The 2nd Annual CEO Investor Summit 2010 July 14, 2010 W Hotel San Francisco, CA |

| AVS Mid-Atlantic Chapter DC Regional Meeting July 21, 2010 National Institute of Standards and Technology - Building 215 Gaithersburg, MD |

| Japan Vacuum Show September 1-3, 2010 Tokyo International Exhibition Center Tokyo, Japan |
| | Citi Investment Research Technology Conference September 7-8, 2010 New York Marriot Marquis New York, NY |

| SEMICON Taiwan 2010 September 8-10, 2010 Taipei World Trade Center Taipei, Taiwan |
| | Kaufman Bros. Annual Investor Conference September 14-16, 2010 W Hotel New York, NY |

| AVS Specialied Training Courses September 14 – 17, 2010 Doubletree Hotel Denver North Denver, CO |