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Investor Relations Recent News Management Team Contact Adaptec USA Contact Adaptec Europe Contact Adaptec Asia		Executive Summary Adaptec's business is making the movement of data between computers and the world as fast and easy as possible. Adaptec-designed hardware and software products are used wherever data must be transferred from a computer to a peripheral device or network. Our products make you more productive by enabling you to use your computer's work more quickly, easily, reliably, and cost-effectively. Put simply, Adaptec moves the data that moves your world! Adaptec solutions move data between different computer types (portable, desktop, workgroup, and enterprise) and peripherals (printers, scanners, optical drives, RAID, disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM and recordable CD drives, and more) using high performance industry standard technologies (SCSI, IR, EIDE, PCMCIA) and emerging advanced technologies (SSA, Fibre Channel, 1394). Adaptec solutions also move data between computers and the most advanced networking technologies (ATM and others). And, Adaptec solutions make it easy to configure and manage the input and output (I/O) of data across all leading CISC and RISC processor platforms and operating systems (Windows 95 & NT, Windows, DOS, MacOS, OS/2, UNIX). Founded in 1981, the company achieved profitability in 1984, went public in 1986, and to date has achieved 48 consecutive profitable quarters. Revenues for fiscal 1996 were $659 million, a 41% increase over the prior year. Net income including one-time acquisition charges was $103 million and earnings per share were $1.89. Excluding the one-time charges, net income was $142 million and earnings were $2.62.

MANAGEMENT TEAM:

John G. Adler - Chairman
Grant Saviers - President and CEO
Bob Stephens - COO
Andy Brown - V. P., Corporate Controller
Daniel Bowman - V.P. Administration
Mike Fisher - V.P., General Manager
Richard S. Gourley - V. P., Worldwide Sales
Paul Hansen - V.P. Finance & CFO
Sam Kazarian - V.P. Operations
Christopher O'Meara - V.P., Treasurer
S. Sundaresh - V. P., General Manager

Adaptec USA

Adaptec, Inc.
691 South Milpitas Boulevard
Milpitas, California 95035
Voice: (408) 945-8600
FAX: (408) 262-2533

Adaptec Investor Relations

(800) 462-5179

Adaptec Technical Support

Adaptec Internet Support

• support@adaptec.com
• Use this e-mail address to send technical questions to Adaptec's Technical Support Specialists.
• Please include information on your Adaptec product, operating system, and details on the problems you are experiencing.

(408) 934-7274

• Speak with an Adaptec Technical Support Specialist about your Adaptec product.
• Note that this number will be busy if the hold time exceeds 5 minutes.
• Monday - Friday (except Holidays), 6:00 am - 5:00 Pacific Time.

(800) 959-7274

Option 1: This will provided automated voice questions and answers. No live technical person is available on this line.

Option 2: This will connect you with a person in Adaptec's Inside Sales group; ask questions about Adaptec products before purchase.

Option 3: This connects you to Adaptec's Interactive Fax Service

(800) 416-8066

• After Hours Support - Outside the standard hours of support, a technical support engineer is available for $99 per incident.

Adaptec Interactive FAX (Fax Back) system - (408) 957-7150

• This automated service will fax documents to your fax card or fax machine, anywhere in the world.

Adaptec Technical Support FAX - (408) 957-6776

• Use this number to fax technical questions to Adaptec's technical support team.

Adaptec Sales

(800) 442-7274

For sales issues or questions, please send email to sales@adaptec.com.

Adaptec's Sales Department may also be reached by mail at:
Adaptec Inc.
Sales Department M/S 30
691 South Milpitas Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035
USA

Adaptec Bulletin Board Service (BBS)

• (408) 945-7727 [8 data bit, 1 stop bit, no parity, 28,800 bps supported]
• This BBS contains many files, programs, and utilities dealing with Adaptec products.

Adaptec Literature Hotline

• (800) 934-2766
• (510) 732-3829
• Call either of these numbers to order any Adaptec literature, including user manuals and data sheets.

Adaptec Software Hotline

• (800) 442-7274
• (408) 957-7274
• Use these numbers to order Adaptec software or upgrades.

Adaptec's Technical Support may also be reached by mail at:
Adaptec Inc.
Technical Support M/S 105
691 South Milpitas Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035
USA

Adaptec Europe

If you are in Europe, you may want to contact our European Technical Support Offices at the following numbers:

French 32-2-352 3460

English 32-2-352 3470

German 32-2-352 3480

Fax 32-2-352 3400

European BBS

Belgium (32)-2-352 34 54

France (33)-1-30 60 95 39

Germany (49)-89-456 406 18

UK (44)-1276-684184

Adaptec Asia

Adaptec Japan Web site: http://www.adaptec.co.jp/

If you are in Japan, you can reach the Adaptec forum on the NiftyServe On-line Service.

Fax Support
0120-80-8440 Toll-free
81-3-3927-8592
Send Fax to this number if you have a problem installing or using AJL products. Adaptec will reply to you by Fax.

Fax Back System
81-3-5276-8450
0120-80-8450 (Japan only)
Call this number from a Fax and select the four digit numbers to get the AJL products information. If you hit 0000# then you will get the main menu.

For comments and suggestions, please send e-mail to Adaptec's WebMaster