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EX-99.1 - MARCH 5, 2012 PRESS RELEASE BY MATTSON TECHNOLOGY, INC. - MATTSON TECHNOLOGY INCmarch52013pressrelease.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
____________________________________________________________________________
FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2013

MATTSON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware
 
000-24838
 
77-0208119
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

47131 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, California    94538
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
(510) 657-5900
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 5, 2013, Mattson announced that Hoang H. Hoang has been appointed Senior Vice President of Global Customer Operations, with responsibility for driving operational excellence throughout the company's global sales and service operations. Mr. Hoang will report to Fusen Chen, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Hoang was most recently a vice president of sales and business development at Novellus Systems and has a career that spans nearly thirty years at leading semiconductor and semiconductor capital equipment companies including Applied Materials, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. In addition to his proven skills in engineering, marketing and sales, Hoang has valuable experience in establishing and managing international sales and service operations, particularly in Asia.

On March 5, 2013 the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Hoang's appointment. The full text of the Company's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in the attached press release shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.


SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

March 5, 2013
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ TYLER PURVIS
 
Tyler Purvis
Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)