Trikon Reports Results Of Annual Stockholders Meeting.

Business & Technology Editors

NEWPORT, Wales, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2000

Trikon Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRKN ) held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 31, 2000.

At the meeting, Trikon's slate of nominees for the board of directors, Messrs. Christopher Dobson, Nigel Wheeler, Richard Conn, and Robert Anderson, was elected to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders. In addition, the nominee of the holders of Trikon's Series H Preferred Stock, Mr. Stephen Wertheimer, was also elected to the board of directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

The stockholders adopted all of the other proposals before the meeting, including the proposal to amend Trikon's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the authorized shares of common stock to 15,000,000.

As discussed at the meeting, Trikon expects to utilize its net operating loss carryforwards to offset anticipated net income in fiscal year 2000, but Trikon expects to incur approximately $1,000,000 in tax liability in Germany, where it can not utilize the net operation loss carryforwards.

About Trikon Technologies:

Trikon Technologies, Inc. (www.trikon.com) is positioned at two technology frontiers in the equipment industry based on solid production experience earned over 30 years. Trikon offers enabling production equipment for the manufacture of Gigahertz silicon and broadband wireless and optoelectronics communications devices.

Trikon's patented, `patent applied for' and proprietary technologies are delivered on equipment platforms used worldwide for volume production. Trikon operates and manufactures at an 115,000sq.ft. facility featuring world-class facilities and ISO9000 (quality) and ISO1401 (environmental) registration.

Trikon has patents and patents pending on Flowfill(TM) and Low K Flowfill(TM) and related processes and continues to develop low-k chemistries and processes for advanced applications. Trikon provides a broad line of advanced manufacturing systems used for three of the major processing steps in the manufacture of a semiconductor device: chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD) and plasma etch. Products include: Low K Flowfill(TM) for advanced low-k insulator deposition, Sigma(R) fxP for advanced metal deposition including barrier layers and M0RI(TM) high-density plasma etchers.

"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995: This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements relating to Trikon's financial results, the continued strength in demand for semiconductor production equipment and the status of Trikon's products and their acceptance in the marketplace. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, (1) that the semiconductor industry will experience conditions, such as changes in demand for various types of semiconductors, that will affect the demand for semiconductor production equipment and Trikon's products and that (2) Trikon will not adequately respond to technological developments impacting the semiconductor industry. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of all risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company's business, and should be read in conjunction with the more detailed cautionary statements included in the company's SEC reports, including, without limitation, its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K.