POET Technologies Inc.

Mister Manocha exceptional leadership in perspective
in 4 1/2 month from interim to Chief Executive Officer

(news and quotes during this period)
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Press Release Malta, New York — June 30, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Breaks Ground on Second Office Building at Fab 8

Press Release Milpitas, Calif. — July 12, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Fabs in New York and Dresden Achieve "Ready for Equipment" Milestone

“At GLOBALFOUNDRIES, we continue to invest aggressively in driving sustained growth on advanced technologies,” said GLOBALFOUNDRIES CEO Ajit Manocha. “The build-out of our 300mm manufacturing campuses in New York and Dresden is supporting growing customer demand for advanced technologies, while creating hundreds of jobs and providing a significant boost to the economies in the surrounding regions. By completing these massive construction projects on schedule and on budget, we are continuing to deliver on our commitment to being the only truly global foundry.”


Press Release Milpitas, Calif. — August 11, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announces Lineup for Second Annual Global Technology Conference

“In the past two months, I have spent a great deal of time working with and listening to our customers,” said Ajit Manocha, chief executive officer of GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “They are critical to our success, and we are committed to delivering the innovation and technology solutions that they are demanding from the foundry industry. We are excited to take this opportunity to update our customers, partners and the rest of the ecosystem on the business momentum we’ve achieved since GTC 2010 and particularly over the last few months.”


Milpitas, Calif. / Dresden, Germany – August 26, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Names New Vice President and General Manager for its Dresden Semiconductor Fab

“Given his global fab and operations experience, Dr. Rutger Wijburg will be a tremendous asset to GLOBALFOUNDRIES as we continue to transform and accelerate our growth to be the leading global, independent semiconductor manufacturer,” said Ajit Manocha, chief executive officer of GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “He has a proven track record of achieving operational excellence and driving technology development. Moreover, he brings to our global team the value-add of the customer perspective with respect to product quality, time-to-market, and time-to-volume.”


Milpitas, Calif. and Chandler, Ariz. — August 29, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Amkor to Collaborate on Advanced Assembly and Test Solutions

“We are excited to launch our new global alliance by partnering with Amkor to jointly develop advanced packaging solutions,” said Gregg Bartlett, senior vice president of technology and research and development at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “Our broad and collaborative approach will give customers maximum choice and flexibility, while delivering cost savings, faster time-to-volume, and a reduction in the technical risk associated with developing new technologies.”


Milpitas, Calif. — August 29, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announces Design Enablement Support for 20nm Design Flows from Leading EDA Vendors


Milpitas, Calif. and Seoul, Korea, August 30, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung Extend Fab Sync to New High-Performance 28nm Technology for Mobile Applications


Santa Clara, Calif. – August 31, 2011
Second Annual Global Technology Conference Highlights GLOBALFOUNDRIES executive team updated more than 2,000 customers, partners and industry watchers

“Our top priority is meeting customer commitments and operational excellence in the coming quarters, while ramping Fab 8 in New York and Fab 1 in Germany and further leveraging Singapore,” said GLOBALFOUNDRIES CEO Ajit Manocha. “We have come a long way, but we still have a ways to go. We have a solid plan to take GLOBALFOUNDRIES to the next level, and remain steadfast in our vision to reshape the foundry landscape and compete for market leadership.”


Milpitas, Calif., September 12, 2011
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Offers BCDlite™ Technology Process for Applications in the Automotive Industry

According to a report by Semicast Research, the average semiconductor content per vehicle is expected to grow at CAGR 4.3% from 2008 to 2017, approximately $425 per vehicle by 2017. The overall global revenue for automotive semiconductor market is forecasted to grow from US$20 billion in 2010 to US$39 billion by 2017.

let me close with this

In a very short time, Manocha has overseen the company's focused effort to achieve operational excellence, boost customer satisfaction and accelerate leading-edge capacity expansion plans. GLOBALFOUNDRIES is manufacturing the foundry industry's first High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) product, and is expected to ship more HKMG volume in 2011 than all other foundries combined. The company also is in the midst of capacity build-outs at its fabs in Germany, New York and Singapore.

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