Company Profile for Teridian Semiconductor Corporation

Teridian Semiconductor Corporation (a former TDK group company) is privately owned by Golden Gate Capital. The company designs and manufactures best-of-class analog and mixed-signal Integrated circuits. Teridian products play a primary role in applications such as utility meters, payment and identification terminals, consumer audio-video devices and broadband networks. Additional company and product information can be found at http://www.teridian.com/.

About Golden Gate Capital

Golden Gate Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm with approximately $2.5 billion of capital under management. Golden Gate is dedicated to partnering with world-class management teams to invest in change-intensive, growth businesses. Golden Gate specializes in investing with management partners across a wide range of industries and transaction types, including leverage buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate divestitures and spin-offs, build-ups and venture stage investing. Additional company information can be found at http://www.goldengatecap.com/.

    Company:                Teridian Semiconductor Corporation     Headquarters Address:   6440 Oak Canyon                            Irvine, CA 92618     Main Telephone:         714-508-8800     Type of Organization:   Private     Industry:               Semiconductor     Key Executives:         CEO: Gerald Fitch                            VP Design Engineering: David Gruetter                            VP World Wide Sales: John Stahl     Public Relations      Contact:              Peggy Thrond      Phone:                714-508-8856      Email:                peggy.thrond@teridian.com