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Diodes Incorporated to Hold Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
Preside Over NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony on
May 24, 2010
Dallas, Texas April 14, 2010 Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global
manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad
discrete and analog semiconductor markets, today announced that it will hold its Annual Meeting of
Stockholders on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) after presiding over the NASDAQ
Opening Bell Ceremony at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the NASDAQ MarketSite. The Annual Meeting
will be conducted at the Doubletree Guest Suites Times Square located at 1568 Broadway, New York,
New York in the Off Broadway room. Diodes President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu,
and Chief Financial Officer, Richard D. White, will chair the meeting and provide a brief
presentation.
In accordance with the United States Securities and Exchange Commissions Notice and Access rule,
on April 13, 2010, Diodes mailed the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to its
stockholders based on a record date of March 31, 2010 and furnished proxy materials via the
Internet. Diodes will provide a printed set of proxy materials by mail to any stockholder upon
request. Stockholders may obtain hard copies of Diodes proxy materials free of charge by
following the instructions provided on its website at http://investor.diodes.com under Proxy
Materials & Annual Reports or in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.
About Diodes Incorporated
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a Standard and Poors SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index
company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific
standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes serves the
consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets. Diodes
products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific
arrays, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect sensors and temperature sensors, power management
devices including LED drivers, DC-DC switching regulators, linear voltage regulators and voltage
references along with special function devices including USB power switches, load switches, voltage
supervisors, and motor controllers. The Companys corporate headquarters and logistics office are
located in Dallas, Texas. A sales, marketing, and engineering office is located in Westlake
Village, California. Design centers are located in Dallas; San Jose, California; Taipei,
Taiwan; Manchester, England; and Neuhaus, Germany. The Companys wafer fabrication facilities are
located in Kansas City, Missouri and Manchester, with two manufacturing facilities located in
Shanghai, China, another in Neuhaus, and a joint venture facility located in Chengdu, China.
Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Taipei; Hong Kong;
Manchester; and Munich, Germany; with support offices located throughout the world. For further
information, including SEC filings, visit the Companys website at http://www.diodes.com.
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Diodes Incorporated
Carl Wertz
VP, Finance and Investor Relations
P: 805-446-4800
E: carl_wertz@diodes.com
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Leanne K. Sievers
EVP, Investor Relations
P: 949-224-3874
E: lsievers@sheltongroup.com |