Intevac Receives Order for Three 200 Lean Systems

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — BUSINESS WIRE — April 1, 2005

Intevac, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:IVAC) received a follow-on order for three Intevac(R) 200 Lean systems from an existing 200 Lean customer.

Intevac Chief Executive Kevin Fairbairn remarked: "These three systems are scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2005. Year-to-date, our customers have ordered a total of 16 disk sputtering systems, all of which are scheduled for delivery and expected to be recognized for revenue in 2005. This year-to-date total already exceeds by three the total number of systems we recognized for revenue in all of 2004."

The 200 Lean is Intevac's latest-generation disk manufacturing system that provides significantly enhanced capabilities relative to the installed base of Intevac(R) MDP-250 systems. The 200 Lean provides higher throughput from a smaller footprint, which enables more magnetic disks to be manufactured per square-foot of factory floor space and is designed to reduce overall cost of ownership. The 200 Lean's flexible and modular design accommodates production of multiple disk sizes, both aluminum and glass disks, and the growing number of process steps required by evolving roadmaps for advanced technologies such as perpendicular recording.

About Intevac

Intevac is the world's leading supplier of magnetic media manufacturing equipment for the hard disk drive industry and a developer and provider of leading-edge extreme low-light imaging sensors, cameras, and systems. For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the Company's website at www.intevac.com.

Intevac(R) 200 Lean and Intevac(R) MDP-250 are registered trademarks of Intevac, Inc.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release includes statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"). Intevac claims the protection of the safe-harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are often characterized by the terms "may," "believes," "projects," "expects," or "anticipates," and do not reflect historical facts. Specific forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, timing of shipments of 200 Lean systems and performance, capabilities, and features of the 200 Lean. The forward-looking statements contained herein involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations. These risks include, but are not limited to: failure to deliver systems as scheduled or failure of the systems to perform as expected, each of which could have a material impact on our business, our financial results and our stock price. These risks and other factors are detailed in the Company's regular filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT: Intevac, Inc.
Charles Eddy, 408-986-9888
or
Silverman Heller Associates
Dan Matsui/Gene Heller, 310-208-2550

SOURCE: Intevac, Inc.