11th Annual Needham & Co. Growth Stock Conference

Santa Clara, California — Business Wire — December 29, 2008

Intevac, Inc. (Nasdaq:IVAC) announced today that company management is scheduled to participate in the following investor conference:

11th Annual Needham & Co. Growth Stock Conference 
New York Palace Hotel 
Date: Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 
Presentation time: 2:00pm EST   

Company representatives include Kevin Fairbairn, CEO and Jeff Andreson, CFO. The presentation slides for the conference will be available through the presentations link on the investor page of the company's website.

About Intevac

 Intevac was founded in 1991 and has two businesses: Equipment and Intevac Photonics.

Equipment Business: We are a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-productivity lean manufacturing systems and have been producing Lean Thinking platforms since 1994. We are the leading supplier of magnetic media sputtering equipment to the hard disk drive industry and offer advanced etch technology systems to the semiconductor
      industry.

Intevac Photonics: We are a leader in the development of leading edge, high-sensitivity imaging products, vision systems and miniature Raman instruments. Markets addressed include military, industrial, physical science and life science.

For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the company's website at www.intevac.com.

CONTACT: Intevac, Inc.
Jeff Andreson, 408-986-9888
Chief Financial Officer
Claire McAdams, 530-265-9899
Investor Relations
Source: Intevac, Inc.