Date:2/9/2009

uisitions; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; industry consolidation; order and shipment uncertainty; changes in customers' inventory levels and inventory management practices; product defects; intellectual property infringement claims by others and the ability to protect the company's intellectual property; competition; litigation; financial community and rating agency perceptions of the Company; changes in laws and regulations, including increased taxes; regulation, economic, credit and capital market conditions, currency exchange rates; and the effects of war, terrorist or similar activity. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ are discussed in Part I, Item 1A (Risk Factors) of the Company's report to the SEC on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 29, 2008 and its reports to the SEC on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC during 2008. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update these disclosures except as may be required by the federal securities laws.

Change in Accounting for Convertible Debt Securities

In May 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. APB 14-1 "Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement)" ("FSP APB 14-1")." Under this standard, convertible debt securities that may be settled in cash (or other assets), including partial cash settlement, would be separated into a debt and equity component. This change in principle, which will become effective for us as of the beginning of 2009, will be applied retrospectively to previously issued convertible debt instruments as well as to new instruments. The adoption of this new accounting standard is estimated to increase our 2008 and 2007 non-cash interest expense by approximately $13 million per year, resulting in a reduction of our diluted earnings per share by approximately $0.13 in
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