February 4, 2004 - Agilent Awards EBV Elektronik for Excellent Performance in Design-Wins in 2003

"This award from Agilent again recognises the outstanding contribution of the EBV team in supporting customers through demand creation and design activities essential to ensure the continued growth of the business. This award recognises Best Design Win achievement in Europe, with EBV representing 51 percent of the total design wins for Europe," said Derek Tibbitts, Director of Sales, Distribution, Agilent EMEA - Semiconductor Products Group.

"We are very proud of being once again honored by Agilent for our design-win performance. Agilent's award recognises EBV's technical strategy and the quality of its execution. Supporting our customers with in depth application-know-how is key to our future success and ads value to our customers and manufacturers alike." said Patrick Zammit, President EBV Elektronik. "I hereby also want to take the opportunity to thank the Agilent team for their dedication and commitment. Without their outstanding support, this success would not have been possible."

About EBV Elektronik

EBV Elektronik, an Avnet Company, was founded in 1969 and is one of the leading pan-European semiconductor specialists. EBV has maintained its successful strategy of personal commitment to customers and excellent services. 230 technical sales specialists provide a strong focus on a limited number of long-term semiconductor partners. Extensive application expertise and design know-how is offered through 100 field application specialists. The technical services are fulfilled by Avnet Logistics, which provides warehouse operations, value-added services and product modification services to EBV's customers. EBV operates from 50 offices in 23 countries throughout Europe as well as Israel and South Africa. Information about EBV Elektronik is available on the World Wide Web under www.ebv.com