NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen 25.10.2010 Nikolaj Plads 6 1067 København K No. 27/10 Employee share scheme At a board meeting today the board of directors of Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S has decided to offer shares to the employees of the company in compliance with section 3.4 of the Articles of Association. The shares will be issued to all employees pursuant to section 7A of the Danish Tax Assessment Act (“ligningsloven”), except for the managerial employees, who are already taking part in a warrant scheme. The main contents of the scheme is as follows: • The company offers 1,000,000 new shares corresponding to nominal DKK 250,000. • The subscription price is fixed at DKK 0.90 per share. • The subscription period is from 25 October to 12 November, 2010. • The shares shall be held on trust for 5 years. • Participation in the scheme is on condition that the employee is not under notice to quit at the time of assignment, and not employed for a limited period of time. • The market value of the scheme has been calculated at DKK 650,000 at the time of assignment. Due to the very short subscription period the value has been calculated as the difference between the market price at the time of assignment and the subscription price multiplied by the number of shares. Questions to the stock exchange announcements may be directed to: Mr. Keld Lindegaard Andersen, Managing Director, tel. +45 21 70 87 72 Topsil Semiconductor Materials A/S Jens Borelli-Kjær Keld Lindegaard Andersen Chairman CEO Please note that this translation is provided for convenience only. The Danish version shall prevail in case of discrepancies.