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Herley Moves to Declassify Board of Directors

 

LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Herley Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRLY) announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved, subject to shareholder vote, an amendment of its certificate of incorporation providing for the declassification of its board of directors. The Company will submit this proposal to shareholder vote at its annual meeting to be scheduled in March 2010. If approved, commencing with the 2011 annual meeting all members of the board of directors will be elected annually for a one-year term. Currently, Directors are elected to three classes of staggered, three-year terms.

David H. Lieberman, Chairman of the Board, commented, "The Board believes that declassification of the Board of Directors is in the shareholders' best interest. This move is a continuation of our ongoing efforts to enhance shareholder value."

Herley Industries, Inc. is a leader in the design, development and manufacture of microwave technology solutions for the defense, aerospace and medical industries worldwide. Based in Lancaster, PA, Herley has seven manufacturing locations and approximately 1000 employees. Additional information about the company can be found on the Internet at www.herley.com


    For information at Herley contact:        Tel: (717) 397-2777
    Peg Guzzetti
    Investor Relations

Safe Harbor Statement - Except for the historical information contained herein, this release may contain forward-looking statements. Such statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements involve various important assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this discussion can be identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "may," "should" or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, performance or achievement. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including but not limited to, competitive factors and pricing pressures, changes in legal and regulatory requirements, cancellation or deferral of customer orders, technological change or difficulties, difficulties in the timely development of new products, difficulties in manufacturing, commercialization and trade difficulties and current economic conditions, including the potential for significant changes in US defense spending under the new Administration which could affect future funding of programs and allocations within the budget to various programs as well as the factors set forth in this report and in our public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE Herley Industries, Inc.

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