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Linear Technology expands global agreement to include Newark in the Americas

CHICAGO-OCTOBER 23, 2007 — Newark (http://www.newark.com), part of the global Premier Farnell Group, and a leading multi-channel, high-service electronics distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals across the Americas, is pleased to announce that it is now a full-line distributor of Linear Technology, the leading international supplier of high-performance analog integrated circuits. Farnell, Newark�s sister distributor in Europe and Asia Pacific, has successfully represented Linear Technology for the last 2 years, growing sales by 35% during that period.

Linear Technology provides a broad line of power management, mixed signal, signal conditioning and high frequency RF products. More than 1,000 new and high-demand Linear Technology devices are available for same-day shipping at http://www.newark.com/lineartech. These include data converters, op amps, linear regulators, switching regulators and the very latest in DC/DC micro module converters.

Applications include telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products, notebook and desktop computers, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, high-end consumer products, complex medical devices, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control, and military and space systems.

�We are pleased to add Linear Technology, with its high-performance analog products, to our world-class linecard,� comments Paul Buckley, Senior Vice President, Product and Supplier Management, Newark. �Along with our sister company Farnell, we�re proud to supply design engineers worldwide with Linear�s broad product offering.�

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