IVIS Icos Vision Systems Corp (MM)

ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV (Nasdaq and Euronext: IVIS), a world leader in vision solutions, will issue a press release announcing its second-quarter results at approximately 12:00 a.m. ET/6:00 a.m. Belgium time on Thursday, July 28, 2005. A conference call has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m. ET/3:00 p.m. Belgium time that same day. To access the conference call, please dial +1.706.634.1030 at least 10 minutes prior to the call. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available in the Investor section of the ICOS Vision Systems website, http://www.icos.be. On the call, Anton DeProft, president and chief executive officer, will review the financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, after which he will be available for questions from the investment community. A replay of the call will be available from 12:00 noon ET/6:00 p.m. Belgium Time on Thursday, July 28, through 11:59 p.m. ET August 4/5:59 a.m. Belgium Time August 5. To access the replay, please dial +1.800.642.1687 (international callers dial +1.706.645.9291), conference ID number 7959752. Also, an archived replay of the conference webcast will be available on the ICOS website for 90 days. ICOS designs and manufactures inspection equipment for the semiconductor packaging industry. It is the world-leading supplier of equipment for the final visual control of chips before they are used in various applications, such as PCs, cars or portable phones. ICOS' systems perform two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) inspections as part of the final visual quality control step in the manufacture of chips, wafers, flexible tapes for flat panel displays, sockets, substrates and solar cells. Aside from its complete systems, ICOS also offers inspection subsystems for integration in other equipment. ICOS is headquartered in Heverlee, Belgium, and has R&D centers in Belgium, Germany and Hong Kong and sales and support offices in Japan, the USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea. ICOS Vision Systems Corporation NV can be found on the World Wide Web at www.ICOS.be