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Artesyn Technologies Appoints Marc Weisman, JANA Partners Designee, To Board of Directors BOCA RATON, Fla., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Artesyn Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSN) today confirmed the appointment of Marc A. Weisman to its Board of Directors. As previously announced, Artesyn has entered into a confidentiality, standstill and board representation agreement with JANA Partners LLC ("JANA"), a significant shareholder of Artesyn's outstanding shares. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050117/FLMLOGO ) Joseph O'Donnell, Artesyn's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "I would like to welcome Marc to the Board of Directors. With his longstanding career in the legal and investment banking fields, we believe Marc, as JANA's designee, will offer positive input while working with other members of the Board in evaluating strategic opportunities for Artesyn." Barry Rosenstein, JANA's Managing Partner, said, "We are very pleased to have our designee appointed to Artesyn's Board of Directors. We look forward to working constructively with the other members of the Board in pursuit of the best possible result for all shareholders." Bio on Marc A. Weisman Mr. Marc A. Weisman has served in the legal and investment communities for more than 25 years. He co-founded Sagaponack Partners LP in 1996 and is currently a principal of this private equity investment partnership. Prior to co-founding Sagaponack, Mr. Weisman was a director in the principal transactions group at Credit Suisse First Boston. Before that, Mr. Weisman was the CFO and head of investments at The Adco Group, a diversified real estate and financial services company, for approximately seven years. Prior to Adco, Mr. Weisman was CFO of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. and a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a major national law firm. About Artesyn Technologies, Inc. Artesyn Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Boca Raton, FL., is a world leader in the design, manufacture and sale of power conversion and embedded board solutions for infrastructure applications in server and storage, networking, wireless and telecommunications systems. The Company's products are used in middle to high-end servers, data storage devices, routers, hubs, high-speed modems, RF amplification systems, base station controllers and transceivers. The Company has a global sales reach with design and manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe and North America. Artesyn is a public company whose common stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol ATSN. For more information, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.artesyn.com/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050117/FLMLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Artesyn Technologies CONTACT: Investors, Pamela Rembaum, Director, Investor Relations of Artesyn, +1-561-451-1028; or Media, Sharon Goldstein of Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, +1-212-355-4449, for Artesyn Web site: http://www.artesyn.com/ x

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