Komag Updates Second Quarter 2007 Business Outlook

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 24  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Komag, Incorporated (NASDAQ:KOMG), a leading independent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, is updating its business outlook for the second quarter of 2007.

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Current indications for the second quarter 2007 are that revenue and operating results will likely be lower than previously expected. Market pressures have negatively affected both unit volumes and average selling prices. In addition, the transition to Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) media, new product qualifications, the continued high costs of precious metals, and lower factory utilization will result in significantly reduced operating results.

Due to the uncertain market conditions, the Company does not currently expect to provide additional updates during the quarter.

About Komag

Founded in 1983, Komag is a leading independent supplier of thin-film disks, the primary high-capacity storage medium for digital data. Komag leverages the combination of its world-class U.S. research and development center and Malaysian manufacturing operations to produce disks that meet the high-volume, stringent quality, low cost and demanding technology needs of its customers. By enabling rapidly improving storage density at ever-lower cost per gigabyte, Komag seeks to create extraordinary value for consumers of computers, enterprise storage systems and electronic appliances such as digital video recorders, game boxes and consumer electronic storage systems.

For more information about Komag, visit Komag's Internet home page at http://www.komag.com/. The Investors section of the website provides a variety of financial and investor information, including an investor presentation. To request an investor packet, call Komag's Investor Relations at 408-576-2901.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbors created thereby. These statements represent the Company's current judgment and include, but are not limited to, the expectations regarding the Company's revenue and operating results. The Company's actual results for future periods could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to achieve operating yield, cost and profitability targets, adverse changes in the currency exchange rate for the Malaysian ringgit, continued customer demand and the impact of demand variation on factory utilization, the performance by the Company and customers of their obligations under the respective increased capacity arrangements, changes in demand, changes in the price and availability of raw materials (including ruthenium which has experienced significant price increases), variability in demand and associated impact on average selling price of disks, the Company's ability to satisfy customer qualification requirements and meet shipping demands, and the Company's ability to produce new generation disks in volume and the other factors described in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Komag undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements. 

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