GENERAL INFORMATION

• Stock Information
  Read-Rite Corporation's common stock is traded over-the-counter on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol RDRT. The daily high, low and closing sales prices of the Company's common stock are published in most major newspapers under the heading 'ReadRite' or 'Read Rt'.
• Fiscal Year End
  Approximately September 30th each year
• Number of Employees
  Read-Rite employs some 11,000+ people worldwide.
• Analyst Coverage
  Hoefer & Arnette
  JP Morgan
  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
  Salomon Smith Barney
  Standard & Poors