FISCAL YEAR 1999, FOURTH QUARTER

08/25/99   Read-Rite Is Back At Quantum; Receives GMR Production Order for Quantum's Fireball Program
08/10/99   John T. Kurtzweil Appointed Read-Rite Senior Vice President
08/05/99   Craig Cocchi Appointed Vice President of Read-Rite's Tape Head Business Unit
08/03/99   Read-Rite Announces Breakthrough in GMR Head Technology Aimed at Applications for the Internet Server Market - Achieves Areal Density Record of 26.5 Billion Bits Per Square Inch at Data Rates of 230-500 Million Bits Per Second
07/29/99   Read-Rite Corporation to Supply Heads to Halo Data Devices
07/29/99   Dr. Robert M. White Joins Read-Rite Corporation's Board of Directors
07/26/99   George Kern Appointed Vice President and Managing Director of Read-Rite Philippines, Inc.
07/19/99   Scott Dunbar Joins Read-Rite as Vice President US Wafer Fab Operations
07/14/99   Read-Rite Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 1999 Results