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CREE INC

CREE

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20.07 -0.12 -0.59%

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2007 Sales	2007 Sales Growth	2007 Net Income	Employees
$394,100,000	-6.8%	$57,300,000

Key Executives: CREE

Name	Title	Officer Since
Charles M. Swoboda	CEO	10/1/00
John T. Kurtzweil	CFO	-
John W. Palmour, Ph.D.	Executive VP	10/1/95
Harvey A. Wagner	Director	2/1/04
Michael E. McDevitt	Other Corporate Officer	-
Robert C. Glass, Ph.D.	Divisional Vice President	-
Dr.Robert J. Potter, Ph.D.	Other Corporate Officer	-
James E. Dykes	Director	1/1/92

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Mr. Wagner has served on the Board of Directors since February 2004. He is currently Managing Principal of the H. A. Wagner Group, LLC, an investment and consulting firm based in White Plains, New York. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Quovadx, Inc., a global software and services company, from October 2004 to July 2007, and as a member of its Board of Directors from April 2004 to July 2007. He served as its Acting... View Full Profile

Harvey A. Wagner

Mr. McDevitt was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company on an interim basis effective May 5, 2006. He has served as the Company's Director of Financial Planning since 2005. He previously served as the Company's Corporate Controller from 2002 to 2005. Before joining the Company in 2002, Mr. McDevitt was Chief Financial Officer of American Sanitary Incorporated, a privately-owned U.S. distributor of janitorial-sanitary... View Full Profile

Michael E. McDevitt

Mr. Swoboda has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since April 2005, as Chief Executive Officer since June 2001, as a member of the Board of Directors since October 2000 and as President since January 1999. He was Chief Operating Officer of the Company from 1997 to June 2001 and Vice President for Operations from 1997 to 1999. Prior to his appointment as Vice President for Operations, Mr. Swoboda served as Operations... View Full Profile

Charles M. Swoboda

Mr. Kurtzweil was appointed as Executive Vice President-Finance and as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company effective September 29, 2006. Before joining the Company, he served from 2004 to 2006 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cirrus Logic, Inc., a publicly-traded supplier of analog, mixed-signal and digital processing solutions for audio and industrial product applications, based in Austin, Texas. He... View Full Profile

John T. Kurtzweil

Dr. Glass has served as the Company's Executive Vice President-Materials and Optoelectronics since May 2005. He previously served as the Company's Vice President-Operations and Manufacturing from 2003 to 2005, Vice President and General Manager-Materials from 2001 to 2003, General Manager-Materials from 1999 to 2001, Materials Manufacturing Manager from 1997 to 1999 and Manager of Crystal Growth from 1995 to 1997. Dr. Glass was previously... View Full Profile

Robert C. Glass, Ph.D.

Dr. Palmour, one of the Company's founders, has been a member of the Board of Directors since October 1995 and has served as the Company's Director of Advanced Devices since 1995 and as an Executive Vice President since August 2002. As Executive Vice President for Advanced Devices, Dr. Palmour is responsible for all aspects of the Company's wide bandgap radio frequency, microwave and power switching device businesses and also manages the... View Full Profile

John W. Palmour, Ph.D.

Dr. Potter, who has served on the Board of Directors since April 2001, is not standing for re-election. Following the completion of his term as a director, Dr. Potter will serve as a Director Emeritus for a one-year term as a part-time employee of the Company. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of R. J. Potter Company, a business consulting firm based in Irving, Texas. Prior to establishing R. J. Potter Company, Dr. Potter was... View Full Profile

Dr.Robert J. Potter, Ph.D.

Mr. Dykes has served on the Board of Directors since January 1992. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Signetics Company, a semiconductor manufacturer and wholly-owned subsidiary of North American Philips Corporation, from 1989 until his retirement in 1993, and served as the first President and Chief Executive Officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., a semiconductor foundry, from 1987 to 1988.... View Full Profile

James E. Dykes

Mr. Dykes has served on the Board of Directors since January 1992. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Signetics Company, a semiconductor manufacturer and wholly-owned subsidiary of North American Philips Corporation, from 1989 until his retirement in 1993, and served as the first President and Chief Executive Officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., a semiconductor foundry, from 1987 to 1988.... View Full Profile

Clyde R. Hosein

Mr. Werner has been a member of the Board of Directors since March 2006. He has served as Chief Executive Officer for SunPower Corporation, a publicly-traded manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells and solar panels, since June 2003, and is also a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to SunPower, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Light Machines Corporation, an optical solutions subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation,... View Full Profile

Thomas H. Werner

Mr. von Arx has been a member of the Board of Directors since October 1991 and has served as Lead Independent Director since April 2005. He is the former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Planters Lifesavers Company, an affiliate of RJR Nabisco, Inc. Since his retirement from Planters Lifesavers Company in 1991, Mr. von Arx served as non-executive Chairman of Morrison Restaurants Inc., a publicly-held family dining business, from... View Full Profile

Dolph W. von Arx

On December 31, 2007, the Board of Directors of Cree, Inc. elected Franco Plastina as a member of the Company's Board of Directors and appointed Mr. Plastina as a member of the Board's Audit Committee and Governance and Nominations Committee. Plastina, 45, has served as Tekelec's President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Board member since February 2006. Tekelec is a publicly traded provider of telecommunications network systems and software... View Full Profile

Franco Plastina

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Insider Transactions: CREE

Date	Name	Shares	Transaction Type	Market Value
06/26/08	VON ARX DOLPH WILLIAM	6,000	Exercise of Stock Options	$22,875.00
05/29/08	VON ARX DOLPH WILLIAM	27,500	Sale	$681,545.00
05/23/08	SHARON VON ARX LIVING TRUST	27,500	Planned Sale	$687,500.00

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Ownership Breakdown : CREE

Large Block Holder Type	Number
Institutions	267.00
Mutual Fund	362.00
Other Major	13.00

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Indices : CREE

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
$RUI.X	Russell 1000 Index	701.92	2.29 0.33%
$IDX	S&P 400 Midcap Index	—	——%

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Short Interest Volume: CREE

Data as of 6/25/08

Current Short Interest Shares	301.99 M
Current Short Interest Ratio	20.00
Float	87.86 M

Short Interest as % of Float	29.10
Average Daily Volume	1.33 M
Outstanding Shares	89.67 M

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SEC Filings: CREE

Accepted Date	Description
06/30/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell
06/10/2008	SEC Filing: Current Event
06/03/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell

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