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10.17.2005 - New Maxtor OneTouch Solution Hits A Terabyte



View HardDrive related news. Based on customer feedback and innovative new technologies, Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) today announced its new Maxtor OneTouch™ III, Turbo Edition external storage solution that takes the complexities out of RAID and delivers a simple-to-use, easy-to-understand solution for the consumer mass market. With capacities up to one terabyte (1TB or 1,000GB), the new Maxtor OneTouch III, Turbo Edition integrates Maxtor's award-winning automated backup and restore capabilities for Mac and PC users, allows users to easily configure the solution for either RAID 0 or RAID 1 and includes new software tools to synchronize data between two or more computers and to help repair PC systems after a damaging spyware or virus attack.
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10.12.2005 - Maxtor Announces Third Quarter 2005 Conference Call (Webcast)



View HardDrive related news. Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) today announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter 2005 on Wednesday, October 26, after the close of market. A conference call for the investment community has been scheduled.
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10.10.2005 - Maxtor Introduces 3Gb/S SATA II Interface To Its Diamondmax And Maxline Hard Drives



View HardDrive related news. Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer storage products, is introducing the 3Gb/s Serial ATA (SATA) interface on its Maxtor® MaXLine® III (enterprise ATA applications) and DiamondMax® 10 (desktop) hard drives. The 7,200 RPM drives will begin shipping this quarter and include capacity points up to 300GB, up to a 16MB buffer and a comprehensive set of SATA II features including native command queuing (NCQ), staggered spin up, hot-plug capability and asynchronous signal recovery.
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10.07.2005 - Maxtor and Its Employees Donate $124,000 To Katrina Relief



View HardDrive related news. Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer storage products, announced today that the company and its U.S.-based employees have raised $124,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
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09.26.2005 - Maxtor Wins The "Best Of Retailvision Awards"™



View HardDrive related news. Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and innovative consumer storage solutions, announced today that the Maxtor Shared Storage™ Plus solution won the coveted "Best of RetailVision Award" for Best Peripheral Product. Maxtor was presented with the award earlier this month at RetailVision Fall 2005, the premiere event for technology retailers and vendors focused on the consumer channel. Voted on solely by attending retailers, the Maxtor Shared Storage Plus solution—the industry's first three-in-one, standards-based solution providing backup, media streaming and simple shared storage for the small business/home networking market—was honored for its simplicity, innovative functionality and ease of use.
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09.15.2005 - Maxtor President Michael Wingert To Deliver Diskcon Keynote



View HardDrive related news. Maxtor President and COO Michael Wingert will deliver the keynote address at the annual DISKCON USA dinner on September 20, 2005, entitled "There Has Never Been a Better Time to Be in the Hard Disk Drive Business."
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09.13.2005 - Most Computer Users Walk A Digital Tightrope, According To National Maxtor Survey



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA - September 13, 2005 - In one of the world's fastest growing "terabyte nations," a new U.S. consumer survey? of computer users, sponsored by Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), indicates that many Americans are flirting with digital disaster when it comes to a failure to back up their files. The poll of 2,299 adults, conducted by Harris Interactive® in late July, finds that more than a third (35 percent) of U.S. adults who have personal/professional data and digital information stored on a PC or a laptop never back up their files, and a vast majority (76 percent) of those who do back up their files don't do it often enough. At the same time, 44 percent of U.S. adult computer users overall indicated that they have lost important data or digital files stored on their computer or laptop, as a result of a computer virus, a hardware or software malfunction, or for some other reason.
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09.06.2005 - Maxtor Shared Storage Solution Ranked Number One!



View HardDrive related news. Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer storage solutions, announced today that PC World has once again honored its Maxtor Shared Storage™ solution with a "Best Buy" rating. In the publication's September 2005 issue, the magazine's "Big Drive Backup" story compares the solution to competing products and puts Maxtor on top. The Maxtor Shared Storage solution was previously honored by PC World in its July 2005 issue with the 2005 World Class Award for best network hard drive.
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09.02.2005 - Maxtor To Participate In Citigroup 12th Annual Global Technology Conference



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, September 2, 2005 — Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) today announced that it will be presenting at the Citigroup 12th Annual Global Technology Conference.
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08.31.2005 - Maxtor Centralizes File Sharing And Backup



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA - August 31, 2005 - Continuing its tradition of innovative storage solutions, Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today that it is making it simpler than ever to store, share, print and back up computer files, digital photos, music and videos from one central location on home or small office networks. Using the company's renowned integrated Maxtor? backup software, consumers and small businesses can easily back up data from their PCs to the new Maxtor Shared Storage Plus drive for added data protection. The new drive, which begins shipping in October with capacities of up to a half-terabyte (500GB), is also the company's first network drive that extends the advantages of centralized storage to digital entertainment devices. Using the new drive's built-in media server, consumers and small businesses can share and stream digital data to multiple devices on the network, without requiring routing through a PC.
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08.31.2005 - Maxtor Corporation Announces Exercise of Overallotment Option for an Additional $26 Million of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2012



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, August 31, 2005 - Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today that the initial purchasers of its private offering of 2.375% of Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 exercised their right to purchase an additional $26 million of notes, bringing the total amount sold to $326 million. As previously announced, on August 15, 2005 the Company completed a private placement of an aggregate principal amount of $300 million of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012, with a 30-day overallotment option for an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. The Company and the initial purchasers also amended the purchase agreement so that the initial purchasers can exercise the overallotment option more than once during the 30-day period expiring on September 8, 2005, for up to an aggregate principal amount of $45 million.
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08.25.2005 - Maxtor Announces Mid-Third Quarter Update Conference Call



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, August 25, 2005 - Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) today announced that it has scheduled a mid-quarter conference call to provide an update on market conditions and financial guidance for the third quarter ending October 1, 2005.
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08.24.2005 - Maxtor Recognized As Company Of The Year For Enterprise Disk Drives By Solution Providers For Third Consecutive Year



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, Calif., August 24, 2005-Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) has been recognized by solution-provider readers of CMP Media's VARBusiness for outstanding satisfaction levels and has been lauded in the magazine's Annual Report Card (ARC) award program. For the third consecutive year, Maxtor received the Company of the Year award in the enterprise disk drives category and garnered top marks in the enterprise disk drive support and partnership categories. VARBusiness, the biweekly magazine that provides strategic insight to technology integrators, presented the awards to Maxtor at an awards ceremony held on Aug. 23, at the XChange '05 Conference in Orlando, Fla.
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08.22.2005 - Maxtor Appoints Kimberly Alexy To Its Board Of Directors



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, Calif., August 22, 2005 — Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) today announced that it has appointed Kimberly Alexy to its Board of Directors. Ms. Alexy, 35, was formerly Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Prudential Securities, where she was the principal analyst following technology hardware stocks, including hard disk drive companies.
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08.16.2005 - Maxtor OneTouch II Small Business Edition Drive Gets Two Thumbs Up



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, Calif., August 16, 2005--Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), the pioneer in innovative pushbutton backup and storage solutions, announced today that its Maxtor OneTouch II™ Small Business Edition drive was honored by VARBusiness magazine, a leading reseller publication, with a Two Thumbs Up Award. Maxtor announced in May that it had taken the simplicity of its award-winning Maxtor OneTouch II drive and created a one-of-a-kind server backup solution for small businesses.
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08.15.2005 - Maxtor Corporation Announces Repurchase of 6.80% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2010



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, August. 15, 2005 — Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today that it repurchased an aggregate principal amount of approximately $94.3 million of its existing 6.80% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 for an aggregate price of approximately $95.8 million (including accrued interest) in privately negotiated transactions. The Company financed its repurchase of 6.80% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 with a portion of the proceeds from the sale of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which closed today. The Company intends to repurchase from time to time an aggregate principal amount of up to an additional approximately $55.7 million of its 6.80% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 in privately negotiated transactions. The timing and amount of future repurchases, if any, of 6.80% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 will depend on business and market conditions.
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08.15.2005 - Maxtor Corporation Completes Sale of $300 Million of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2012



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, August 15, 2005 — Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today it had completed its previously announced private placement of an aggregate principal amount of $300 million of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.
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08.10.2005 - Maxtor Corporation Announces Pricing of $300 Million of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2012



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, August 10, 2005 - Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today the pricing of its offering of $300 million of 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 sold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. Offers to initial purchasers outside the United States will be made pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. The Company has also granted the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of the notes to cover over-allotments. The sale of the notes is expected to close on August 15, 2005.
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08.09.2005 - Maxtor Corporation Announces Proposed Offering of Convertible Senior Notes due 2012



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, August 9, 2005 — Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) announced today that, subject to market and other conditions, it intends to offer $300 million of Convertible Senior Notes due 2012 to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. Offers to initial purchasers outside the United States will be made pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. The Company also intends to grant the initial purchasers a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of the notes to cover over-allotments. These notes will be convertible into the Company's common stock under certain circumstances at a price to be determined, and on conversion of these notes the Company will pay cash equal to the principal amount (or if less, the conversion value), and if the conversion value is greater than the principal amount, the Company will have the option to pay the excess in either cash or common stock.
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07.27.2005 - Maxtor Reports Profitable Second Quarter



View HardDrive related news. MILPITAS, CA, July 27, 2005 — Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) today announced a profitable second quarter ended July 2, 2005. Net income totaled $9.4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share. Revenue for the second quarter of 2005 was $925 million. In the second quarter of 2004, the Company reported a net loss of $26.5 million, or $(0.11) per share. Revenue for the second quarter of 2004 totaled $818 million.
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