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Voce Capital: Intevac Blatantly Misleads Shareholders Once Again Regarding Voce's Attempts to Resolve Proxy ContestSAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- Voce Capital Management LLC ("Voce") responded today to the latest false and misleading press release from Intevac (News - Alert), Inc. ("Intevac" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:IVAC), which distorts reality by misstating and omitting several material facts regarding Voce's latest effort to amicably resolve the proxy contest with Intevac. Voce also today clarifies the facts regarding these matters so that shareholders can judge for themselves whom to trust. The facts are as follows:
J. Daniel Plants, Voce's Managing Partner said, "Intevac's Board has consistently deceived shareholders throughout this process about our intentions and about the course of dealing between the parties. Intevac misled shareholders last fall about our role in securing the initial capital return and the circumstances under which they appointed a new director, both in reaction to our efforts. Intevac distorted our policy positions - falsely claiming, for example, that we sought to liquidate the company. As Glass Lewis found, 'while the board claims that the Dissident is trying to get the Company to go through with a fire-sale liquidation process, we have found no statements from the Dissident suggesting this claim to be true.'" Mr. Plants continued: "Intevac has repeatedly misled shareholders about the settlement negotiations, asserting last time that the discussions failed over 'interviewing' candidates when that was not true, and claiming now that 'attempts to reach deal with Voce rejected' and 'settlement discussions contingent upon Voce's Capital's unreasonable demands' when in reality we approached them and offered in writing to accept the appointment of only one director on customary terms that Intevac has recently accepted in settling with Mr. Drapkin. Yet Intevac rejected it with the ludicrous suggestion that it would ask a recruiting firm to consider Mr. Giles in the future as part of a broad search for new directors - making no commitment whatsoever to even appoint a new director, let alone Mr. Giles." Mr. Plants concluded: "Both advisory services have supported our calls for change at Intevac, and each has recommended that at least one of our nominees be elected. Yet Intevac is so adamant that no outsider be permitted to join the Board that shareholders should ask, 'After Intevac's terrible Q1 results, and dramatically lowered outlook, are there still more problems at Intevac that the Board does not want shareholders to discover? If Intevac's Board is this entrenched, is adding only one outsider enough?'" ISS and Glass Lewis specifically recommended that shareholders vote on the GOLD proxy card and that they not vote on the management card. Voce continues to urge shareholders to support its three highly-qualified, independent nominees by voting the GOLD proxy card. About Voce Capital Management Voce Capital Management LLC is an employee-owned investment manager and the advisor to Voce Catalyst Partners LP, a private investment partnership. ON (News - Alert) APRIL 10, 2014, THE PARTICIPANTS FILED A DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY VOCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC AND THEIR AFFILIATES FROM THE STOCKHOLDERS OF INTEVAC, INC. FOR USE AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN SUCH PROXY SOLICITATION. THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND A FORM OF PROXY IS AVAILABLE TO STOCKHOLDERS OF INTEVAC, INC. FROM THE PARTICIPANTS AT NO CHARGE AT HTTPS://WWW.PROXY-DIRECT.COM/VCM-25585 AND BY REQUEST, AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE AT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND A FORM OF PROXY WERE DISSEMINATED TO SECURITY HOLDERS ON OR ABOUT APRIL 14, 2014. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EXECUTING OR DELIVERING YOUR GOLD PROXY CARD, NEED ADDITIONAL COPIES OF VOCE'S PROXY MATERIALS, OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT:
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