-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----
Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR
Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov
Originator-Key-Asymmetric:
 MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen
 TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB
MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA,
 Bgsry3CqgjkbS4+dRsjAiuIBObo57nOPY/b7bw5vLX4eYOFYBUneicKoNw+cx5F9
 KHJAU4blbFL8CC5QjQ+jqw==

<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-04-019095.txt : 20040707
<SEC-HEADER>0001104659-04-019095.hdr.sgml : 20040707
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040707165335
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-04-019095
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040817
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040707
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20040707

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NVE CORP /NEW/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000724910
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				411424202
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-12196
		FILM NUMBER:		04904630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11409 VALLEY VIEW ROAD
		CITY:			EDEN PRAIRIE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55344
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9528299217

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11409 VALLEY VIEW ROAD
		CITY:			EDEN PRAIRIE
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55344

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PREMIS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>DEF 14A
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>a04-7311_1def14a.htm
<DESCRIPTION>DEF 14A
<TEXT>
<html>

<head>



</head>

<body link="blue" vlink="purple">

<div style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
  STATES</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SCHEDULE 14A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy
  Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of<br>
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed by the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;">&#253;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed by a Party other than the
  Registrant</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;">o</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidential, for
  Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">&#253;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitive Additional Materials</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Soliciting Material Pursuant to
  &#167;240.14a-12</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NVE Corporation</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name
  of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name
  of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the
  appropriate box):</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">&#253;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No fee required.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee computed on table below per
  Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title of each class of securities to
  which transaction applies:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aggregate number of securities to
  which transaction applies:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Per unit price or other underlying
  value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth
  the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
  determined):</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposed maximum aggregate value of
  transaction:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total fee paid:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.66%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.3%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee paid previously with preliminary
  materials.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:94.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check box if any part of the fee is
  offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing
  for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous
  filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date
  of its filing.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amount Previously Paid:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form, Schedule or Registration
  Statement No.:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filing Party:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date Filed:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.04%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.36%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:90.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Bold" style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman\,Bold';font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Persons who are to respond to the
  collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond
  unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="0">
  <td width="36" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="31" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="2" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="652" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><img width="118" height="47" src="g73111baimage002.jpg"></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.14%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">11409 Valley View Road<br>
  Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344</font></i></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TO BE HELD AUGUST 17, 2004</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear shareholders:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of NVE Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
will be held at SpringHill Suites by Marriott, 11552 Leona Road, Eden Prairie,
Minnesota 55344, on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. Central Daylight
Time, for the following purposes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 71.95pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-35.9pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To elect six directors to serve until the
next Annual Meeting of Shareholders.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-35.95pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To consider and act on such other business as
may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments
thereof.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accompanying this Notice are a Proxy, Proxy Statement and a copy of the
Company&#146;s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. You are
cordially invited to attend this annual meeting. Only shareholders of record at
the close of business on June 18, 2004 are entitled vote at the annual meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.26%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sincerely,</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.26%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.26%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:17.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard L. George</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="69%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:69.7%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.26%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard L. George</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.26%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 9, 2004</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHETHER OR
NOT YOU EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE AND SIGN THE
ENCLOSED PROXY AND MAIL IT PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE IN ORDER TO ENSURE
REPRESENTATION OF YOUR SHARES.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY STATEMENT</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS, AUGUST 17, 2004</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">GENERAL INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Proxy Statement is furnished to shareholders of NVE Corporation, a
Minnesota corporation (&#147;NVE&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the
solicitation of proxies by our Board of Directors for use at the annual meeting
of shareholders to be held on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 3:30 p.m. local time
at SpringHill Suites by Marriott, 11552 Leona Road, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
55344, and at any adjournment thereof (the &#147;2004 Annual Meeting&#148;), for the
purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of
Shareholders. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of Proxy were
first mailed to our shareholders on or about July 9, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Meeting Admission</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proof
of ownership (such as a recent brokerage statement or letter from your broker)
and a form of photo identification are required for admission to the 2004
Annual Meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#147;Householding&#148; of Documents</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
are sending only one annual report and proxy statement to eligible shareholders
who share a single address unless we received instructions to the contrary from
any shareholder at that address. This practice, known as &#147;householding,&#148; is
designed to reduce our printing and postage costs. If a registered shareholder
residing at an address with other registered shareholders wishes to receive a
separate annual report or proxy statement in the future, he or she may contact
Richard L. George, our Secretary, at telephone number (952) 829-9217 or by mail
to the address on the cover of this Proxy Statement. You can also request
delivery of single copies of our documents if you are receiving multiple
copies.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Other Matters and Proposals of Shareholders</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our
Board of Directors is not aware that any matter other than those described in
the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders to which this Proxy Statement is
appended will be presented for action at the 2004 Annual Meeting. If, however,
other matters do properly come before the 2004 Annual Meeting, it is the
intention of the persons named in our proxy card to vote the proxied shares in
accordance with their best judgment on those matters.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If
any matters properly come before the shareholders at our 2004 Annual Meeting,
but we did not receive notice of it prior to February 15, 2004, the persons
named in our proxy card for the 2004 Annual Meeting will have the discretion to
vote the proxied shares on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposals
of shareholders intended to be presented at our next annual meeting of
shareholders must be received by our Secretary at our executive offices in Eden
Prairie, Minnesota, no later than February 14, 2005 for inclusion in our proxy
statement and proxy relating to that meeting. The proposal must be in
accordance with the provisions of Rule 14a-8 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It is suggested
the proposal be submitted by certified mail, return receipt requested. Upon
receipt of any such proposal, we will determine whether or not to include such
proposal in our proxy statement and proxy in accordance with regulations
governing the solicitation of proxies. Shareholders who intend to present a proposal
at our next annual meeting of shareholders without including such proposal in
our proxy statement must provide us with notice of such proposal no later than
May 10, 2005. NVE reserves the right to reject, rule out of order, or take
other appropriate action with respect to any proposal that does not comply with
these and other applicable requirements.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Shareholder Communications With the Board</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholders
and others who wish to communicate with the board as a whole or the individual
directors, may write to them at: 11409 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie,
Minnesota 55344. All communications sent to this address will be shared with
the board or the individual director, if so addressed.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='2',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VOTING INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Only
shareholders of record at the close of business on June 18, 2004 are entitled
to execute proxies or to vote at the 2004 Annual Meeting. As of that date there
were outstanding 4,496,245 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per
share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;). Each holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote
for each share held with respect to the matters mentioned in the foregoing
Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and any other matters that may
properly come before the 2004 Annual Meeting. A majority of the outstanding
shares entitled to vote are required to constitute a quorum at the 2004 Annual
Meeting. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Common Stock present, in
person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the 2004 Annual Meeting, is
required to approve the matters mentioned in the foregoing Notice of Annual
Meeting. Proxies indicating abstention from a vote and broker non-votes will be
counted toward determining whether a quorum is present at the 2004 Annual
Meeting, but will not be counted toward determining if a majority of the Common
Stock present has voted affirmatively.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Solicitation and Revocability of Proxies</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
will pay the costs and expenses of solicitation of proxies. In addition to the
use of the mails, proxies may be solicited by our directors, officers and
regular employees personally or by telephone, but these people will not be
specifically compensated for those services.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxies
in the form enclosed are solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors. Any
shareholder giving a proxy in such form may revoke it either by submitting a
new proxy card or by completing a ballot at the meeting at any time before it
is exercised. Such proxies, if received in time for voting and not revoked,
will be voted at the 2004 Annual Meeting in accordance with the specification
indicated thereon. If no specification is indicated on a proxy, such proxy will
be voted in favor of Proposal 1 described herein.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='3',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OWNERSHIP OF VOTING SECURITIES BY PRINCIPAL HOLDERS AND
MANAGEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table sets forth certain information as of June 18, 2004 with respect
to our Common Stock beneficially owned by (1) each person known by us to
beneficially own more than five percent of our Common Stock, based solely upon
filings made by such persons under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), (2) each director and nominee for director, (3) each
named executive officer set forth in the compensation table, and (4) all of the
current directors, nominees and executive officers as a group. Except as
otherwise indicated, the shareholders listed in the table have sole voting and
investment powers with respect to the common stock owned by them.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div align="center">

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:85.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NAME</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ADDRESS</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SHARES
  OWNED</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PERCENT</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cypress<br>
  Semiconductor Corporation</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3901 North
  First Street<br>
  San Jose, CA 95134</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">408,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bjurman, Barry &amp;<br>
  Associates</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10100 Santa
  Monica Blvd.<br>
  Los Angeles, CA 90067</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">303,910</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James M. Daughton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11409 Valley
  View Rd.<br>
  Eden Prairie, MN 55344</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">144,400</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard L. George</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11409 Valley
  View Rd.<br>
  Eden Prairie, MN 55344</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">104,670</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel A. Baker</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11409 Valley
  View Rd.<br>
  Eden Prairie, MN 55344</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">77,885</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jay L. Brown</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11409 Valley
  View Rd.<br>
  Eden Prairie, MN 55344</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35,100</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John K. Myers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11409 Valley
  View Rd.<br>
  Eden Prairie, MN 55344</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,550</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert H. Irish</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17910-39th
  Place North<br>
  Plymouth, MN 55446-1318</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,800</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Terrence W. Glarner</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3600 IDS
  Center<br>
  Minneapolis, MN 55402</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,600</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeffrey K. Kaszubinski</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3901 North
  First Street<br>
  San Jose, CA 95134</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(9)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Patricia M. Hollister</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3455 Lyman
  Blvd.<br>
  Chaska, MN 55318</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="27%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:27.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All Company directors, nominee for
  director, officers, and owners of more than 5% of the stock as a group (11
  entities)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,107,915</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.96%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

</div>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left">

</font></div>


<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*&#160; Less than 1%</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1) Consists of shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants for
shares of common stock of the Company that are currently or will become
exercisable within 60 days of June 18, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2) As reported in Schedule 13F filed on May 13, 2004 by Bjurman, Barry
&amp; Associates (&#147;BB&amp;A&#148;), George Andrew Bjurman, and Owen Thomas Barry
III. BB&amp;A has reported that Mssrs. Bjurman and Barry may be deemed to be
indirect beneficial owners of the shares held by BB&amp;A as a result of their
ownership in and positions with BB&amp;A.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3) Includes shares owned jointly by Dr. Daughton and his spouse.
Includes 57,600 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are currently
or will become exercisable within 60 days of June 18, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4) Includes 70,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that
are currently or will become exercisable within 60 days of June 18, 2004. Excludes
unvested options to purchase up to 35,000 shares of common stock of the
Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5) Includes 15,100 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that
are currently or will become exercisable within 60 days of June 18, 2004.
Excludes unvested options to purchase up to 3,850 shares of common stock of the
Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6) Includes 11,550 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that
are currently or will become exercisable within 60 days of June 18, 2004.
Excludes unvested options to purchase up to 21,600 shares of common stock of
the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7) Consists of shares issuable upon the exercise of options that are
currently or will become exercisable within 60 days of June 18, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(8) Includes 13,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options that
are currently or will become exercisable within 60 days of June 18, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(9) Excludes warrants held by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, Mr.
Kaszubinski&#146;s employer.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='4',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROPOSAL 1. ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">There
are six nominees to the Board of Directors this year, and their biographical
information is provided below. All directors are to be elected at the 2004
Annual Meeting to serve until the 2005 annual meeting of shareholders. All of
the nominees for election as directors, except Ms. Hollister, are presently
directors of the Company. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that
any of the nominees will be unable to serve as a director. The individuals
named as proxies intend to vote for the nominees listed in this proxy
statement. If any nominee should be unable to serve as a director, it is the
intention of the individuals named as proxies to vote for the election of such
person or persons as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, recommend.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
affirmative vote of a majority of the Common Shares present, in person or by
proxy, and entitled to vote at the annual meeting is required to elect each
director.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR each of
the director-nominees.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div align="center">

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="70%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:70.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOMINEE AND PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AGE</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DIRECTOR
  SINCE</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Terrence W. Glarner<br>
  President, West Concord Ventures, Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">61</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel A. Baker<br>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
  NVE Corporation</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">46</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2001</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James M. Daughton<br>
  Chief Technical Officer, NVE Corporation</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">67</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1989</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert H. Irish<br>
  Consultant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1992</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeffrey K. Kaszubinski<br>
  CEO, Silicon Magnetic Systems,<br>
  a Cypress Subsidiary Corporation</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">49</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2002</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:55.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Patricia M. Hollister<br>
  Chief Financial Officer<br>
  FSI International, Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.92%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">44</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">N/A</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

</div>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Terrence W. Glarner</font></i></b> has been a director since August 1999, and
Chairman of the Board since January 2001. Since February 1993, Mr. Glarner has
been the President of West Concord Ventures, Inc. Mr. Glarner also consults
with Norwest Venture Partners. Prior to starting West Concord Ventures, Mr.
Glarner was the President of North Star Ventures, Inc. from 1988 to February
1993, a firm which he joined in 1976. From 1968 to 1976, Mr. Glarner was a
Securities Analyst and Vice President in the Research Department of Dain
Bosworth, Inc. Mr. Glarner has a B.A. in English from the University of St.
Thomas, a J.D. from the University of Minnesota School of Law and is a
Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Glarner supervised investments in
approximately 100 small companies during his involvement with North Star
Ventures. Mr. Glarner currently serves as a director of the following
publicly-held companies: Aetrium Inc., CIMA Laboratories Inc., Datakey Inc.,
and FSI International Inc. He is also a director of privately-held Oncotech,
Inc.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Daniel A. Baker</font></i></b> has been a director and the President and
Chief Executive Officer since January 2001. From 1993 until joining NVE, he was
President and CEO of Printware, Inc., now known as Printware LLC, which makes
high-speed laser imaging systems. Dr. Baker has over 25 years of experience in
high-tech industries, including executive positions with Minntech Corporation
and Percom Data Corporation. Dr. Baker has Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in
engineering from the University of Minnesota, an M.B.A. in finance from the
University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in engineering from Case Western Reserve
University.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">James M. Daughton</font></i></b> has been a director since our inception in
1989 and Chief Technical Officer since January 2001. He served as Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer from 1991 to January 2001. From 1974 to
1989, Dr. Daughton held various research and product development positions at
Honeywell, Inc. including Vice President of The Solid State Development Center.
From 1964 to 1974, he developed magnetic and semiconductor memory devices at
IBM Corporation. Dr. Daughton holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from
Iowa State University and is an adjunct professor of physics at the University
of Minnesota.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Robert H. Irish</font></i></b> has been a director since 1992. Mr. Irish
has been a consultant since 1999. From 1994 to 1999 he held various sales and
sales management positions at Compuware and Prodea Software. From 1988 to 1994,
Mr. Irish acted as a consultant and co-investor with Norwest Venture Partners.
From 1981 to 1988, he was the Executive Vice President of Centron DPL,
responsible for technical marketing, product marketing and research and
development. Mr. Irish worked at IBM in management, sales and systems from 1966
to 1981. Mr. Irish attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received a
B.S. in Physics from Syracuse University.</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='5',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Jeffrey K. Kaszubinski</font></i></b> has been a director since July 2002. Mr.
Kaszubinski is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon
Magnetic Systems, a Cypress subsidiary corporation which is developing MRAM
technology and products. He has worked in the semiconductor memory business for
25 years, the past 15 at Cypress Semiconductor in a variety of executive
positions, including product line management, manufacturing, quality assurance,
and engineering. Prior to joining Cypress, Mr. Kaszubinski worked at Texas
Instruments Inc., where he led the development of groundbreaking nonvolatile
memories. Mr. Kaszubinski received a BSEE degree in 1978 from the University of
New Orleans and holds five nonvolatile memory patents.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Patricia M. Hollister</font></i></b> has served as Chief Financial Officer of FSI
International, Inc., since January 1998. She was Corporate Controller from
March 1995 to January 1998. Prior to joining FSI, Ms. Hollister was employed by
KPMG LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota where she served over 12 years on various
audit and consulting engagements, most recently as a Senior Manager.
Ms.&nbsp;Hollister is a director of various FSI owned foreign subsidiaries. FSI
designs, manufactures, markets and supports equipment used in the fabrication
of microelectronics.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Compensation of Our Directors</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Directors
receive no cash compensation for their service on our board of directors.
Non-employee directors automatically receive a nonqualified option to purchase
6,000 shares upon initial election and 2,000 on each reelection to the board of
directors. A $12,500 payment was made in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004
(fiscal 2004) to former director Herbert Goronkin for services to the
Corporation.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Limitation of Our Director&#146;s Liability</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our
bylaws provide that we indemnify our officers, directors and employees in
accordance with, and to the fullest extent permitted by, the provisions of the
Minnesota Business Corporation Act, as it may be amended from time to time.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act provides that a Minnesota
business corporation may indemnify any director, officer, employee or other
representative of the corporation made or threatened to be made a party to a
proceeding, by reason of the former or present official capacity (as defined)
of the person, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable
expenses incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if certain
statutory standards are met. &#147;Proceeding&#148; means a threatened, pending or
completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration or investigative
proceeding, including one by or in the right of the corporation. Section
302A.521 contains detailed terms regarding such right of indemnification and
reference is made thereto for a complete statement of such indemnification
rights.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of
the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our
board of directors met seven times in fiscal 2004. All Directors attended all
of the meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the committees on
which they served. Four of the directors attended last year&#146;s annual meeting of
shareholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Board of Directors has three standing committees, the Audit Committee,
Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. All three
committees consist of Messrs. Glarner, Irish, and Kaszubinski.<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">  </font></b>If<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">  </font></b>Ms.&nbsp;Hollister
is elected to our Board of Directors, we expect her to be appointed to the
Compensation and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees, and to replace Mr.
Irish on the Audit Committee. We would expect Ms. Hollister to be elected
chairman of the Audit Committee.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Glarner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Kaszubinski,
and Ms. Hollister are independent as defined by Rule 4200(a)(15) of the
National Association of Securities Dealers&#146; (&#147;NASD&#148;) listing standards.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Audit Committee</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Audit Committee met six times in fiscal 2004. The Audit Committee is governed
by a written charter, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A to this proxy
statement. The primary responsibility of the Committee is to oversee the
Company&#146;s financial reporting process on behalf of the board and the Company&#146;s
shareholders. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Glarner and Ms.
Hollister meet the criteria of &#147;audit committee financial experts&#148; under Item
401 of Regulation S-B promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Furthermore, the Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Glarner, Mr.
Kaszubinski, and Ms. Hollister are &#147;independent&#148; within the meaning of Rule
10A-3 (Listing Standards Relating to Audit Committees) promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Irish may<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">  </font></b>not be &#147;independent&#148; under Rule 10A-3 because he is
affiliated with a consulting company which received $15,207 for</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='6',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">services provided to us in fiscal 2002. Mr. Irish received no direct or
indirect cash compensation from us in fiscal<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">  </font></b>2003
or<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">  </font></b>fiscal 2004. However, as NVE is
a &#147;small business issuer&#148; it is not required to comply with the audit committee
requirements of Rule 10A-3 until July 31, 2005. The Report of the Audit
Committee, including a description of the functions of the Audit Committee, is
included as Exhibit B to this Proxy Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Compensation Committee</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to the Board of Directors the
compensation guidelines for executive officers and other key personnel, and the
composition and levels of participation in incentive compensation and fringe
benefits for all employees. In addition, the committee oversees administration
of our 2000 Stock Option Plan as amended. No member of the Compensation
Committee is or has been an officer of NVE. The Compensation Committee met
twice in fiscal 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
have no compensation committee interlocks&#151;that is, none of our officers serves
as a director or a compensation committee member of a company that has an
officer or former officer serving on our board of directors or compensation
committee.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee was established and held its initial
meeting in April 2004 to select candidates for the Company&#146;s Board of
Directors, select members of various committees and address corporate
governance matters. The Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee does not
operate under a formal charter.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Corporation&#146;s process for identifying and evaluating candidates to be nominated
to the Board of Directors starts with an evaluation of a candidate by the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Chief Executive Officer.
Candidates can be forwarded to the Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee by members of the Board of Directors and/or the Chief Executive
Officer. The Committee recommends to the Board of Directors the slate of
directors to serve as management&#146;s nominees for election by the shareholders at
the annual meeting. Director candidates may also be identified by shareholders.
To date, we have not engaged any third party to assist in identifying or
evaluating potential nominees.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Director Qualifications</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
evaluating candidates, the Board will require that candidates possess, at a
minimum, a desire to serve on the Company&#146;s Board, an ability to contribute to
the effectiveness of the Board, an understanding of the function of the Board
of a public company and relevant industry knowledge and experience. In
addition, while not required of any one candidate, the Board would consider
favorably experience, education, training or other expertise in business or
financial matters and prior experience serving on boards of public companies.
Collectively, the composition of the Board must meet the listing requirements
of the Nasdaq Stock Market where the Company&#146;s common stock is listed. In
evaluating any candidate for director nominee, the Board will also evaluate the
contribution of the proposed nominee toward compliance with the Nasdaq Stock
Market listing standards.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Shareholder Nominees</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shareholder
proposals for nominations to the Board should be submitted to the
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee at our offices, 11409 Valley View
Road, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344. To be considered by the Board for
nomination at the next succeeding annual meeting, nominations must be delivered
not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of
the mailing of the notice of the preceding year&#146;s Annual Meeting.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='7',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following table indicates the compensation paid in each of the past
three fiscal years to our Chief Executive Officer and each of the next most
highly compensated executive officers whose total annual salary and bonus for
fiscal 2004 exceeded $100,000 (&#147;Named Executive Officers&#148;):</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div align="center">

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="80%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:80.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NAME AND<br>
  PRINCIPAL POSITION</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FISCAL
  YEAR<br>
  ENDED<br>
  MARCH 31</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SALARY ($)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BONUS ($)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OTHER
  ANNUAL<br>
  COMPEN-<br>
  SATION(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel A. Baker</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">190,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">40,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and CEO</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2003</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">175,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2002</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">175,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John K. Myers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">120,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,625</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2003</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">115,577</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,136</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Development</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2002</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">111,883</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jay L. Brown</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">110,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">29,207</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2003</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">106,462</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,332</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sensor Business Unit</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2002</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">102,333</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

</div>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left">

</font></div>


<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .95in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>The total dollar value of all perquisites and other personal benefits
was less than 10% of the total annual salary and bonus reported for each named
executive officer in each of the past three fiscal years.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Equity Compensation Plan Information</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table summarizes Common Stock that may be issued as of March 31, 2004
on the exercise of options under our 2000 Stock Option Plan as Amended July 19,
2001. The Plan as Amended was approved by our shareholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="89%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.3in;width:89.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PLAN CATEGORY</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NUMBER OF<br>
  SECURITIES TO<br>
  BE ISSUED<br>
  UPON<br>
  EXERCISE OF<br>
  OUTSTANDING<br>
  OPTIONS,<br>
  WARRANTS AND<br>
  RIGHTS<br>
  (A)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WEIGHTED-AVERAGE<br>
  EXERCISE PRICE OF<br>
  OUTSTANDING<br>
  OPTIONS, WARRANTS<br>
  AND RIGHTS<br>
  (B)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NUMBER OF<br>
  SECURITIES<br>
  REMAINING<br>
  AVAILABLE FOR<br>
  FUTURE ISSUANCE<br>
  UNDER EQUITY<br>
  COMPENSATION<br>
  PLANS<br>
  (EXCLUDING<br>
  SECURITIES<br>
  REFLECTED IN<br>
  COLUMN (A))<br>
  (C)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Equity compensation plans approved by
  security holders</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">261,430</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.02%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.99</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">361,530</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Equity compensation plans not approved by
  security holders</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total at March 31, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:2.82%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">261,430</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.02%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.99</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:3.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">361,530</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in .7pt 0in;width:1.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Option Grants During Fiscal Year 2004</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">There
were no stock options granted to Named Executive Officers during the last
fiscal year.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregated Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and
Fiscal Year-End Option Values</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table indicates the exercise of stock options during the last
completed fiscal year by Named Executive Officers:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NAME</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NUMBER OF<br>
  SHARES<br>
  ACQUIRED ON<br>
  EXERCISE</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VALUE<br>
  REALIZED ($)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NUMBER OF
  SECURITIES<br>
  UNDERLYING<br>
  UNEXERCISED OPTIONS<br>
  HELD AT MARCH 31,<br>
  2004 (EXERCISABLE/<br>
  UNEXERCISABLE) ($)(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.68%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VALUE OF
  UNEXERCISED<br>
  IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS<br>
  HELD AT<br>
  MARCH 31, 2004<br>
  (EXERCISABLE/<br>
  UNEXERCISABLE) ($)(2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.96%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel A. Baker</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">70,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3,502,756</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">70,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,877,140</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,877,140</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John K. Myers</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">76,850</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,748,985</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,750</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;28,400</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">194,950</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,146,713</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jay L. Brown</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">39,050</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,432,990</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,400</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;17,550</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">65,552</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">718,772</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left">

</font></div>


<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>These amounts represent the total number of shares subject to stock
options held by the named executive officers at March 31, 2004. The options
were granted on various dates during the years 1998 through 2002.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>Based on the closing bid price of the Company&#146;s Common Stock at March
31, 2004 of $47.68 per share less the exercise price of the options. The
in-the-money stock option exercise prices range from $0.857 to $10.01. These
options were granted at the market price of the stock at the grant date.</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='8',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Employment
Agreement</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
have an employment agreement with Daniel A. Baker which set his initial salary
and contains non-competition, confidentiality and assignment of invention
provisions benefiting the Company. The agreement may be terminated by either
Dr. Baker or us upon thirty days written notice. In addition, we may terminate
Dr. Baker&#146;s employment for cause or upon his death or incapacity.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Management Bonus Program</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
have an incentive compensation plans to provide an opportunity for executive
officers and senior management to receive cash bonuses based on individual and
company performance. Bonuses (if any) will be given at the discretion of the
Board of Directors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Business Relationships</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
have a license agreement with Cypress where each party gained rights to certain
of the other party&#146;s patents and other intellectual property, and Cypress
agreed to produce semiconductor wafers for us. Cypress was also granted a
warrant to purchase up to 400,000 shares of our common stock. Jeffrey K.
Kaszubinski, a member of our board of directors, is a Cypress employee and was
designated for nomination to our board of directors by Cypress under the terms of
our agreement with Cypress.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Independent Accountants</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ernst
&amp; Young LLP has audited our financial statements annually since our 2001
fiscal year. Representatives of Ernst &amp; Young LLP are expected to be
present at the Annual Meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement
if they desire to do so. It is also expected that they will be available to
respond to appropriate questions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires that our officers,
directors (and persons who own more than ten percent of our Common Stock) file
reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and with us. To our knowledge, we believe that all such filing requirements
were timely met during fiscal 2004, except as follows: due to a
miscommunication between NVE and Cypress, Cypress filed one late report
disclosing that they had been granted a warrant to purchase 2,000 shares. This
disclosure is based solely on our review of copies of forms we have received or
written representations from reporting persons.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">It
is important that proxies be returned promptly with instructions as to voting.
If you do not expect to attend the meeting in person, please mark, sign, date
and send in the proxies by return mail.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ANNUAL REPORT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
copy of the Company&#146;s Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2004, including financial statements, accompanies this Notice of
Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement. No portion of the Annual Report is
incorporated herein or is to be considered proxy soliciting material.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 10-KSB</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company will furnish without charge to each person whose proxy is being
solicited, upon written request of any such person, a copy of the Company&#146;s
annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the financial statements
and a list of exhibits to such form 10-KSB. The Company will furnish to any
such person any exhibit described in the list accompanying the Form 10-KSB upon
the advance payment of reasonable fees. Requests for a copy of the Form 10-KSB
and/or any exhibit(s) should be directed to the Chief Financial Officer of NVE
Corporation, 11409 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344. Your
request must contain a representation that, as of June 18, 2004, you were a
beneficial owner of shares entitled to vote at the 2004 annual meeting of
shareholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By Order of the Board of Directors<br>
July 9, 2004</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='9',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT A<br>
NVE CORPORATION<br>
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER</font></b><br>Amended and Restated on April 19, 2004</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Organization and Composition</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This charter governs the operations of the NVE Corporation Audit
Committee. The Committee shall review and reassess the charter at least
annually and obtain the approval of the board of directors. The Committee and
it chairman shall be appointed by the board of directors and shall comprise at
least three directors. All members of the Committee shall be independent as
defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Stock Market.
All members of the Committee shall have a basic understanding of finance and
accounting and be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements,
and at least one member of the Committee shall be and Audit Committee Financial
Expert as defined by the SEC.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Statement of Policy</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee shall provide oversight of Company&#146;s financial
statements and the financial reporting process, the systems of internal
accounting and financial controls, and the annual independent audit of the
Company&#146;s financial statements. In so doing, the Committee will encourage free
and open communication between the Committee, the independent auditors and management
of the Company. In discharging its oversight role, the Committee is empowered
to investigate any matter brought to its attention with full access to all
books, records, facilities, and personnel of the Company. The Committee shall
have the authority to retain, at the expense of the Company, such special
legal, accounting, or other consultants or experts it deems necessary in the
performance of its duties.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Responsibilities and Processes</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The primary responsibility of the Committee is to oversee the Company&#146;s
financial reporting process on behalf of the board and the Company&#146;s
shareholders. Management is responsible for preparing the Company&#146;s financial
statements, and the independent auditors are responsible for auditing those
financial statements. The Committee will endeavor to set the overall corporate
tone for quality financial reporting, sound business risk practices, and
ethical behavior.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following shall be the principal recurring processes of the
Committee in carrying out its oversight responsibilities. The processes are set
forth as a guide with the understanding that the Committee may supplement them
as appropriate.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">1. Independent Auditors and Audit
Function</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a. Provide oversight of the independent auditors and have sole
authority and responsibility for their appointment, compensation, retention,
and termination.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b. Approve the engagement of the independent auditors. Approve all
auditing services and authorized non-audit services, except <i><font style="font-style:italic;">de minimus </font></i>services, provided by the
independent auditors, and the fees and other significant compensation to be
paid to the independent auditors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c. The Audit Committee shall receive on an annual basis a written
statement from the independent auditor detailing all relationships between the
independent auditor and the Company, consistent with requirements of the
Independence Standards Board. The Committee shall review services performed by
the independent auditor, including the type and extent of non-audit services
performed and the impact that these services may have on the independent
auditors independence.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d. Review with the independent auditor (i) the proposed scope of their
examination with emphasis on accounting and financial areas where the
Committee, the accountants or management believe special attention should be
directed; (ii) results of their audit, including their opinion on the financial
statements and the independent auditors judgment on the quality, not just the
acceptability, of the Company&#146;s accounting principles as applied in the financial
statements; (ii) their evaluation of the adequacy of the system of internal
controls; (iv) significant disputes, if any, with management; and (v)
cooperation received from management in the conduct of the audit.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e. Discuss with the auditors the results of the audit, any significant
changes to the Company&#146;s accounting principles and items required to be
communicated by the independent auditors in accordance with AICPA SAS 61.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">f. Review with management and the independent auditors, based on
reports required from the independent auditors, all critical accounting
policies and practices to be used; all alternative treatments of financial
information within generally accepted accounting principles that have been
discussed with management, ramifications of the use of such alternative
disclosures and treatments; and other material written communications between
the independent auditor and management.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">g. Provide sufficient opportunity for the independent auditors to meet
with the members of the Audit Committee without members of management present.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='10',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">2. Financial Results and Financial Statements</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a. Review with management and the independent
auditors the Company&#146;s annual financial results prior to the release of
earnings. Review the Company&#146;s audited financial statements prior to filing or
distribution. Review of the annual audited financial statements should include
discussion with management and independent auditors of significant issues
regarding accounting principles, practices, and judgments. Review and comment
upon the Company&#146;s annual reports. Recommend to the Company&#146;s Board of
Directors the inclusion of the audited financial statements in the Company&#146;s
annual report.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b. Review with management and the independent auditors the Company&#146;s
quarterly financial results prior to the release of earnings. Review the
Company&#146;s quarterly financial statements prior to filing or distribution.
Review and comment upon the Company&#146;s quarterly reports. Discuss with the independent
auditors the results of their review and any other matter required to be
communicated to the Committee by the independent auditors under generally
accepted accounting principles.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">3. Financial Controls and Procedures</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a. Ensure that management has the proper review system in place to
assure that the Company&#146;s financial statements, reports and other financial
information disseminated to governmental organizations and the public satisfy
legal requirements.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b. In consultation with the management and the independent auditors,
consider the integrity of the Company&#146;s financial reporting processes and
controls. Discuss significant financial risk exposures and the steps management
has taken to monitor, control and report such exposures. Review significant findings
prepared by the independent auditors together with managements responses. Meet
with management at least quarterly to review management&#146;s disclosure of fraud
and/or deficiencies, if any, in the design or operations of the Company&#146;s
internal controls. Receive reports from management regarding the Company&#146;s
system of internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c. Resolve any disagreements between management and the independent
auditors regarding financial reporting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">4. Other Areas of Responsibility</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a. Establish and administer a code of ethics for senior officers to
ensure that the Company&#146;s financial statements, reports and other financial
information disseminated to governmental organizations and the public satisfy
legal requirements. Grant waivers to senior officers from such code of ethics
when appropriate and in the best interest of the Company. Establish and
administer any other code of corporate conduct required by the Market or the
Commission.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b. Review with the Company&#146;s counsel any legal matters that could have
a significant impact on the Company&#146;s financial statements, the Company&#146;s
compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and inquiries received from
regulators or governmental agencies. Receive reports from the Company&#146;s legal
counsel regarding any material violation of securities laws or breach of
fiduciary duty or similar violation by the Company or any agent of the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c. Approve any Company transactions in which a Company officer,
director or 5% or greater shareholder or any affiliate of these persons has a
direct or indirect material interest, not including employment of the Company&#146;s
officers or the compensation of the Company&#146;s officers or directors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d. Establish procedures for (i) the receipt, retention and treatment of
complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal controls or
auditing matters; and (ii) the submission by employees of concerns on a
confidential and anonymous basis regarding accounting and auditing matters.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e. Periodically review with management programs established to monitor
compliance with the Company&#146;s codes of conduct or other business ethics
policies now or hereafter established.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">f. Keep and submit the minutes of all meetings of the Audit Committee
to, or discuss the matters discussed at each committee meeting with, the Board
of Directors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">g. Review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter at least annually.
Prepare reports to shareholders and publish this Charter, as required by the
SEC or the Nasdaq Stock Market.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Indemnification</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee members will be indemnified by the Company to the maximum
extent provided under Minnesota law or in accordance with any indemnification
agreements between the Company and such Committee members.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='11',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT B</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">AUDIT COMMITTEE
REPORT<br>
May 24, 2004</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We oversee NVE&#146;s financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of
Directors. We act under a written charter, which has been amended to be
consistent with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as well as
related rules issued by The NASDAQ Stock Market. We are planning to change our
membership in order to meet the new requirements. A copy of our charter is
included in this proxy statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements
and the reporting process, including maintaining a system of internal controls
disclosures and procedures. We are directly responsible for the appointment,
compensation, retention, oversight, and termination of the Company&#146;s
independent auditors. The independent auditors are responsible for expressing
an opinion on the conformity of our audited financial statements to generally
accepted accounting principles. The committee does not prepare financial
statements or conduct audits.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the March 31, 2004 audited consolidated financial
statements, we have reviewed and discussed with management and the independent
auditors the Company&#146;s audited consolidated financial statements, including
discussions about critical accounting policies, other financial accounting and
reporting principles and practices appropriate for the Company, and the
reasonableness of significant judgments. We have discussed with the independent
auditors the items that are required to be discussed under applicable
professional auditing standards and regulations, including items required to be
communicated by the independent auditors in accordance with AICPA SAS 61 and
discussions about the quality of the financial statements and clarity of the
related disclosures. We have also reviewed and considered the written
disclosures in the letter received from Ernst &amp; Young LLP, as required by
Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, including a discussion about their
independence from the company and management.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on the reviews and discussions above, we recommended to the Board
of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements for the year
ended March 31, 2004 be included in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board approved
our recommendation.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We approve all auditing services and authorized non-audit services,
except <i><font style="font-style:italic;">de minimus </font></i>services,
provided by the independent auditors, and the fees and other significant
compensation to be paid to the independent auditors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FEES BILLED TO COMPANY BY ERNST &amp; YOUNG, LLP DURING
FISCAL 2004 and 2003:</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Audit Fees</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company incurred total fees of $36,750 and $27,000 relating to the
audits of the March 31, 2004 and 2003 financial statements, review of the
financial statements included in fiscal 2004 and 2003 quarterly reports on Form
10-QSB and other matters directly relating to the fiscal 2004 and 2003 audits
and the filing of our reports on Form 10-KSB for the years ended March 31, 2004
and 2003.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tax Fees</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fees billed to the Company by Ernst &amp; Young LLP during fiscal 2004
and 2003 for tax compliance totaled $6,688 and $5,650 respectively.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">All Other Fees</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fees billed to the company by Ernst &amp; Young LLP during fiscal 2004 and
2003 for all other services totaled $6,500 and $5,500 respectively.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Terrence W. Glarner<br>
Robert H. Irish<br>
Jeffrey K. Kaszubinski</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='12',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><img width="118" height="47" src="g73111baimage003.jpg"></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</font></b><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">THIS PROXY IS
  SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">P<br>
  R<br>
  O<br>
  X<br>
  Y</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned, a holder
  of common stock of NVE Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby appoints Richard
  L. George and Daniel A. Baker, and each of them, the proxy of the undersigned,
  with full power of substitution, to attend, represent and vote for the
  undersigned, all of the shares of the Company which the undersigned would be
  entitled to vote, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be
  held on August 17, 2004 and any adjournments thereof.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS
  PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED HEREIN
  BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER.&#160; IF NO
  SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSAL 1.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE
  AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SEE
  REVERSE FOR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE
  BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ITEM 1.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

<font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">
<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='13',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
</font>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:45.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To elect six directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of
  Shareholders.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;01 Terrence W. Glarner</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:25.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">04 Robert H. Irish</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;02 Daniel A. Baker</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:25.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">05 Jeffrey K. Kaszubinski</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;03 James M. Daughton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:25.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">06 Patricia M. Hollister</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;Vote FOR all nominees</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10.0pt;">o</font>  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vote WITHHELD</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.62%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(except as marked)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:21.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">from all nominees</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Instructions: To withhold authority to vote for any nominee, strike a
  line through the name(s).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2. In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such
  other business as may properly come before the meeting.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Notice of
  Annual Meeting, dated July 9, 2004, relating to the Annual Meeting.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.88%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" rowspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please sign exactly as name appears on the label. When shares are held
  by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor,
  administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a
  corporation, please sign in full corporate name by President or other
  authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by
  authorized person.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.88%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="4" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature(s) in Box</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan="4" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:22.88%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;border-top:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:48.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="0">
  <td width="357" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="18" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="8" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="135" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="4" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="4" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="25" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="9" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="145" style="border:none;"></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>


<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="2" width="100%" noshade color="gray" align="left">

</font></div>

</div>


<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='14',FILE='C:\jms\mramu\04-7311-1\task142072\7311-1-ba.htm',USER='ymaheshkumar',CD='Jun 26 04:04 2004' -->
</body>

</html>

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>GRAPHIC
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>g73111baimage002.jpg
<DESCRIPTION>GRAPHIC
<TEXT>
begin 644 g73111baimage002.jpg
M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`0$`8`!@``#__@`<4V]F='=A<F4Z($UI8W)O<V]F="!/
M9F9I8V7_VP!#``H'!P@'!@H("`@+"@H+#A@0#@T-#AT5%A$8(Q\E)"(?(B$F
M*S<O)BDT*2$B,$$Q-#D[/CX^)2Y$24,\2#<]/CO_VP!#`0H+"PX-#AP0$!P[
M*"(H.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[
M.SL[.SL[.SO_P``1"``O`'8#`2(``A$!`Q$!_\0`&P```@(#`0``````````
M``````8%!P,$"`+_Q``[$``!`@0#!`8(!00#```````!`@,$!081`!(A!Q,4
M%R(Q,E6DTA4G05%6DZ73%B-28?`F,T*Q-7&A_\0`%`$!````````````````
M`````/_$`!01`0````````````````````#_W0`$`"C_V@`,`P$``A$#$0`_
M`+,J&D)%57#^FX'BN&S;K\U:,N:U^RH7[(Z_=B&Y14)W%XM_SX:9G'M2J51<
MQ?2M34(PM]Q*`"HI2DJ(%[:V&.::;VB3^45%!1T=.)C'0C3OY\.]$N.)6@Z*
MLDJ`*@"2+Z7`P%V\HJ$[B\6_Y\'**A.XO%O^?$1MMG\1)Z<E[,!,HF"C8B+S
M),.XMM2FTH4%=)/LNM&A/^L+\TB*D8V%2R;M3":-QIB]_%Q"XQP.EI2EH0;J
M5?*;M6`T-PJW6<`[\HJ$[B\6_P"?!RBH3N+Q;_GQJ[&YY,)Y1*ES%]<0["Q;
MC`><6I:UILE=U*43<@K(_P"@,).U>N)K$U>U(J<CXQG@_P`E?`O*2I]]9%T]
M!72MT4@6N%9Q@+`Y14)W%XM_SX.45"=Q>+?\^*UVDS>I*5,BI]$^CM[#R_?Q
M$2W%N9WG7%JS`JN,R4E%DW%P#B0@J`VIQD"Q%?BYYC?M)<W3\RBDN-W%\JAE
MT4+V(]^`>N45"=Q>+?\`/@Y14)W%XM_SXA:3HFOI//43"<51Q\.PTX4PACWU
MH?64E*4JS)LE-S?-91%AH?9#<N-J?QK]4BO+@'/E%0G<7BW_`#X.45"=Q>+?
M\^$SEQM3^-?JD5Y<'+C:G\:_5(KRX!SY14)W%XM_SX.45"=Q>+?\^$SEQM3^
M-?JD5Y<'+C:G\:_5(KRX!SY14)W%XM_SX,>]GU-5)3S$<:DGRYH[$*0&D%]Q
MY+24@W(*[:DJU`'^(U/L,`;5IDJ6;.9HMJ(0R[$)3#HS6NX%J`6D`]9*,_5J
M`"?9?'/[=,.NT*Y5+;JUI9F'!N,)9)"$Y`K>%=]!=03:W61KK;%Q[;X::S*1
MRV62R3QD?GB5/N.0S2G-UD3E`(2#VMX=;_XGK]DG2=&6V2(IZ/89AXB/AG%/
M$L7*%N$E"E)(!*T`HZ]04``Z`X"B9_4\5/91(H!]U:TRJ$+%E(2D!6<V((U(
MW:6DZ^U)]Y)OVKZ>W>R"+DG%7X"6H_.W?;W`2KLWTS;NW6;7]ML4S35!5(*S
MEL-'TY&<.U'(XDO0YW)0E8*[J/04FP/M(5[+W&.DHV#8F$#$044WO(>):4TZ
MBY&9*A8BXU&A]F`H#9I6[%'TS4;L1$YGE;K@(11*@MXAP$Y;CHZ(S'30`7OE
M!D]BM+^FYQ%U5-4\4(9W*RIXYRN(-E*<)O?,D$'4&Y7<&Z<(L%0E51D<Q"^@
M)BQOW4M[U^#=2VW<VS*.71(O<GW8Z9E$I@*5IUF702'N$@FE$"RG7%=:E&P%
MU*))-@.LV`ZA@.=MH+BJBVJ3)F7LK4Z]%H@VVUD)*G$A+77>P!4G0D]1%[8=
M_7M_."PF2F'KN456*F13,QB(_>N.J+TN=R+4X%!1(2!^HG2V'/F/M3^"OI<5
MYL`V,-;0F]FT2IZ)WM4..A3*,D.G<IWB1EN/RU=`*5<_JMUC"GZ]OYP6)F9U
MM7T-3$CCH2E]]'QG$<;#\`^K<9%@-]$*NFZ;G7K]F(;F/M3^"OI<5YL`>O;^
M<%@]>W\X+!S'VI_!7TN*\V#F/M3^"OI<5YL`>O;^<%@]>W\X+!S'VI_!7TN*
M\V#F/M3^"OI<5YL!9E(>G?PQ"?B;_ENGQ'8_6K+V.CV<O5_O!B:P8!"VBUA-
M*3G=.K@@MV#>4^N.AT,AQ3C2`@J(]H*4E:KW`TUT&(RIJRJ"04I3\_$2MQB9
M2LM1)W31W<6M@+9<2+`W*LUQJG*.S>UVFLJ]E5$<'Z3AXQ[C,^[X9"56R9;W
MS*'ZA_[A9Y]4KW?-_DM?<P&M55551(:CETI7,4*5Z&:=BLD5"0B5Q&=25K#C
M[9!!MV0![["QP_U!,E,4=,YK+HA!4W+W8B'?19:20V5)4.L$=1]QPD\^J5[O
MF_R6ON8.?5*]WS?Y+7W,!AD=9S.)E,X<;J%Z:/0]/B.4OT>T&X*(W6;)O4V"
ME9LQRE!T3:]TJ!P2BMITMN9-BH&9G_2QFB5AIK/!Q*4V4V<@`-E&]E"XZ(]Y
M5GAMMM%P>]X633%C?NEYW=0K*=XL]:E6<U4;:DZX\0&V>AI4PIB72&.@FE*S
MEN'A&&TE5@+V2L:V`U_;`1].UK6CSTY3-8IYL-4VY,H0.LLZJR(*74E*`"DD
MJL#>W9-R#B0@:BV@0VS^=U!'H6M1A(5Z6K6AEPY5?W7+-@6`!"P%CH@"][&^
MSSZI7N^;_):^Y@Y]4KW?-_DM?<P&&`K&;+>J!N`J/T[!P=/F-1'\$AOAXG)<
M)T2$F^JLJ@2+9>M*K^*1KJH&(2=1U3Q2"W"2MF.A(:)W3:X@*22%(6@)&52K
M)ME405I3>X.8@-L]#2IA3$ND,=!-*5G+</",-I*K`7LE8UL!K^V-GGU2O=\W
M^2U]S`;6S>?5!4DJF\KG\7'0<X@GVU*=,*TTMMM:04@)4BU^@J^9/4H6/N]O
MSR=0-*T=&^EGGXB<S*!3%+=::_MNHNMM(2@`)N-#VOWQI<^J5[OF_P`EK[F#
MGU2O=\W^2U]S`1DZKJH82.G>[GNXF<%-T0T!(?1X5Q3)-DF]LYSC6X.EM.VB
MTA,Z[G<OVG1L@S+5+W(N`AV%I820PMQ32E)*O<M&^Z[FX%K6.,+FV>AG9BW,
M7)#'+C64Y&XE4(P74)UT"L]P.D=/W/OQL\^J5[OF_P`EK[F`LW!BLN?5*]WS
(?Y+7W,&`_]D_
`
end

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>GRAPHIC
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>g73111baimage003.jpg
<DESCRIPTION>GRAPHIC
<TEXT>
begin 644 g73111baimage003.jpg
M_]C_X``02D9)1@`!`0$`8`!@``#__@`<4V]F='=A<F4Z($UI8W)O<V]F="!/
M9F9I8V7_VP!#``H'!P@'!@H("`@+"@H+#A@0#@T-#AT5%A$8(Q\E)"(?(B$F
M*S<O)BDT*2$B,$$Q-#D[/CX^)2Y$24,\2#<]/CO_VP!#`0H+"PX-#AP0$!P[
M*"(H.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[.SL[
M.SL[.SL[.SO_P``1"``O`'8#`2(``A$!`Q$!_\0`&P```@(#`0``````````
M``````8%!P,$"`+_Q``[$``!`@0#!`8(!00#```````!`@,$!081`!(A!Q,4
M%R(Q,E6DTA4G05%6DZ73%B-28?`F,T*Q-7&A_\0`%`$!````````````````
M`````/_$`!01`0````````````````````#_W0`$`"C_V@`,`P$``A$#$0`_
M`+,J&D)%57#^FX'BN&S;K\U:,N:U^RH7[(Z_=B&Y14)W%XM_SX:9G'M2J51<
MQ?2M34(PM]Q*`"HI2DJ(%[:V&.::;VB3^45%!1T=.)C'0C3OY\.]$N.)6@Z*
MLDJ`*@"2+Z7`P%V\HJ$[B\6_Y\'**A.XO%O^?$1MMG\1)Z<E[,!,HF"C8B+S
M),.XMM2FTH4%=)/LNM&A/^L+\TB*D8V%2R;M3":-QIB]_%Q"XQP.EI2EH0;J
M5?*;M6`T-PJW6<`[\HJ$[B\6_P"?!RBH3N+Q;_GQJ[&YY,)Y1*ES%]<0["Q;
MC`><6I:UILE=U*43<@K(_P"@,).U>N)K$U>U(J<CXQG@_P`E?`O*2I]]9%T]
M!72MT4@6N%9Q@+`Y14)W%XM_SX.45"=Q>+?\^*UVDS>I*5,BI]$^CM[#R_?Q
M$2W%N9WG7%JS`JN,R4E%DW%P#B0@J`VIQD"Q%?BYYC?M)<W3\RBDN-W%\JAE
MT4+V(]^`>N45"=Q>+?\`/@Y14)W%XM_SXA:3HFOI//43"<51Q\.PTX4PACWU
MH?64E*4JS)LE-S?-91%AH?9#<N-J?QK]4BO+@'/E%0G<7BW_`#X.45"=Q>+?
M\^$SEQM3^-?JD5Y<'+C:G\:_5(KRX!SY14)W%XM_SX.45"=Q>+?\^$SEQM3^
M-?JD5Y<'+C:G\:_5(KRX!SY14)W%XM_SX,>]GU-5)3S$<:DGRYH[$*0&D%]Q
MY+24@W(*[:DJU`'^(U/L,`;5IDJ6;.9HMJ(0R[$)3#HS6NX%J`6D`]9*,_5J
M`"?9?'/[=,.NT*Y5+;JUI9F'!N,)9)"$Y`K>%=]!=03:W61KK;%Q[;X::S*1
MRV62R3QD?GB5/N.0S2G-UD3E`(2#VMX=;_XGK]DG2=&6V2(IZ/89AXB/AG%/
M$L7*%N$E"E)(!*T`HZ]04``Z`X"B9_4\5/91(H!]U:TRJ$+%E(2D!6<V((U(
MW:6DZ^U)]Y)OVKZ>W>R"+DG%7X"6H_.W?;W`2KLWTS;NW6;7]ML4S35!5(*S
MEL-'TY&<.U'(XDO0YW)0E8*[J/04FP/M(5[+W&.DHV#8F$#$044WO(>):4TZ
MBY&9*A8BXU&A]F`H#9I6[%'TS4;L1$YGE;K@(11*@MXAP$Y;CHZ(S'30`7OE
M!D]BM+^FYQ%U5-4\4(9W*RIXYRN(-E*<)O?,D$'4&Y7<&Z<(L%0E51D<Q"^@
M)BQOW4M[U^#=2VW<VS*.71(O<GW8Z9E$I@*5IUF702'N$@FE$"RG7%=:E&P%
MU*))-@.LV`ZA@.=MH+BJBVJ3)F7LK4Z]%H@VVUD)*G$A+77>P!4G0D]1%[8=
M_7M_."PF2F'KN456*F13,QB(_>N.J+TN=R+4X%!1(2!^HG2V'/F/M3^"OI<5
MYL`V,-;0F]FT2IZ)WM4..A3*,D.G<IWB1EN/RU=`*5<_JMUC"GZ]OYP6)F9U
MM7T-3$CCH2E]]'QG$<;#\`^K<9%@-]$*NFZ;G7K]F(;F/M3^"OI<5YL`>O;^
M<%@]>W\X+!S'VI_!7TN*\V#F/M3^"OI<5YL`>O;^<%@]>W\X+!S'VI_!7TN*
M\V#F/M3^"OI<5YL!9E(>G?PQ"?B;_ENGQ'8_6K+V.CV<O5_O!B:P8!"VBUA-
M*3G=.K@@MV#>4^N.AT,AQ3C2`@J(]H*4E:KW`TUT&(RIJRJ"04I3\_$2MQB9
M2LM1)W31W<6M@+9<2+`W*LUQJG*.S>UVFLJ]E5$<'Z3AXQ[C,^[X9"56R9;W
MS*'ZA_[A9Y]4KW?-_DM?<P&M55551(:CETI7,4*5Z&:=BLD5"0B5Q&=25K#C
M[9!!MV0![["QP_U!,E,4=,YK+HA!4W+W8B'?19:20V5)4.L$=1]QPD\^J5[O
MF_R6ON8.?5*]WS?Y+7W,!AD=9S.)E,X<;J%Z:/0]/B.4OT>T&X*(W6;)O4V"
ME9LQRE!T3:]TJ!P2BMITMN9-BH&9G_2QFB5AIK/!Q*4V4V<@`-E&]E"XZ(]Y
M5GAMMM%P>]X633%C?NEYW=0K*=XL]:E6<U4;:DZX\0&V>AI4PIB72&.@FE*S
MEN'A&&TE5@+V2L:V`U_;`1].UK6CSTY3-8IYL-4VY,H0.LLZJR(*74E*`"DD
MJL#>W9-R#B0@:BV@0VS^=U!'H6M1A(5Z6K6AEPY5?W7+-@6`!"P%CH@"][&^
MSSZI7N^;_):^Y@Y]4KW?-_DM?<P&&`K&;+>J!N`J/T[!P=/F-1'\$AOAXG)<
M)T2$F^JLJ@2+9>M*K^*1KJH&(2=1U3Q2"W"2MF.A(:)W3:X@*22%(6@)&52K
M)ME405I3>X.8@-L]#2IA3$ND,=!-*5G+</",-I*K`7LE8UL!K^V-GGU2O=\W
M^2U]S`;6S>?5!4DJF\KG\7'0<X@GVU*=,*TTMMM:04@)4BU^@J^9/4H6/N]O
MSR=0-*T=&^EGGXB<S*!3%+=::_MNHNMM(2@`)N-#VOWQI<^J5[OF_P`EK[F#
MGU2O=\W^2U]S`1DZKJH82.G>[GNXF<%-T0T!(?1X5Q3)-DF]LYSC6X.EM.VB
MTA,Z[G<OVG1L@S+5+W(N`AV%I820PMQ32E)*O<M&^Z[FX%K6.,+FV>AG9BW,
M7)#'+C64Y&XE4(P74)UT"L]P.D=/W/OQL\^J5[OF_P`EK[F`LW!BLN?5*]WS
(?Y+7W,&`_]D_
`
end

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----
