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January 14 2010 Seagate shares business outlook as it celebrates 30 successful years Events Photographs :

BS Teh, Seagate’s Vice President and Managing Director for Asia-Pacific & Japan, and Rajesh Khurana, Country Manager, popped a bottle of champagne to celebrate Seagate’s 30 years of storage innovation marked by consistent market and technology leadership. Seagate is the only hard disk manufacturer to have achieved shipment volume of 1-billion drives in 2008 and is still the only HDD company to have crossed this landmark. Seagate expects to reach its second billion (in volume) within 5 years, riding on the back of explosive requirement for storage both at enterprise and consumer levels. The Company projects positive outlook for the storage industry in 2010 and expects the growing digital lifestyles and exploding enterprise data to drive growth. Asia-Pacific and Japan contribute almost half of the Company's revenue. Seagate remains strongly committed to the Asia Pacific and Japan region.

BS Teh, Seagate’s Vice President and Managing Director for Asia-Pacific & Japan, and Rajesh Khurana, Country Manager, showcasing the technology innovation of the Company over its 30 years – from the world’s first 5.25-inch hard drive ST506, to the recently announced Momentus Thin, the world’s thinnest notebook drive at just 7 mm. The Company projects positive outlook for the storage industry in 2010 and expects the growing digital lifestyles and exploding enterprise data to drive growth. Asia-Pacific and Japan contribute almost half of the Company's revenue. Seagate remains strongly committed to the Asia Pacific and Japan region.