Nova Ltd. — Regulatory Filings 2007

Jun 5, 2007

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Company Press Release

NOVA RECEIVES THE ISRAEL-AMERICA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRADE AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF EXTENSIVE U.S BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

Rehovot, Israel, - June 5, 2007 - Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nasdaq: NVMI ), provider of leading edge stand alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology solutions to the semiconductor process control market, yesterday received the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce Presidents' Trade Award, in honor of the Company's consistantly growing sales activities to the semiconductor industry, with exports of $48 million in 2006, a significant portion of which was to the US market.

"We are proud of the recognition Nova received for its longtime operations in the US," said Gabi Seligsohn, President and CEO. "Nova has been actively and extensively present in the US Semiconductor industry from day one, drawing much of its revenues from the US market. As part of our strategy to expand our available markets, Nova acquired HyperNex, a US corporation, last August. Our activities encompass strong cooperation with leading players in the Semiconductor industry, both in the manufacturing and development areas, and we plan to continue strengthening and expanding our US operations in the future."

The Award was presented at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Richard H. Jones, in the presence of Mr. Zalman Shuval, Chairman of the Israel-America Chamber, and Mr. Eli Yishai, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor.

About Nova

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. develops, produces and markets advanced integrated and stand alone metrology solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Nova is traded on the NASDAQ & TASE under the symbol NVMI. The Company's website is www.nova.co.il.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our future performance, such as statements regarding trends, demand for our products, expected deliveries, transaction, expected revenues, operating results, earnings and profitability. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. These risks and other factors include but are not limited to: our dependency on a single integrated process control product line; the highly cyclical nature of the markets we target; our inability to reduce spending during a slowdown in the semiconductor industry; our ability to respond effectively on a timely basis to rapid technological changes; risks associated with our dependence on a single manufacturing facility; our ability to expand our manufacturing capacity or marketing efforts to support our future growth; our dependency on a small number of large customers and

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small number of suppliers; risks related to our intellectual property; changes in customer demands for our products; new product offerings from our competitors; changes in or an inability to execute our business strategy; unanticipated manufacturing or supply problems; changes in tax requirements; changes in customer demand for our products and risks related to our operations in Israel. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading ``Risk Factors’’ in Nova’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2007. These factors are updated from time to time through the filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.