Nova Ltd. — Board/Management Information 2014

Jul 16, 2014

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Company Contact: Investor Relations Contacts: Dror Dav i d, Chief Fi n ancial Offi c er Hay d en/ MS-IR LLC Nova Me a suring Ins t ruments L t d. Miri S egal Tel: +97 2 -73-229-5 8 33 Tel: +917-607- 8 654 E-mail: i n fo@novameasuring.c o m E-m a il: msegal @ ms-ir.com www.no v ameasurin g .com Or Davi d Fore Tel: +206-395- 2 711 E-m a il: dave@haydenir.co m

Zehava Simon Elected to Nova’s Board of Directors

REHOVOT, Israel, July 16, 2014 - Nova Measuring Instruments (Nasdaq: NVMI) , a leading i n novator and a key provider of o ptical metrology sol u tions for a d vanced p r ocess control used in se m iconducto r manufac t uring, ann o unced to d ay that Z e hava Sim o n was elected a s the Co m pany’s external Di r ector at t h e recent annual ge n eral mee t ing of shareholders.

Ms. Sim o n served as a Vice President o f BMC S o ftware Inc. from 200 0 until 2013, and most re c ently ther e , she was Vice Pre s ident of Corporate D evelopme n t. From 2 0 02 to 2011, M s . Simon s erved as V ice Presi d ent and G eneral M a nager of B MC Soft w are in Israel. P r ior to that , Ms. Sim o n held var i ous positi o ns at Inte l Israel, w h ich she joined in 1982, in c luding leading of Fi n ance & O p erations a nd Business Develo p ment for I ntel in Israel.

Ms. Sim o n is curr e ntly a board member of Audio C odes Ltd . , a publicl y -listed co m pany traded o n NASDA Q and TASE, and o f Amiad F iltration Systems, a public co m pany traded o n the Lon d on Stock E xchange. Ms. Simo n is a for m er memb e r of the b o ard of directors of Insight e c Ltd., M - Systems L td., and T ower Se m iconducto r Ltd. Ms. Simon holds a B.A. in Social Scien c es from t h e Hebre w Universit y , Jerusalem, a law d egree (LL.B.) f rom the I nterdisciplinary Cen t er in He r zlia and a n M.A. in Business and Manage m ent from B oston Un i versity.

“Zehava brings a w ealth of experience to Nova’s Board of D irectors,” stated Dr. Micha Brunstei n , Chairm a n of the Board. “Her broad ex p erience a c ross the t e chnology sector and sub s tantial M & A experie n ce are ke y valuable assets as we look for opportun i ties to accelera t e our gro w th during this subst a ntial exp a nsion pha s e of capit a l investm e nts in the semi c onductor i ndustry.”

“We are looking fo r ward to Z e hava’s ad d ition to th e Board of Directors a nd to lev e raging her broad experie n ce in corporate dev e lopment and M&A activities in multi-disci p linary compani e s,” com m ented Eitan Oppenhaim, P r esident a nd CEO of Nova. “Our continuo u s innovation along w ith our a d vanced product off e ring enable us to le v erage

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our position and se a rch for n e w opportu n ities beyo n d our cur r ent protfol i o. Zehava brings the right experienc e to assist t he compa n y at this p a th.”

About Nova : Nova Measuring Instrument Ltd. deliver s continu o us innov a tion by providin g advance d optical metrology solutions for the s e micondu c tor manufacturing industry. Deploye d with th e world’s largest in t egrated-ci r cuit man u facturers, Nova’s products deliver s tate-of-th e -art, high-performa n ce metro l ogy solutions for e ffective process control t h roughout the semiconductor fabricatio n lifecycle. Nova’s product portfolio, which co m bines hig h -precision hardware a nd cuttin g -edge soft w are, sup p orts the develop m ent and productio n of the most ad v anced d e vices in today’s h igh-end semicon d uctor m a rket. Nova’s techn i cal innov a tion and market leadership enable custome r s to improve proces s performa n ce, enha n ce produc t s’ yields and acceler a te time to mark e t. Nova acts as a pa r tner to se m iconduct o r manufacturers fro m its office s around the worl d . Addition a l informati o n may be found at w ww.nova m easuring. c om. Nova is t raded on t h e NASD A Q & TASE under the symbol N V MI.

This press r e lease contains f orward-looking statements with i n the meaning o f safe harbor p rovisions of the Private Securit i es Litigation Reform Act o f 1995 relating t o future events or our future p e rformance, suc h as statements regarding trends, demand for o ur products, expected de l iveries, transac t ion, expected r evenues, operating results, ea r nings and profitability. Forwar d -looking statem e nts involve known and u nknown risks, uncertainties and other facto r s that may ca u se our actual results, levels of activity, per f ormance or achievement s to be material l y different from any future results, levels of ac t ivity, performan c e or achievem e nts expressed o r implied in those forwar d looking statem e nts. These risk s and other fact o rs include but a re not limited t o : our depende n cy on two prod u ct lines; our dependency o n a small num b er of large cust o mers and smal l number of sup p liers; the highly cyclical nature o f the markets we target; our inability to re d uce spending d uring a slowdo w n in the semic o nductor industr y ; our ability to r e spond effectiv e ly on a timely b a sis to rapid technological changes; our d e pendency on P E M; risks relate d to exclusivity o b ligations and n o n-limited liabilit y that may be in c luded in our commercial a greements and arrangements; o ur ability to retain our competiti v e position desp i te the ongoing c onsolidation in o ur industry; risks related to our depende n ce on a single m anufacturing f a cility; risks related to the extre m ely competitive market we are o peration in; risks related t o changes in o u r order backlog ; risks related to the financial, p o litical and envir o nmental instabilities in Asia; ris k s related to our intellectu a l property; ne w product offeri n gs from our co m petitors; unanticipated manufacturing or supp l y problems; ch a nges in tax requirements; changes in cu s tomer demand for our product s ; risks related t o currency fluctuations and risks related to our o perations in Israel. We c a nnot guarantee future results, l e vels of activity, performance o r achievements. The matters dis c ussed in this p r ess release also involve r isks and uncer t ainties summar i zed under the h eading “Risk F a ctors” in Nova’ s Annual Repor t on Form 20-F for the year ended Dece m ber 31, 2013 fil e d with the Sec u rities and Exchange Commissio n on February 2 8 , 2014. These f a ctors are updat e d from time to time thro u gh the filing of reports and r egistration stat e ments with th e Securities an d Exchange Co m mission. Nov a Measuring Instruments L td. does not as s ume any obligat i on to update th e forward-lookin g information co n tained in this pr e ss release.