The companies combined earlier today in a tax free, all-stock merger of equals following the approval of both companies' stockholders yesterday. Beginning Tuesday, September 2, 2008, LTX-Credence, headquartered in Milpitas, California, will trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the new symbol "LTXC." Under the terms of the merger agreement, Credence stockholders received 0.6129 shares of LTX-Credence common stock for each share of Credence common stock they own, causing the former stockholders of Credence to hold 50.02% of the outstanding shares of the combined company and pre-merger LTX stockholders to hold 49.98% of the outstanding shares of the combined company. As of today's market close, shares of Credence common stock will cease trading on the NASDAQ Global Market.