Exar Delivers

Delivering highly differentiated silicon, software and subsystem solutions for industrial, datacom and storage applications.

Corporate Governance

The Board of Directors

A short biography of each Board member is available by clicking on the Board member's name.

 Izak BencuyaDirector
 Pierre G. GuilbaultDirector
 Brian HiltonDirector
 Richard L. LezaChairman
 Gary MeyersDirector
 J. Oscar RodriguezDirector
 Pete RodriguezDirector

The Company currently has three standing committees which are listed below. Each committee charter is available as a pdf file by clicking on the committee name.

 Audit CommitteeChairperson: Brian Hilton
  Member(s): Izak Bencuya, Gary Meyers, J. Oscar Rodriguez
 Compensation CommitteeChairperson: Izak Bencuya
  Member(s): Richard L. Leza, J. Oscar Rodriguez
 Corporate Governance and Nominating CommitteeChairperson: Richard L. Leza
  Member(s): Brian Hilton, J. Oscar Rodriguez

The Company's Corporate Governance Principles are available as pdf files by clicking the link below.

 Corporate Governance Principles 

The Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available as a pdf file by clicking the link below.

 Code of Business Conduct and Ethics 


Executive Officers

A short biography of each Executive Officer is available by clicking on the officer's name.

 Pete RodriguezChief Executive Officer and President
 George ApostolExecutive Vice President, Engineering and Operations and Chief Technology Officer
 Kevin S. BauerVice President and Chief Financial Officer
 Diane HillVice President, Human Resources
 Bentley LongVice President, Worldwide Sales
 Frank MarazitaSenior Vice President of Worldwide Operations/Reliability & Quality Assurance
 Thomas R. MelendrezGeneral Counsel, Secretary and Executive Vice President,
Business Development
 Paul PickeringExecutive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
 Trong VuChief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology
 Jiebing WangVice President of Acceleration Technology; General Manager of China Development Center


The Company has adopted a Policy Code of Ethics for Principle Executives, Executive Management and Senior Financial Officers which is available as a pdf file by clicking the link below.

 Executive Ethics Policy 

The Company has adopted a Financial Integrity Compliance Policy which is available as a pdf file by clicking the link below.

 Financial Integrity Compliance Policy 


Annual Meeting

The 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Exar Corporation will be held on September 15, 2010. The meeting will take place at the Company's Corporate Headquarters, 48720 Kato Road, Fremont, CA 94538.


Independent Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Ten Almaden Boulevard, Ste. 1600
San Jose, CA 95113


Outside Counsel

O'Melveny & Myers LLP
2765 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-7019


Registrar and Transfer Agent

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
250 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021