Sold a developer and manufacturer of IC touch screen controllers to a strategic buyer.

Cleary Gull Inc. advises The Hampshire Company, Inc. in its sale to Microchip Technology Inc.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 8, 2008 – Cleary Gull Inc. (“Cleary Gull”) is pleased to announce the sale of The Hampshire Company, Inc. to Microchip Technology Inc. Based in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, Hampshire Company is a leader in the large format, touch screen controller market. Microchip is based in Chandler, Arizona and is a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors. Cleary Gull acted as exclusive financial advisor to The Hampshire Company.

Hampshire is a leader in high-quality universal touch screen controller electronics along
with best-of-class application support and driver-interface software technology.
Hampshire solutions supply high performance decoding for all analog resistive and
surface capacitive touch screens, regardless of manufacturer, technology or construction.

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