DGAP-News: Dialog Semiconductor Plc.

DGAP-News: Dialog Semiconductor Plc Appoints Wissam Jabre as Chief Financial Officer

DGAP-News: Dialog Semiconductor Plc. / Key word(s): Change of Personnel Dialog Semiconductor Plc Appoints Wissam Jabre as Chief Financial Officer

08.03.2016 / 07:30 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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London, United Kingdom - March 8, 2016 - Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB:DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart wireless technology, today announced the appointment of Wissam Jabre as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jabre will report to Dialog's CEO, Jalal Bagherli, and will have responsibility for the company's global finance function. He joins Dialog after serving as Corporate Vice President of Finance at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) since 2014.

Between 2003 and 2014, Mr. Jabre held various executive positions at Freescale Semiconductor, including Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Vice President Global Pricing, Chief Financial Officer of the Networking & Multimedia Solutions Group as well as senior roles within Corporate Treasury. During this period he gained extensive experience in accounting, financial planning, treasury, procurement, and merger and acquisition integration. He began his career at Schlumberger, gaining international experience in the Middle East, Europe and North America, before joining Motorola in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree and received an MBA from Columbia Business School, New York in 1998.

"Wissam Jabre is a seasoned financial executive with a strong sector background in the semiconductor industry and significant international business experience," said Dialog CEO, Jalal Bagherli, "I am very pleased to welcome Wissam to Dialog, his experience and leadership will be extremely valuable as Dialog continues to grow and explore new high growth markets and opportunities within the semiconductor industry. With his expertise in finance, he will be a strong addition to the Dialog executive team and we look forward to having him on board."

"I am excited to be joining Dialog's leadership team. As both a premier mixed signal semiconductor company and an enabler of compelling power saving technologies within portable computing markets, Dialog is a proven high-growth company with a strong track record for innovation and for defining new markets," Wissam Jabre commented, "I believe the potential for future growth and value creation is tremendous, given the depth of technology, and the smart and passionate people that I have already met in the company."

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Dialog and the Dialog logo, are registered trademarks of Dialog Semiconductor plc or its subsidiaries. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (c) Copyright 2016 Dialog Semiconductor All Rights Reserved

Dialog Semiconductor Jose Cano Head of Investor Relations T: +44 (0)1793 756 961 jose.cano@diasemi.com

FTI Consulting London Matt Dixon T: +44 (0)2037 271 137 matt.dixon@fticonsulting.com

FTI Consulting Frankfurt Anja Meusel T: +49 (0) 69 9203 7120 Anja.Meusel@fticonsulting.com

About Dialog Semiconductor Dialog Semiconductor provides highly integrated standard (ASSP) and custom (ASIC) mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), optimized for smartphone, computing, IoT, LED Solid State Lighting (SSL) and smart home applications. Dialog brings decades of experience to the rapid development of ICs while providing flexible and dynamic support, world-class innovation and the assurance of dealing with an established business partner. With world-class manufacturing partners, Dialog operates a fabless business model and is a socially responsible employer pursuing many programs to benefit the employees, community, other stakeholders and the environment we operate in.

Dialog's power saving technologies including DC-DC configurable system power management deliver high efficiency and enhance the consumer's user experience by extending battery lifetime and enabling faster charging of their portable devices. Its technology portfolio also includes audio, Bluetooth(R) Smart, Rapid Charge(TM) AC/DC power conversion and multi-touch.

Dialog Semiconductor plc is headquartered in London with a global sales, R&D and marketing organization. In 2015, it had approximately $1.35 billion in revenue and was one of the fastest growing European public semiconductor companies. It currently has approximately 1,650 employees worldwide. The company is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB: DLG) stock exchange (Regulated Market, Prime Standard, ISIN GB0059822006) and is a member of the German TecDax index.

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Language: English Company: Dialog Semiconductor Plc. Tower Bridge House, St. Katharine's Way E1W 1AA London United Kingdom Phone: +49 7021 805-412 Fax: +49 7021 805-200 E-mail: jose.cano@diasemi.com, lauren.ofstedahl@diasemi.com Internet: www.dialog-semiconductor.com ISIN: GB0059822006, XS0757015606 WKN: 927200 Indices: TecDax Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; Luxemburg End of News DGAP News Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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