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Maxtor appoints Max Australia as its Australian Public Relations Consultancy

Announcement posted by Maxtor 09 Oct 2002

Leading supplier of hard disk drives and data storage solutions, Maxtor Australia announced today the appointment of Max Australia, a sister company of Spectrum Communications, as its Australian public relations consultancy.

The appointment follows the review of the local PR market by Maxtor, with Max Australia chosen to represent the company in all its consumer and enterprise public relations activities in Australia.

We selected Max Australia to increase the awareness and understanding of Maxtor's storage offerings in the Australian market," said Alvin Ong, Regional Sales Director, Maxtor International. "We believe the experience and enthusiasm the Max team has for the IT industry is in line with our vision and we look forward to further developing a relationship with them and with the local media."

As of today, all media enquiry's relating to Maxtor will be handled directly by Max Australia on 02 9954 3492.

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About Maxtor Corporation

Maxtor Corporation (www.maxtor.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of information storage solutions. The company has an expansive line of storage products for desktop computers, storage systems, high-performance servers and consumer electronics. Maxtor has a reputation as a proven market leader built by consistently providing high-quality products and service and support for its customers. Maxtor and its products can be found at www.maxtor.com or by calling 02 9369 3662. Maxtor is traded on the NYSE under the MXO symbol.

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This announcement relating to Maxtor may contain forward-looking statements concerning future technology, products incorporating that technology, and Maxtor's execution. These statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties which could materially affect the company's results, including, but not limited to, market demand for hard disk drives, the company's ability to execute future production ramps and utilise manufacturing assets efficiently, pricing, competition, and the significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products. These and other risk factors are contained in documents that the company files with the SEC, including the Form 10-K for fiscal 2001 and its recent 10-Qs.

About Max Australia
Max Australia is a full service communications consultancy established in 2002 to meet the communications challenges of a broad range of local and international companies. As the sister company of specialist IT&T consultancy Spectrum Communications, Max is owned and managed by principals Naomi Beames and Wendy Docherty. With over twenty years of leading the communications activities for high-profile IT&T clients, Max offers this communications expertise to a broad range of consumer, corporate and technology industry leaders.