Solectron to Announce Q1 Fiscal 2003 Earnings and Sets Future Earnings Release Dates

		SOLECTRON LOGO Solectron (www.solectron.com), the world's leading supply-chain facilitator, provides a full range of manufacturing and supply-chain management services to the world's premier high-tech electronics companies. Solectron's offerings include new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warrantyand end-of-life support. Solectron, based in Milpitas, Calif., is the first two-time winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for manufacturing. (PRNewsFoto)[AG JL] MILPITAS, CA USA

MILPITAS, Calif., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solectron Corporation (NYSE: SLR), a leading provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services, will announce its first quarter fiscal 2003 earnings at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 19. You are invited to listen to the company's regularly scheduled conference call live on the Internet. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/SLRLOGO ) The news release and market-specific information about the company's earnings will be posted by 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET on the company's Web site at http://www.solectron.com/investor. What: Solectron Corporation Q1 Fiscal 2003 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast When: Thursday, Dec. 19 - 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET Web Address: http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz370607993gf12.html How: If you choose to listen live over the Internet, log on to the Web at the address above. You may register for the call on this Web site anytime prior to Thursday, Dec. 19 - 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET. Playback: If you are unable to participate during the live Webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.solectron.com/investor. A taped replay will also be available Dec. 19, one hour after the conclusion of the call, through Jan. 2, 2003. To access the replay, call 800-642-1687 from within the United States, or 706-645-9291 from outside the United States, and specify password "6760528." Earnings Release Dates Solectron plans to announce second-quarter results Thursday, March 20; third-quarter results Thursday, June 19; and fourth-quarter and fiscal year-end results Thursday, Sept. 25. About Solectron Solectron (http://www.solectron.com) provides a full range of global manufacturing and supply-chain management services to the world's premier high-tech electronics companies. Solectron's offerings include new product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product repair and end-of-life support services. Solectron, the first two-time winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, has a full range of industry-leading supply-chain services on five continents. Its headquarters are in Milpitas, Calif. Solectron Corporation Analyst Contact: Tonya Chin, Investor Relations, 408-956-6537 (U.S.), tonyachin@ca.slr.com Solectron Corporation Media Contact: Birgit Johnston, Corporate Communications, 408-956-6995 (U.S.), birgitjohnston@ca.slr.com