HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL United States District Court Northern District of San da re DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CASE No. (DRAM) ANTITRUST LITIGATION No. M-02. MDL No, 1486 Fails Document Relates tor ALL ACTIONS 8 Y CONFIDENTIAL VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF STEVEN APPLETON TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2606 . TERRY Idaho CSR No. 653 Caligornia CSR No. 9116 Page 1 212-267-6868 VERITEXT NEW YORK REPORTING COMPANY 516-608-2400| HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL | Page 10 | 1 spell your last name, please. 09:33:25 2 A. Steven Robert Appleton, 09:33:27 i 3 A-p-p-l-e-t-o-n. 09:33:31 ‘ Q. Would you provide us with a business 09:33:31 3 address, please. 09:33:34 6 A. 8000 South Federal Way, Boise, Idaho 09:33:35 7 83706. 09:33:42 8 Q. Where are you employed? 09:33:44 3 A. Micron Technology. 09:33:46 10 @. Bnd what is your position at Micron 09:33:47 Technology? 09:33:49 12 A Chairman of the board, chief executive 09:33:50 12 officer, and presiden 09:33:52 ie Q. How long have you held those positions? 09:33:53 is AL I have held those three positions in 09:34:01 16 combination since 1994. 09:34:04 | Q. Micron Technology, are there specific 09:34:06 18 department heads that report directly to you 09:34:25 is during the time period that you served as chairman 09:34:28 | | 20 of the board, CEO, and the president? 09:34:31 2 A. Yes. 09:34:33 ; fe Q. Which departments? 09:34:34 | 23 A. Well, I don't qualify them as 09:34:37 | 24 departments but as executives. 09:34:39 / a Q. What do you call them? -267-6868 VERITEXT NEW YORK REPORTING COMPANY 516-608-2400 ddd Bane 901534865065HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL Page 48 3 reporting to you, up until June of 2002 had 10:32:37 2 in-person contact with YW Lee of Samsung? 10:32:43 3 A. Repeat the date again for me. 10:32:49 ‘ Q. From the point in time Mr. Sadler began 10:32:52 3 reporting to you, sometime in '99 to 2000, through 10:32:54 6 the time when the Justice Department announced 10:32:58 7 their investigation into this industry in June of 10:33:01 ® 2002, you were aware that during thet time period 10:33:04 9 Mr, Sadler had in-person contact with YW Lee of 10:33:09 io Samsung? 10:33:15 a A. Yes. 10:33:16 2 Q. And you were aware that he had 10:33:16 13° in-person contact with YW Lee of Samsung on more 10:33:19 a one occasion? 10:33:22 ab ee Yess 10:33:23 16 Q. You were aware that -- by the way, do 10:33:23 uv you know who YW Lee, what title he held at 1B Samsung? 10:3: ww A. I don't know his specific title because 10:33:34 20 Korean companies call them something different, 10:33:39 a but he essentially ran the semiconductor business 10:33:40 22 for Samsung. 10:33:43 23 Q. So he was, to your way of thinking, the 10:33:44 24 CEO of Samsung's semiconductor business? 10:33:46 ee yes. 10:33:50 212-267-6868 VERITEXT NEW YORK REPORTING COMPANY 516-608-2400 ‘ees8d0da-5178.402e-s00F-353¢0e5085¢1