Former Chief Executive Officer of Brooks Automation Charged With Backdating Exercise of Stock Options

U.S. Newswire, July, 2007

To: BUSINESS EDITORS

Contact: Christina DiIorio-Sterling of the Office of U.S. Attorney, 1-617-748-3356, usama.media@usdoj.gov

BOSTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The former Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brooks Automation, Inc., headquartered in Chelmsford, was charged yesterday in federal court with tax evasion in connection with his claim that he timely exercised millions of dollars in incentive stock options (ISOs) and thus qualified for favorable tax treatment.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Douglas A. Bricker, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation -- Boston Field Office, Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of...

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