Key Technology Inc.

Mr. Camp has been a director of the Company since 2006, and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2006. During 2005 and 2006, he served as a consultant with The Thomas Group, a military-oriented consulting firm, on an engagement with the U.S. Navy. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Camp served as President of BOC Edwards Kachina, a worldwide supplier of services for advanced scientific instrumentation and systems for the semiconductor industry. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of International Isotopes, a contract manufacturing services company for the nuclear medicine industry, from 1999 to 2001, and as Vice President and General Manager of the Microelectronics Gas Process unit of Millipore Corporation, a leader in membrane separation technology, from 1998 to 1999. Between 1996 and 1998, he served as President of General Signal Corporation, Kayex Unit, an international manufacturer and marketer of silicon crystal growers.

Mr. Wagner joined the Company in August 2008 as Senior Vice President of Global Operations. From 2006 to 2008, he served in a full-time consultancy capacity as an operations specialist for Amtech Systems, Inc., a global supplier of production and automation systems for the manufacture of solar cells and semiconductors. Mr. Wagner served as Vice President and General Manager of the Slider Division of Veeco Instruments, a provider of metrology and process equipment for manufacturers of data storage, semiconductor, wireless, lighting and solar industries, from 2004 to 2005. During 2004, he served as Intel World Wide Account Director for MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., a global manufacturer of silicon wafers and related products for the semiconductor and solar industries. Mr. Wagner served during 2003 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Intrabay Automation, a provider of automated material handling systems and software. Between 2001 and 2003, he was employed by Credence Systems, a provider of automated test equipment to manufacturers of semiconductors, serving as Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations in 2002 and Senior Vice President and General Manager of the CMS product line division from 2001 to 2002.

Mr. Hopwood joined the Company in 2007 as Director of Human Resources and, in 2008, was appointed Vice President of Human Resources. From 2003 to 2006, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for Standard Insurance Co., a publicly-traded diversified financial services organization. Mr. Hopwood served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Credence Systems Corporation, a provider of automated test equipment to manufacturers of semiconductors, from 2000 to 2001.

Mr. Ruff was appointed in 2007 as Vice President of Research and Development of the Company. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Managing Director of Key Technology B.V., a subsidiary of the Company located in Beusichem, the Netherlands. Mr. Ruff served the Company as Engineering Manager from 2002 to 2004, and as Project Engineering Manager for Specialized Conveying Systems from 1999 to 2002. Between 1996 and 1999, Mr. Ruff completed a special assignment in the Netherlands as Engineering Manager of Key Technology B.V. From 1993 to 1996, he served as Project Engineering Manager of the Company.

Mr. Miller has been Senior Vice President and General Manager of SYMETIX Business Unit since 2008. He served as Senior Vice President of Aftermarket and SYMETIX of the Company from 2007 to 2008, and as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Aftermarket Business from 2005 to 2007. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Miller served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Solance Technologies, Inc., a software startup company developing control and automation software for electronic instruments. He was employed by Fluke Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic test and measurement instruments, from 1984 to 2000, serving in various positions, including Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Marketing, Marketing Director of the Service Tools Division, Sales and Marketing Manager for European Operations, and General Manager of Intercontinental Operations.

Mr. Locke was appointed to the board of directors in September 2008. He has been a Partner since 2005 with the international law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in their China and government relations practice groups. Mr. Locke served as Governor of the State of Washington from 1997 to 2005. He served as the chief executive of King County in Washington State from 1994 to 1997, and was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1982. Mr. Locke currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Safeco Corporation, a property and casualty insurance company.

Mr. Pelo has served as a director of the Company since 1998. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Swire Coca-Cola USA, a subsidiary of Swire Pacific Ltd., since 1996. Swire Pacific is a diversified holding company with real estate, shipping, airline, trading, and soft drink interests in Asia and North America. Between 1984 and 1996, he served as General Manager of one of Swire's soft drink operations in the United States.

Mr. Shannon has been a director of the Company since 2000. In 2006, he co-founded Concerto Development LLC, a real estate development firm. Mr. Shannon has served as principal of The General Counsel Law Firm since 1994. From 1995 to 2004, he also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Data Access Technologies, Inc., a software company, and was Chief Operating Officer of DNA, a developer and marketer of office furniture, from 2001 to 2003. Between 1985 and 1989, Mr. Shannon served as Associate General Counsel for the Santa Fe International Corporation and, from 1989 to 1993, served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of that corporation.

Mr. Brausen joined the Company as Corporate Controller in 2006. In 2007, he was designated as Principal Accounting Officer of the Company. Before joining the Company, Mr. Brausen was employed by Boise Cascade LLC, where he served as Financial Manager from 2002 to 2006. From 1995 to 2002, he was employed as the Corporate Controller at Fraser Papers Inc., a specialty paper company wholly owned by the publicly-traded Canadian company Nexfor, Inc.

Mr. Stonecipher has served as a director of the Company since 2004 and as the Board s Chairman since 2007. He has served since 2008 as an investment professional with Trilogy International Partners LLC, a private investment firm. Mr. Stonecipher served as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Advanced Digital Information Corporation, a supplier of data storage solutions for client server computing networks, from 2005 to 2006, and as Executive Vice President of Product Development and Strategy from 2004 to 2005. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Digital Information Corporation from 1997 to 2004, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1997. All of the directors continuing in office other than Mr. Camp are independent, as defined under the rules of The Nasdaq Global Market.

Donald A. Washburn has served as a trustee of the Company since 1998. Mr. Washburn is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Washburn is a private investor. Mr. Washburn is a retired Executive Vice President of Northwest Airlines, Inc. (“Northwest”) and Chairman and President-Northwest Cargo, Inc. Mr. Washburn joined Northwest in 1990 and served in a number of capacities, including Executive Vice President-Customer Service and Operations. Prior to joining Northwest, Mr. Washburn was a corporate Senior Vice President of Marriott Corporation, most recently Executive Vice President and general manager of its Courtyard Hotel division. Mr. Washburn is a director of Princess House, Inc., Key Technology, Inc. and Laga, Inc. Mr. Washburn serves as a private equity fund advisory board member of Spell Capital Fund II. Mr. Washburn graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and the Northwestern University School of Law.

Mr. Lawrence has served as a director of the Company since 2007. He is an independent consultant and business advisor specializing in mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. From 1996 to 2006, Mr. Lawrence served as Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Development with PepsiCo, Inc. He served in various other management positions with PepsiCo beginning in 1977 in engineering, and advancing into corporate and franchise development in 1985.