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EMULEX COMPLETES TENDER OFFER FOR ACQUISITION OF VIXEL

Emulex Corp announced that it has completed the cash tender offer by Aviary Acquisition Corp, its wholly owned subsidiary, to acquire all outstanding shares of Vixel Corp for $10.00 net per share, without interest. Approximately 23,895,880 shares (including approximately 2,041,716 shares subject to guaranteed delivery) of Vixel's common stock (including the associated preferred stock purchase and other rights), representing approximately 91.6 percent of Vixel's outstanding common stock, and 2,947,650 shares of Vixel's Series B convertible preferred stock, representing all of Vixel's outstanding preferred stock, were tendered in the offer. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Emulex has accepted for payment all validly tendered shares. Payments for accepted shares will be made promptly through Computershare Trust Company of New York, the depositary for the offer.

Emulex intends to complete its acquisition of Vixel through a merger that it expects to effect by early next week, in which all remaining publicly held shares of Vixel common stock that were not validly tendered and purchased in the tender offer, except those shares for which appraisal rights under applicable law have been properly exercised, will be converted into the right to receive $10.00 net per share in cash, without interest, subject to applicable withholding. As a result of this merger, Vixel will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Emulex. Following the merger, Emulex will terminate the listing of Vixel's common stock on the Nasdaq National Market.