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ADE Corporation (NASDAQ: ADEX), announced today that the Company will broadcast its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders live over the Internet. The annual meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (EDT). To participate in the webcast, please visit the "Investor Relations" section of the ADE website, located at www.ade.com, 15 minutes prior to the start of the webcast. This will allow participants the time to download and install any necessary audio software. The software and broadcast can be obtained at no charge to the user. A replay of the event will be available on the website two hours after the completion of the annual meeting and will continue to be available for a period of one week. About ADE Corporation ADE Corporation is a leading supplier of metrology and inspection systems required for production in the silicon wafer, semiconductor device, magnetic data storage and optics manufacturing industries. The Company's systems analyze and report product quality at critical manufacturing process steps for yield enhancement, providing quality certification data that is relied upon by semiconductor wafer, device and computer disk manufacturers. The Company's systems also are used for production measurements in the semiconductor chip fabrication process. To learn more about ADE, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.ade.com.