PRIVACY STATEMENT

At Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (“AMCC”), protecting your information is very important to us.  AMCC has created this privacy statement (the “Statement”) to demonstrate and explain our strong commitment to safeguarding the privacy of our investor’s personal information on this web site.  Please read on for details about our practices for handling and securing personal information obtained on this web site.

Information Collection

The purpose of this web site is to allow our investors to vote their proxies for AMCC’s annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) over the internet (“Online Voting”) rather than by mailing the traditional paper proxy card.   Online Voting will help AMCC reduce printing and mailing costs.

In order to access this web site and use Online Voting, users must provide their e-mail addresses, social security or tax id numbers and PINs (the “User Information”).  The User Information is necessary in order to verify that (i) the user is a registered holder of AMCC’s Class A Common Stock and (ii) that the user has registered to use Online Voting. 

Information Sharing

AMCC will share the User Information with ADP Financial Information Services, Inc. (“ADP”), an unaffiliated company retained by AMCC to facilitate distribution of proxy materials for the Annual Meeting.  AMCC and ADP will use the User Information to: (i) verify shareholder status, (ii) analyze and tabulate shareholder voting for the Annual Meeting, and (iii) create a shareholder database for future distribution of shareholder communications.  Click here to view ADP’s Privacy Statement for details regarding ADP’s use and maintenance of the User Information.

AMCC will not sell, share or rent User Information obtained through this web site to third parties, but AMCC reserves the right to disclose User Information when it believes in good faith that disclosure is legally required, in order to protect or enforce its rights, in order to protect the safety of another and in order to facilitate the services provided to AMCC by ADP in connection with the Annual Meeting.

Links to Other Web Sites

This web site may contain links to other web sites.  However, AMCC is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other web sites.  AMCC encourages all users of this web site to read the privacy statement of each and every web site that they may go to when they leave this web site.  This Statement applies solely to User Information collected by this web site.

Security

This web site has security measures in place to help protect against loss, misuse and alteration of User Information.  When a user enters the User Information, it is generally encrypted using industry standard encryption software up to the security level enabled in the user’s browser.  This website is hosted in a secure server environment that uses a firewall and other technology to help prevent interference or access from outside intruders.  These safeguards help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of User Information.

While AMCC strives to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us.  This is especially true for information you transmit to us via e-mail.  We have no way of protecting that information until it reaches us. Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure its security on the host server. You can help protect the information you provide via this website by not divulging your enrollment number or PIN to anyone. We will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited e-mail.

Canceling Enrollment and Correction of User Information

Except for the instances described above in the second paragraph of the section titled “Information Sharing,” if you object for any reason to our use of your User Information for any of the purposes described above or wish to correct any User Information previously submitted (such as make a change in your e-mail address), you may stop that use online by canceling your Online Voting enrollment or make such changes online by modifying your Online Voting registration information.  However, because your User Information is necessary in order to verify your status as a shareholder of AMCC who has registered for Online Voting, any limitation on the use of your User Information will result in the cancellation of your Online Voting enrollment and prevent you from using Online Voting.  Please e-mail your request for cancellation or any changes to www.icsdelivery.com/amcc.  In order to cancel your Online Voting enrollment or modify your Online Voting registration information, you will need the enrollment number that you received when you registered for access to this web site. 

Changes to this Privacy Statement

AMCC reserves the right to change any of the terms and conditions contained in this Statement or any policies or guidelines governing this web site at any time.  Any changes will be effective upon posting the revisions on the web site.  You are responsible for reviewing the notice and any applicable changes.  Changes to referenced policies and guidelines may be posted without notice to you.  You can review the most current version of this Statement at any time at www.icsdelivery.com/amcc.