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INTERSIL CORPORATION
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
August 2000
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Company Name Jurisdiction of Incorporation Date Formed
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Domestic
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Choice-Intersil Microsystems, Inc. Kansas 01/05/98
Intersil (FL), LLC Delaware 08/12/99
Intersil (OH), LLC Delaware 08/12/99
Intersil (PA), LLC Delaware 08/12/99
Intersil Prism, LLC Delaware 08/06/99
Intersil-NWN Investment, LLC Delaware 05/15/00
Intersil-NWN Holding, LLC Delaware 05/22/00
No Wires Needed USA Inc. New Jersey 06/23/99
Intersil Investment Corporation Delaware ?
Caribbean
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Sapphire Worldwide Investments Inc. British Virgin Islands 06/01/99
Asia
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Intersil China Ltd. Hong Kong, PRC 05/12/81
Intersil K. K. Japan 06/04/84
Intersil YH Korea 09/07/89
Intersil Advanced Technology (Labuan) Ltd. Federation of Labuan, Malaysia 08/05/99
Intersil Services Company Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 07/06/00
Intersil Pte. Ltd. Singapore 08/14/99
Intersil Ltd. Taiwan 11/19/87
Europe
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Intersil SA Belgium 08/16/99
Intersil Sarl France 04/14/74
Intersil GmbH Germany 09/07/99
Intersil Srl Italy 06/10/83
Intersil B.V. The Netherlands 05/15/00
No Wires Needed (NWN) B.V. The Netherlands 03/13/97
Intersil Limited United Kingdom 08/11/99
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