Exhibit 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1 (f) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint
filing with all other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the
Schedule 13G) on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13G
(including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, No par value
per share, of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., and that this Agreement be
included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this
Agreement this 14th day of November, 2000.
EQSF ADVISERS, INC.
By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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Martin J. Whitman
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
M.J. WHITMAN ADVISERS, INC.
By:/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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Martin J. Whitman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ MARTIN J. WHITMAN
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Martin J. Whitman
