MIPS Stockholders To Receive $8.01 In Aggregate Net Proceeds From Recapitalization And Merger

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, networking, mobile and embedded applications, today announced that each holder of MIPS common stock will receive $6.21 in cash and 0.226276 shares of MIPS' common stock in the previously announced proposed recapitalization.

As a result, the aggregate net proceeds to each holder of MIPS common stock, following the consummation of the previously announced proposed patent sale transaction with Bridge Crossing, LLC, the proposed recapitalization and the proposed acquisition by Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE:IMG) (in which each share of MIPS' common stock, after giving effect to the patent sale and recapitalization, will receive merger consideration equal to $1.80 per share) has increased to $8.01 (U.S.) per share in cash.

The transactions remain subject to MIPS stockholder approval and other customary closing conditions. The MIPS annual meeting of stockholders to approve the transactions has been scheduled for February 6, 2013.

J.P. Morgan is acting as exclusive financial advisor to MIPS, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is acting as legal advisor.

About MIPS Technologies, Inc.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS) is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, networking, mobile and embedded applications. The MIPS architecture powers some of the world's most popular products including over 700 million units in our most recent fiscal year. Our technology is broadly used in products such as digital televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, broadband customer premises equipment (CPE), WiFi access points and routers, networking infrastructure and portable/mobile communications and entertainment products. Founded in 1998, MIPS is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, contact [phone] or visit www.mips.com .

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Additional Information and Where You Can Find It

This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed patent sale transaction between MIPS and Bridge Crossing, and the proposed merger transaction between MIPS and Imagination Technologies. In connection with the proposed transactions, MIPS has filed a definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials with the SEC. The proxy statement and other relevant materials, and any other documents to be filed by MIPS with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or from MIPS' website at www.mips.com or by contacting MIPS Investor Relations at: [e-mail]. Investors and security holders of MIPS are urged to read the proxy statement and the other relevant materials before making any voting or investment decision with respect to the proposed transactions because they will contain important information about the transactions and the parties to the transactions.

MIPS and its executive officers, directors, other members of its management and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from MIPS' stockholders in favor of the proposed transactions. A list of the names of MIPS' executive officers and directors and a description of their respective interests in MIPS are set forth in the definitive proxy statement for MIPS' 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, MIPS' 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 thereto, in any documents subsequently filed by its directors and executive officers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and other relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the transactions when they become available. Certain executive officers and directors of MIPS have interests in the proposed transaction that may differ from the interests of stockholders generally, including benefits conferred under retention, severance and change in control arrangements and continuation of director and officer insurance and indemnification. These interests and any additional benefits in connection with the proposed transactions are described in the definitive proxy statement relating to the transactions.

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