Rami Hadar Joins Nova's Board of Directors

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Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) announced that Rami Hadar has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective December 24, 2025.

Hadar is a managing partner at Claridge Israel with over 25 years of executive and investment experience in high-tech, including board roles, strategic transformations, and M&A guidance. Nova's chairman said Hadar's experience in scaling technology companies and creating shareholder value will support Nova's strategic initiatives and long-term growth.

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• Board experience: adds executive and board expertise with 25+ years
• Investment background: brings growth-fund perspective from Claridge Israel

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REHOVOT, Israel, Dec. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nova (NASDAQ: NVMI) today announced the appointment of Rami Hadar to its Board of Directors, effective as of December 24, 2025. Hadar is a highly accomplished executive with over 25 years of executive and investment experience in the high-tech industry.

Hadar is a Managing Partner at Claridge Israel, a leading growth fund focused on innovative Israeli technology companies. He brings extensive board and executive experience across prominent tech firms throughout his career. Hadar has driven strategic transformations, guided M&A activities, and fostered innovation across multiple technology ventures.

"As Nova continues to execute its growth strategy, we are excited to welcome Rami Hadar to our Board of Directors," said Eitan Oppenhaim, Nova's Chairman of the Board. "Rami's extensive experience in scaling technology companies, driving innovation, and creating shareholder value will be instrumental in supporting Nova's strategic initiatives and long-term success."

"I am honored to join Nova's Board of Directors and contribute to the company's exciting journey," said Hadar. "Nova operates at the forefront of the semiconductor industry, and I look forward to leveraging my experience to help the company capitalize on emerging opportunities and deliver sustained growth."

About Nova

Nova is a leading innovator and key provider of material, optical and chemical solutions for advanced metrology and process control in semiconductor manufacturing. Nova delivers continuous innovation by providing state-of-the-art, high-performance metrology solutions for effective process control throughout the semiconductor fabrication lifecycle. Nova's product portfolio, which combines high-precision hardware and cutting-edge software, provides its customers with deep insight into developing and producing the most advanced semiconductor devices. Nova's unique capability to deliver innovative solutions enables its customers to improve performance, enhance product yields, and accelerate time to market. Nova acts as a partner to semiconductor manufacturers from its offices worldwide. Additional information may be found on Nova's website link - https://www.novami.com/.

Nova is traded on the Nasdaq and TASE, Nasdaq ticker symbol NVMI.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our future performance, such as statements regarding, but not limited to, anticipated growth opportunities and projections about our business and its future revenues, expenses and profitability. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. Factors that may affect our results, performance, circumstances or achievements include, but are not limited to, the following: risks related to information technology security threats, sophisticated computer crime, and data privacy; foreign political and economic risks including supply-chain difficulties; regulations that could restrict our operations such as economic sanctions and export restrictions; changes in U.S. trade policies and taxation; indirect effects of the Russia – Ukraine conflict; market instability including inflation and recessionary pressures; risks related to doing business with China; catastrophic events; inability to protect our intellectual property; open source technology exposure, including risks related to artificial intelligence; risks related to the use of artificial intelligence technologies; challenges related to our new ERP system; failure to compete effectively or to respond to rapid technological changes; consolidation in our industry; difficulty in predicting the length and strength of any downturn or expansion period of the market we target; factors that adversely affect the pricing and demand for our product lines; dependency on a small number of large customers; dependency on a single manufacturing facility per product line; dependency on a limited number of suppliers; difficulty in integrating current or future acquisitions; lengthy sales cycle and customer delays in orders; risks related to conditions in Israel, including Israel's conflicts with Hamas and other parties in the region; risks related to our convertible notes; currency fluctuations; and quarterly fluctuations in our operating results. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The matters discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading "Risk Factors" in Nova's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2025. These factors are updated from time to time through the filing of reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nova Ltd. does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

Company Contact:

Guy Kizner, Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +972-73-229-5760
E-mail - investors@novami.com
Nova website link - https://www.novami.com/

Investor Relations Contact:

Miri Segal MS-IR LLC
Tel: +917-607-8654
E-mail - msegal@ms-ir.com

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FAQ

Who is Rami Hadar and when did he join Nova's board (NVMI)?

Rami Hadar, a managing partner at Claridge Israel with over 25 years of high-tech executive and investment experience, joined Nova's board effective December 24, 2025.

What experience does Rami Hadar bring to Nova (NVMI)?

Hadar brings board and executive experience, experience leading strategic transformations, and involvement in M&A and growth investing.

How might Rami Hadar's appointment affect Nova's strategy and shareholders (NVMI)?

The company expects Hadar's scaling and investment experience to support strategic initiatives and efforts to create shareholder value.

What role does Claridge Israel play in Rami Hadar's background referenced by Nova (NVMI)?

Hadar is a managing partner at Claridge Israel, a growth fund focused on innovative Israeli technology companies.

Was a change in Nova's executive management announced alongside the board appointment (NVMI)?

No executive departures or other management changes were announced in connection with the board appointment.