Peregrine Semiconductor CFO Named “CFO of the Year” by San Diego Business Journal

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: PSMI), a fabless provider of high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), today announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Jay Biskupski, was named San Diego’s “CFO of the Year,” in the category of public company, an honor presented annually by the San Diego Business Journal. 45 San Diego CFOs were nominated for the award, in the categories of Education, Government, Nonprofit Organizations, and Public Company. The winners were announced at an exclusive reception and awards program on March 14, and published in the March 18 issue of the Business Journal.

“These individuals are tasked with being the gatekeepers of their companies’ financial business while leading its growth and contributing to economic development for the region. We’re pleased to honor these recipients with this awards program.”

“We are grateful to the Business Journal for the opportunity to be recognized alongside San Diego’s most exceptional business leaders, first for the ‘Most Admired CEO’ award last December and now for the ‘CFO of the Year’ award,” said Biskupski. “None of the accomplishments Peregrine has achieved in recent years—including the shipment of our billionth device in 2011 and the completion of our Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2012—would have been possible without a dedicated, hard-working team to make it happen. I am honored to accept this award on behalf of the entire company.”

“This is our seventh consecutive year recognizing San Diego’s best and brightest CFOs,” said Randy Frisch, President and Publisher of the San Diego Business Journal. “These individuals are tasked with being the gatekeepers of their companies’ financial business while leading its growth and contributing to economic development for the region. We’re pleased to honor these recipients with this awards program.”

More information about the San Diego Business Journal’s “CFO of the Year” awards can be found at http://sdbj.com/.

About the San Diego Business Journal

The award-winning weekly San Diego Business Journal examines the many ways that the San Diego economy operates. First-rate editorial and research teams provide in-depth analysis of the community’s ever-changing business and economic scene. One of the San Diego Business Journal’s most widely-read features is The List, which ranks the top businesses in any given industry. Those surveys are then compiled into an invaluable resource—the annual Book of Lists. More information about the San Diego Business Journal and its “CFO of the Year” awards can be found at http://sdbj.com/.

About Peregrine Semiconductor

Peregrine Semiconductor (NASDAQ: PSMI) is a fabless provider of high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs). Our solutions leverage our proprietary UltraCMOS^® technology, an advanced RF Silicon-On-Insulator process. Our products deliver what we believe is an industry-leading combination of performance and monolithic integration, and target a broad range of applications in the aerospace and defense, broadband, industrial, mobile wireless device, test and measurement equipment, and wireless infrastructure markets. Additional information is available on the Company’s website at http://www.psemi.com.

The Peregrine Semiconductor name, logo and UltraCMOS are registered trademarks of Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation in the U.S.A., and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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