BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC) ("Vimicro" or the "Company"), a leading video processing IC and surveillance solution provider, today announced that the Company will present at the upcoming 16th Annual Needham Growth Conference. Dr. John Deng, Vimicro's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will discuss the Company's business and outlook.

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The details of Vimicro's presentation at the conference are as follows:



    Date:             Thursday, January
                      16, 2013

    Time:             10:00 a.m. Eastern
                      Standard Time

    Venue:           The Adams Room

                     The New York Palace

                     455 Madison Avenue

                     New York, NY 10022

Investors attending the conference and interested in a one-on-one meeting with the Company should contact their Needham representative, or one of the IR representatives listed on this release.

Needham & Company's 16th Annual Growth Conference (NGC) gives institutional investors, private equity firms and venture capitalists access to 350 growth companies from a broad range of industries including Clean Technology, Communications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure, Healthcare, Internet & Digital Media, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment and Software & Services sectors. In addition to presentations by senior executives, the NGC features some outstanding keynote speakers, and a variety of thematic panels. These panels feature senior managers and industry experts discussing critical topics that will impact technology stock valuations in 2014 and beyond. A key goal of the NGC is to deliver investable choices coupled with a better understanding of the rapidly changing environment in which each company operates. The NGC's early January timing makes it the perfect way to start the year, with a critical eye toward creating the ideal portfolio for 2014. The 3-day NGC features public and private company presentations, Q&A sessions, and 1-on-1 meetings for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms.

About Vimicro International Corporation

Vimicro International Corporation is a leading video processing IC and surveillance solution provider that designs, develops and markets mixed-signal semiconductor products and system-level solutions that enable multimedia capabilities in a variety of products for PC/notebook, consumer electronics and surveillance applications. Vimicro has aggressively entered the surveillance market with system-level solutions and semiconductor products to capitalize on China's domestic demand. Vimicro's ADSs each represent four ordinary shares and are traded on the NASDAQ Global Market exchange under the ticker symbol "VIMC."

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Vimicro's expectations and forecasts, contain forward-looking statements. Vimicro may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on forms 20-F and 6-K, etc., in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Vimicro's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company's ability to develop and sell new mobile multimedia products; the expected growth of the mobile multimedia market; the Company's ability to increase sales of notebook camera multimedia processors; the Company's ability to retain existing customers and acquire new customers and respond to competitive market conditions; the Company's ability to respond in a timely manner to the evolving multimedia market and changing consumer preferences and industry standards and to stay abreast of technological changes; the Company's ability to secure sufficient foundry capacity in a timely manner; the company's ability to effectively protect its intellectual property and the risk that it may infringe on the intellectual property of others; and cyclicality of the semiconductor industry. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Vimicro's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Vimicro does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law. All information provided in this press release is as of the date hereof, and Vimicro undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.



    Company Contact:                    Investor Contact:

    Vimicro International Corporation   Vimicro International Corporation

    Mr. David Zhang, Legal Manager      Mr. John Harmon, CFA, VP of Finance

    Phone: +86 (10) 6894 8888 ext. 7563 Phone: +86 186 1151 1730 (Beijing)

    E-mail: zhangxiaowei@vimicro.com    E-mail: john.harmon@vimicro.com

    www.vimicro.com
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