**Exhibit 99.1**

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**LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY**

**COMPANIES  INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  AT  DECEMBER 31, 2002 USING THE LINE-BY-LINE METHOD**

|                                                       |   |                    |   |   Capital      Stock |   | % Ownership   |   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|--------|---------------|--------|
| Company and registered offices1                            |   | Activity                |   | Currency                       |   | Amount        |   | Direct |   | Indirect |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| **Directly-controlled subsidiaries:**                      |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Saes Advanced Technologies S.p.A.                          |   | Manufacturing           |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Avezzano (L’Aquila –      Italy)                |   | and commercial          |   | Euro                           |   | 2,600,000     |   | 100.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters Usa, Inc.                                     |   | Manufacturing           |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Colorado Springs (Colorado –      U.S.A.)             |   | and commercial          |   | U.S. $                         |   | 9,250,000     |   | 100.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters Japan Co. Ltd.                                |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Shinagawa – Tokyo (Japan)                             |   | Commercial              |   | Yen                            |   | 20,000,000    |   | 100.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters (GB) Ltd.                                     |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Daventry (UK)                                              |   | Commercial              |   | GBP                            |   | 20,000        |   | 100.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters (Deutschland) GmbH                            |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Cologne (Germany)                                          |   | Commercial              |   | Euro                           |   | 52,000        |   | 100.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters France S.a.r.l.                               |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Paris (France)                                             |   | Commercial              |   | Euro                           |   | 50,000        |   | 100.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters Singapore Pte Ltd.                            |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Singapore                                                  |   | Commercial              |   | Sing. $                        |   | 300,000       |   | 100.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters International Luxembourg      S.A.            |   | Financial and           |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Luxembourg                                                 |   | Coordination services   |   | Euro                           |   | 55,654,200    |   | 99.92 |   | 0.08 |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
|                                                       |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |
| **Indirectly-controlled      subsidiaries:**               |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |
| *Through Saes Getters      Usa, Inc.:*                     |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |
| Saes Pure Gas, Inc.                                        |   | Manufacturing           |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| San Luis Obispo (California      – U.S.A.)            |   | and commercial          |   | U.S. $                         |   | 7,612,661     |   | — |   | 100.00 |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
|                                                       |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |
| *Through Saes Getters      International Luxembourg S.A.:* |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |
| Saes Getters Korea Corporation                             |   | Manufacturing           |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Seoul (Korea)                                              |   | and commercial          |   | Won                            |   | 5,497,900,000 |   | 37.48 |   | 62.52 |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters Technical Service      (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.   |   |                    |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Shanghai (People’s Republic      of China)           |   | Consulting services     |   | U.S. $                         |   | 4,100,000     |   | — |   | 100.00 |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Molecular Analytics, Inc.                                  |   | Manufacturing           |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Sparks (Maryland – U.S.A.)                            |   | and commercial          |   | U.S. $                         |   | 12,000,000    |   | — |   | 100.00 |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| FST Consulting International,      Inc.                    |   | Quality control/Quality |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| San Luis Obispo (California      – U.S.A.)            |   | Assurance services      |   | U.S. $                         |   | 3,000,000     |   | — |   | 100.00 |   |
|                                                            |        |                         |        |                                |        |               |        |  |  |  |   |
| Saes Getters Ireland Limited                               |   | Financial and           |   |                           |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |
| Dublin (Ireland)                                           |   | Coordination services   |   | Euro                           |   | 100,000       |   | — |   | 100.00 |   |

**COMPANIES  INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  AT  DECEMBER 31, 2002 USING THE PROPORTIONAL METHOD**

|                                            |   |           |   | Capital      Stock |   | %      Ownership |   |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------|--------|--------------------|--------|------------------|--------|
| Company      and registered offices 1           |   | Activity       |   | Currency           |   | Amount           |   | Direct |   | Indirect |   |
|                                                 |        |                |        |                    |        |                  |        |  |  |  |   |
| **Direct associated companies:**                |   |           |   |               |   |             |   |   |   |   |   |
| Nanjing Saes Huadong Getters      Co. Ltd.      |   | Manufacturing  |   |               |   |             |   |   |   |   |   |
| Nanjing (People’s Republic      of China) |   | and commercial |   | U.S. $             |   | 13,570,000       |   | 65.00 |   | — |   |
|                                                 |        |                |        |                    |        |                  |        |  |  |  |  |

1 The place of registered offices is the same of the place of incorporation.

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