Trident Microsystems Announces Two-for-One Stock Split

Wednesday October 26, 4:10 pm ET

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID – News) today announced that stockholders voted at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders in favor of an amendment to Trident's Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 60,000,000 to 95,000,000 and that its Board of Directors has approved a two-for-one stock split of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock to be effected in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend.

The stock split will entitle each stockholder of record at the close of business on November 7, 2005 to receive one additional share for every one outstanding share of common stock held on the record date. The additional shares resulting from the stock split will be distributed by the Company's transfer agent, Mellon Investor Services, on November 18, 2005. Trident expects that its common stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on November 21, 2005. Following the payment of the stock dividend, the Company will have approximately 53.1 million shares outstanding, based on the number of shares outstanding as of October 25, 2005.

If a stockholder is contemplating a sale of the Company's shares between the record date and the payment date, he or she should consult a broker regarding entitlement to the dividend shares.

About Trident Microsystems, Inc.

Trident Microsystems, Inc., with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, designs, develops, and markets integrated circuits for CRT TV, LCD TV, PDP TV, DLP TV and HDTV. Trident's products are sold through a network of OEMs, original design manufacturers, and system integrators worldwide. For further information about Trident and its products, please consult the company's web site: http://www.tridentmicro.com .