Mr. Lieberman is an accomplished financial executive and has more than twenty-five years of experience in both manufacturing and distribution industries. Robert has previously served as Senior Vice President and ChiefFinancial Officer for Millbrook Distribution Services, Inc., a division of United Natural Foods, where he was responsible for the development and oversight of the finance area. He was also Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Saleslink Corporation, a global supply chain management and eCommerce subsidiary of CMGI.

Mr. Lieberman, who resides in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his wife Leslie and who has a daughter Nicole, is a graduate of Bernard M. Baruch College in New York and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Boston Chapter of the Financial Executives International.

"Robert Lieberman will be an integral member of the Executive Team and will provide leadership and accountability for the overall financial function of Spire's business," said Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. "He will be instrumental in working cross functionally to improve existing processes and in making recommendations designed to increase business efficiencies."

About Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation is a global solar company providing turnkey production lines and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide. Spire Semiconductor provides processing technology for Spire's silicon solar cell manufacturing lines and produces and sells custom gallium arsenide cells for solar concentrator systems. For corporate or product information, contact Spire Corporation, "The Turnkey Solar Factory Company," at781-275-6000, or visit www.spirecorp.com.

Certain matters described in this news release may be forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth, competition and dependence on government agencies and other third parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other factors described in the Company's Form10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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