<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/14advisory.html">http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/14advisory.html</a><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; "><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; color: rgb(118, 121, 124); padding-bottom: 0.5em; ">January 14, 2009</h2><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">Apple Media Advisory</h1><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email to all Apple employees:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">Team,</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">I am sure all of you saw my letter last week sharing something very personal with the Apple community. Unfortunately, the curiosity over my personal health continues to be a distraction not only for me and my family, but everyone else at Apple as well. In addition, during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">In order to take myself out of the limelight and focus on my health, and to allow everyone at Apple to focus on delivering extraordinary products, I have decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple’s day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">I look forward to seeing all of you this summer.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">Steve</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(161, 165, 169); "> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; "><strong style="font-size: 1em; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Press Contacts:</strong><br>Steve Dowling<br>Apple<br><a href="mailto:dowling@apple.com" onclick="s_objectID="mailto:dowling@apple.com_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; ">dowling@apple.com</a><br>(408) 974-1896<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; ">Katie Cotton<br>Apple<br><a href="mailto:katiec@apple.com" onclick="s_objectID="mailto:katiec@apple.com_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" style="color: rgb(0, 136, 204); text-decoration: none; ">katiec@apple.com</a><br>(408) 974-7269</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; "><br></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; "><br></p></span></div></body></html>