REDMOND, Wash.: Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading global provider of data programming and security provisioning solutions for microcontrollers, security ICs and memory devices, today announced its participation in The Benchmark Company 14th Annual Discovery One-on-One Investor Conference on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in New York City.

The investor presentation to be referenced during the conference will be made available within the investor relations section of Data I/O’s website on the morning of the event. To access the presentation, please click here. William Wentworth, President and CEO of Data I/O, will participate in the conference and address the Company’s investment thesis, including:

• Recent year-over-year bookings growth driven by traction within the automotive electronics market from customers in Asia
• Strategies to accelerate market expansion and improve gross margin profile
• New programming innovations, including two recent industry awards for reimagined LumenX programming platform while also expanding our solution for organic growth
• Benefits of a strong balance sheet with significant cash and no debt
• Discussion of inorganic growth activities within our industry

The conference connects emerging growth and dynamic publicly traded companies with institutional and individual investors in a one-on-one meeting format. To schedule a one-on-one meeting with Data I/O, please click here to register for the conference, submit the request with your Benchmark representative or reach out to the Company’s investor relations representative Jordan Darrow of Darrow Associates using the contact information provided in this press release.

Founded in 1988 and headquartered in New York City, The Benchmark Company is an institutionally focused, research-driven firm offering sales trading, investment banking, strategic advisory services, and equity research.

About Data I/O Corporation

Since 1972, Data I/O has developed innovative solutions to enable the design and manufacture of electronic products for automotive, Internet-of-Things, medical, wireless, consumer electronics, industrial controls and other electronics devices. Today, our customers use Data I/O’s data provisioning solutions to manage device intellectual property from point of inception to deployment in the field. OEMs of any size can program and securely provision devices from early samples all the way to high volume production prior to shipping semiconductor devices to a manufacturing line. Data I/O enables customers to reliably, securely, and cost-effectively bring innovative new products to life. These solutions are backed by a portfolio of patents and a global network of Data I/O support and service professionals, ensuring success for our customers. Learn more at dataio.com/Company/Patents.

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Safe Harbor/Forward Looking Statement, Disclosure Information and Non-GAAP financial Measures

Statements in this news release concerning financial results, economic outlook, expected revenue, expected margins, expected savings, expected results, expected expenses, orders, deliveries, backlog and financial positions, semiconductor chip supplies, supply chain expectations, as well as any other statement that may be construed as a prediction of future performance or events are forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.

Forward-looking statement disclaimers also apply to the demand for the Company’s products and the impact from geopolitical conditions including any related international trade restrictions as well as the ongoing investigation of the August 2025 cybersecurity incident and the possibility that the Company’s containment and remediation efforts may be unsuccessful or becomes a challenging force in maintaining market share. Factors that may impact the Company’s operations and finances include uncertainties as to the ability to record revenues based upon the timing of product deliveries, shipping availability, installations and acceptance, accrual of expenses, coronavirus or other business interruptions, changes in economic conditions, part shortages, business disruptions and other risks including those described in the Company’s 10-K, 10-Q and other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), press releases and other communications.

Data I/O may use its website (www.dataio.com) and investor relations page (www.dataio.com/Company/Investor-Relations), its X account (@DataIO_Company), and its LinkedIn page (linkedin.com/company/data-io) to disclose material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors and other interested parties should monitor these sites, in addition to following Data I/O’s press releases, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, public conference calls and public presentations/webcasts.

Fonte: Business Wire