Netlist, Inc. announced that Mr. Charles Cargile, a director on the Board of Directors notified the Company of his resignation from the Board effective as of December 26, 2017. Concurrently with the effect of such resignation, Mr. Cargile will cease to serve in his other positions on the Board, including his position as Lead Independent Director on the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. The Board appointed Jun S. Cho as the Lead Independent Director on the Board and Jeffrey Benck as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. Each of Mr. Cho and Mr. Benck currently serves as a director on the Board. Following the effect of the resignation of Mr. Cargile and the appointments of Mr. Cho and Mr. Benck to the new positions described above, the composition of the Board positions and committees are as follows: Chun K. Hong as Chairman of the Board. Lead Independent Director: Jun S. Cho. Audit Committee: Kiho Choi, Chair, Jeffrey Benck and Blake A. Welcher. Compensation Committee: Jun S. Cho, Chair and Kiho Choi. Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: Blake A. Welcher, Chair and Jun S. Cho.