TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED

Tokyo Electron Announces Change in Representative Director

Tokyo Electron Limited announced that at its Board of Directors held on May 25, 2015, it had provisionally decided on the following change in Representative Director. Following change is subject to the resolutions of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 19, 2015, and its subsequence meeting of Board of Directors.

1. Reason for the changes
To change the management structure and solidify the management.

2. Names and titles of the new Representative Director

Name New Position Previous Position
Toshiki Kawai Representative Director,
Senior Executive Vice President & COO
VP & General Manager


3. Effective date
June 19, 2015 (Note)

4.(Reference) Representative Directors effective on June 19, 2015 (Note)
Tetsuro Higashi    Representative Director, President & CEO
Toshiki Kawai       Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President & COO
Hirofumi Kitayama   Representative Director, Senior Executive Vice President

Note:Subject to the resolutions of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and its subsequence meeting of Board of Directors.