TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED

Tokyo Electron Announces Change in Representative Director

Tokyo Electron Limited announced that at its Board of Directors held on May 12, 2016, it had provisionally decided on the following change in Representative Director effective on June 17, 2016. Following change is subject to the resolutions of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 17, 2016, 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 and previous Representative Director

Name New Position Previous Position
Sadao Sasaki Representative Director
EVP & General Manager,
  Development & Production Division
Corporate Director
SVP & General Manager,
  Development & Production Division
Tetsuro Hori Representative Director
EVP & General Manager,
  Corporate Administration Division
Corporate Director
SVP & General Manager,
  Corporate Administration Division
Hirofumi Kitayama Corporate Director Representative Director,
Senior Executive Vice President,,
  Development & Production


3. Effective date
June 17, 2016 (Note)


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