Tokyo Electron Limited  Annual Report 08

T O OUR St a k e H OL D ERSIn fiscal 2008, the year ended March 31, 2008, Tokyo Electron posted net sales of ¥906.1 billion, operating
income of ¥168.5 billion and net income of ¥106.3 billion. All of these figures represent new record highs for theCompany. With this performance, we believe that the Company’s overall growth framework for the future has
been demonstrably strengthened. We increased the dividend by ¥22 from last year to ¥125 per share, which is
the largest dividend in the Company’s history. We are deeply grateful to all of you for your continued support.
Turning attention to future market trends, the IT market, in which the Company operates, has entered anadjustment phase, and the environment remains harsh. However, forecasts are for the IT market to recoverand return to a growth track from 2009 onward.
Under these conditions, Tokyo Electron redoubled its efforts in R&D, the source of future growth, and took
steps to further enhance its financial structure. We also started considering new strategies for achieving
growth over the medium to long term. An overview of these measures is provided below. We remain committed to working in unison to build a company full of vision and energy under the key words ‘innovation,’‘growth’ and ‘environment.’

Overview of Tokyo Electron’s New Growth Strategies
The electronics industry, in which Tokyo Electron operates, and the information and telecommunications
technology field in particular, is becoming increasingly important globally. The reason is that it supplies
core technologies for various industries expected to demonstrate high growth in the future, including themedical, educational, financial, automotive, aerospace, safety and environmental fields. As core technologies supporting these industries, Tokyo Electron’s products have contributed greatly to the development ofindustry along with its technological innovations. Looking ahead, the technological innovation of these4

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Aiming to further enhance Corporate Value
through ‘Innovation’ and ‘Growth’
Tetsuro Higashi, Chairman & CEO

fields themselves is expected to be accompanied by additional growth supported by new advances incorporating technologies in the adjacent fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology and MEMS technology.
Tokyo Electron reaffirms its commitment to continue its unremitting endeavors with regard to the existingproducts and technologies that are the cornerstone of its business, as well as new fields adjacent to them.
In this way, we will take the lead on a worldwide scale through ‘Innovation’ and ‘Growth.’
Furthermore, while technological development contributes to an improved quality of life for humans, it canalso have an adverse impact upon safety and the environment, and if not addressed, this situation could
speed up the depletion of global energy resources and the degradation of the global environment. Tokyo
Electron intends to contribute to the healthy development of humankind, and the Company acknowledges
that one of its most important missions is to contribute to reducing environmental impact, both as a global
phenomenon, and as an issue inherent within the technological fields in which it is active.
I would like to thank all of our stakeholders for their ongoing support, and their belief in Tokyo Electron’s
potential for further growth.

Tetsuro Higashi, Chairman & CEO5