Social Contribution
The TEL Group is proactively working on the development of a sustainable society and the growth of its
business activities by contributing to society based on its Corporate Philosophy.

About Social Contribution
Cooperation between businesses and civil society is indispensable for the development of a society where everyone can live a better life andwork in a healthy way. The TEL Group sets the environment, education, health and human services, and culture as the four areas of focus in
our community investment for development of society.

Examples of Social Contribution Activities
Environment

Education■ The forest of Tokyo Electron■ Nikkei Education Challenge

Tokyo Electron is engaging in local tree-planting and afforestation
activities with its employees and their families. The activities aim
to pass on beautiful nature to future generations, and to leave abetter global environment. In Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture,
we have planted 3,000 trees and maintained the forest throughweeding over the last seven years.
Meanwhile, a TEL Group company in Oshu City, Iwate
Prefecture has been planting oak trees (Quercus serrata) andcherry trees nearby its premises over the last five years as partof a tree-planting
activity organizedunder the Corporate
Afforestation Program.
We help preserve andnurture nature in
the communities.

In the fiscal year under review, as in the previous year, Tokyo
Electron supported the Nikkei Education Challenge sponsoredby Nikkei Inc. Intended to provide high school students with aninside perspective into business fields, the event consists ofpresentations given by business leaders from diverse industries.
The leaders share their experience and their achievements, aswell as stories of the difficulties and failures they had to overcomeon the road to success.
In fiscal year 2015, Tokyo Electron sent an employee from its
development section, who provided the audience with tips on
how to make it asa researcher. Manyof the participatinghigh school students
commented that thepresentation stirred
their interest in thesemiconductor industry.

Health/Human Services

Culture■ Meals on Wheels and More■ solaé art gallery (a project for supporting young artists)

Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings,Inc. (TEH) sponsors the Meals on
Wheels and More program, which
delivers meals to elderly people
with mobility issues. TEH has
been committed to the activity foryears. Serving as volunteers, TEH
employees are volunteering todeliver nutritious meals to elderly
people during lunchtime from
Monday to Wednesday every week.

Under the “solaé art
gallery project,” Tokyo
Electron headquarters
cafeteria “solaé”
provides young
emerging artists witha venue to show theirwork free of charge.
Every three months,
a new artist working on themes closely related to TEL’s business,such as “technology” and “global,” is invited to show his or her
work. The project also organizes a reception event for eachexhibition, which generally attracts nearly 100 attendees from inand outside of TEL. TEL employees benefit from the exposure toand inspiration provided by these creative outputs and the diverse
values they represent.

You can also read about Tokyo Electron’s social contribution activities on the TEL website:[http://www.tel.com/environment/corp_citizenship/index.htm]

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Social Contribution

Taking on a challenge to create an open
intellectual community where people gettogether to study and create

Tohoku University’s
Tohoku Forum for Creativity
Tokyo Electron is proactively supporting the TohokuForum for Creativity project.

The Tohoku Forum for Creativity (TFC) is a program that brings Nobel laureates and otherworld-leading professors together with young researchers and students to carry out
advanced research for solving universal social issues. Since the inauguration of the TFC,
TEL has provided comprehensive support for this project, which embodies our aspirations
to nurture the next generation of leaders. It also plays an important role in assisting in thepromotion and revitalization of the Tohoku region, where our manufacturing base is located.
In the 2014 school year, the TFC offered three programs, namely, “A Health
Informatics Infrastructure for a New Era,” “Challenges for Big Data in our Society,” and“Future Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction.” Nearly 1,000 students and researchers
participated. In April 2015, the TFC organized an introductory event for the school year,
titled “Spring School.” Leading researchers, including Prof. Gerard ‘t Hooft of Utrecht
University in the Netherlands, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, participated in
the five-day program, along with a total of 60 students.
The TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity, a visitor research institute and central
facility of the program, was completed in May of the same year.
In the 2015 school year, the TFC is planning four thematic programs titled, “Frontiersof Brain Science,” “The Effects of Technological Changes on Social Mobility and Income
Distribution,” “Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics,” and “Spintronics,” for which
Tokyo Electron will provide continued support.
[Related link: http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/ (External site)

External Evaluation in fiscal year 2015 (main awards received)
CategoryBusiness

Customer

Equipment/production

Environment/safety

Communication/societyAwards received* Awards received in fiscal year 2016

SponsorIn appreciation of your continued contribution 2014

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)

Top 100 Global Innovators 2014

Thomson Reuters Corporation2013 PREFERRED QUALITY SUPPLIER AWARD (PQS award)Intel Corporation

Spotlight Supplier Award

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Inc.

Best Partner Award

Sony Semiconductor Corporation2014 Partner Award

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Best Partner Award, Good Partner Award, Partnership AwardTOSHIBA Semiconductor & Storage Products Company

Certificate of Appreciation

Powerchip Technology Corporation

Appreciation Award

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC)

Excellent Performance Award

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TSMC)

Semiconductor of the Year Grand Prize in the semiconductor
manufacturing equipment category (CELLESTATM-i MD)

Sangyo Times, Inc. (Electronic Device Industry News)

Minnesota Safety Council Governor’s Safety Award (MeritoriousAchievement)

Minnesota Safety Council

Green Choice Program Patron*

Austin Energy

SESHA President’s Award

Semiconductor Environmental Safety and Health Association(SESHA)

Certificate of Appreciation (of support for areas affected by theGreat East Japan Earthquake)

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

Certificate of Appreciation (of support for areas affected by theGreat East Japan Earthquake)

Sendai City Social Welfare Council

Certificate of Appreciation (of support for a community projectfor global human resource development)

Independent Administrative Institution Japan Student
Services Organization

FTSE4 Good Global Index

FTSE

2014 Internet IR Commendation Award

Daiwa Investor Relations Co., Ltd.

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