Announcement Regarding Stock Repurchase

Jul 30, 2004

The board meeting of Tokyo Electron Limited held today voted for a stock repurchase program based on Article 211 Japanese Commercial Code.

1. Reason of repurchase	Enable implementation of flexible and swift investment policy responding to business environment.

2. Details
(1) Kind of stock to be acquired	Common Stock
(2) Total number of shares to be	Not more than 500,000
acquired	(0.27% of total issued shares)
(3) Total value of stock to be acquired	Not more than 3.3 billion yen
(4) Date of repurchase	From August 2, 2004
	to September 21, 2004

For reference	Holdings of repurchased stocks (As of June 30, 2004)
	Total issued shares	180,610,911 shares
	Repurchased stocks	2,023,205 shares