Lasertec : 2017.08.29 ShareholderNotice of the 55th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders 2017

Note: This document has been translated from a part of the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

To Our Shareholders:

Securities Code: 6920

September 5, 2017

Osamu Okabayashi

President & Representative Director

Lasertec Corporation

2-10-1 Shin-yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Notice of the 55th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

You are cordially invited to attend the 55th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Lasertec Corporation (the "Company"), which will be held as indicated below.

If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you may exercise your voting rights in writing or via the Internet. After reviewing the following Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders, please exercise your voting rights either by indicating your approval or disapproval in the enclosed voting form and returning it, or by entering your approval or disapproval using the voting website designated by the Company (http://www.evote.jp/), so that your vote is received by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

1.	Date and Time	Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. (Reception opens at 2:00 p.m.)
2.	Venue	Large Conference Room, 6th floor, head office of the Company 2-10-1 Shin-yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

1. Purpose of the Meeting Matters to be reported

2. The Business Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements for the 55th fiscal year (from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017), and the results of audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Financial Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board

3. The Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the 55th fiscal year (from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017)

4. Matters to be resolved

   Proposal No. 1 Appropriation of Surplus

   Proposal No. 2 Election of Eight (8) Directors

   Proposal No. 3 Election of One (1) Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member

   Proposal No. 4 Payment of Bonuses to Officers

   • When you attend the meeting, you are kindly requested to present the enclosed voting form to the receptionist at the reception.

   • If any changes are made to the Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Non-consolidated Financial Statements attached to this Notice and the Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders, such changes will be posted on the Company's website (http://www.lasertec.co.jp/).

   • In Japanese language only

   Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders Proposal No. 1 Appropriation of Surplus

   The Company proposes the appropriation of surplus as follows.

   Year-end dividends

   The Company's basic policy concerning its dividends is to flexibly pay dividends based on performance while maintaining a stable profit return, with a consolidated dividend payout ratio guideline of 35%.

   In accordance with this basic policy, the Company proposes to pay year-end dividends for the fiscal year under review as follows:

5. Type of dividend property Cash

6. Allotment of dividend property and total amount thereof

   ¥28 per common share of the Company Total amount: ¥1,262,498,496

7. Effective date of dividends of surplus September 28, 2017

Proposal No. 2 Election of Eight (8) Directors

At the conclusion of this meeting, the terms of office of all eight Directors will expire. Therefore, the Company proposes to elect eight Directors.

The candidates for Director are as follows:

Candidate No.	Name (Date of Birth)	Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility in the Company (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company)		Number of the Company's Shares Owned
1	Osamu Okabayashi (May 16, 1958)	July 2001	Joined the Company	40,000
		Jan. 2002	General Manager, Sales Department, the Company
		Sept. 2003	Director, the Company
		Mar. 2005	President, Lasertec U.S.A., Inc.
		Sept. 2005	Managing Director, the Company
		Sept. 2005	President, Lasertec Korea Corporation
		July 2006	Chief Sales Officer, the Company
		Sept. 2007	Representative Director and Managing Executive Officer, the Company
		Jan. 2008	Executive Vice President & Representative Director, the Company
		July 2009	President & Representative Director, the Company (current position)
		(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company)
		Director, Lasertec U.S.A., Inc.
		Director, Lasertec Korea Corporation
		Director, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc.
		Director, Lasertec China Co., Ltd.
		(Reasons for Nomination)
		Since joining the Company, Osamu Okabayashi has engaged in sales promotion and experienced working as a department General Manager before assuming the office of Director in September 2003. Since then, he has broadened his knowledge of overall management as a Director, assumed the office of President & Representative Director in 2009, and engaged in management reform with strong leadership. The Company judges that his abundant experience and knowledge will contribute to the further sustainable growth of the Group and therefore once again nominates him as a candidate for Director.

Candidate No.	Name (Date of Birth)	Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility in the Company (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company)		Number of the Company's Shares Owned
2	Haruhiko Kusunose (October 26, 1958)	Apr. 1995	Joined the Company	40,000
		Jan. 1998	General Manager, Technology Department II, the Company
		Mar. 2001	General Manager, Engineering Department II, the Company
		Sept. 2001	Director, the Company
		Sept. 2003	Managing Director, the Company
		Sept. 2003	General Manager, R&D Department, the Company
		July 2005	General Manager, Technical Activities Promotion Office, the Company
		July 2006	General Manager, Operation Division I and General Manager, Semiconductor Group I, the Company
		Sept. 2007	Director and Managing Executive Officer, the Company
		July 2009	Chief Technology Officer, the Company (current position)
		Sept. 2009	Executive Vice President & Representative Director, the Company (current position)
		July 2014	General Manager, Marketing Department, the Company
		Dec. 2014	General Manager, Advanced Technology Development Office, the Company (current position)
		(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company)
		Director, Lasertec U.S.A., Inc.
		Director, Lasertec Korea Corporation
		Director, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc.
		Director, Lasertec China Co., Ltd.
		(Reasons for Nomination)
		Since joining the Company, Haruhiko Kusunose has engaged in technology development and experienced working as a department General Manager before assuming the office of Director in September 2001. Since then, he has broadened his knowledge of overall management as a Director, assumed the office of Executive Vice President & Representative Director in September 2009, and engaged in efforts to enhance the Company's technology development and manufacturing infrastructure. The Company judges that his abundant experience and knowledge will contribute to the further sustainable growth of the Group and therefore once again nominates him as a candidate for Director.