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Toppan Photomasks Earns Freescale Semiconductor's 'Gold Performance Excellence Award'

Leading Supplier of Embedded Chips Praises Toppan's Technology and Service

ROUND ROCK, Texas – Jun 22, 2006 – Toppan Photomasks, Inc. announced today that it received a "Gold Performance Excellence Award" for 2005 from Freescale Semiconductor. Toppan Photomasks was the only global photomask supplier to be recognized for exemplary performance in the areas of cost, quality, delivery, service and technology.

The Gold Performance Excellence Award also honors Toppan's ability to support Freescale's photomask needs worldwide. Freescale cited Toppan's role in enabling the chipmaker to move advanced 90nm designs into mainstream production in 2005. This is the second consecutive year that Toppan has received the award. Last year's award recognized the company's performance in meeting an extremely aggressive delivery schedule for photomasks at the 90nm design node at Freescale Austin Technology & Manufacturing Center.

"Success in this industry requires technical excellence, consistently reliable partnerships and dedication to exceed customer expectations. Toppan delivers on all three fronts," said Tom Linton, Freescale's vice president and chief procurement officer. "This award spotlights Toppan's commitment to support Freescale's role as a leading supplier of embedded semiconductors."

"Toppan is dedicated to providing chipmakers around the world with the technology they need to produce the most advanced devices possible," said Dave Murray, president and CEO of Toppan Photomasks. "This award is a credit to everyone in our organization who helped meet the rigorous demands that a company of Freescale's stature requires. We look forward to building on this recognition and finding additional ways to support Freescale's technology leadership."

About Toppan Printing

Founded in 1900, Toppan Printing has branched into seven diverse business fields, including security cards, commercial printing, publications printing, packaging, industrial materials, electronics and optronics. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, Toppan posted revenues of ¥ 1,548.2 billion (more than US$ 13 billion), an increase of 9.5 percent as compared to the previous fiscal year, and ended the year with approximately 36,000 employees. For more information visit www.toppan.co.jp.

About Toppan Photomasks

Toppan Photomasks, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. a diversified global company with revenue in excess of $13 billion in fiscal 2006. Together with the photomasks business of Toppan Printing, the company forms the world's premier photomask provider. Utilizing operations within the industry's most advanced and largest network of manufacturing facilities, Toppan Photomasks offers a comprehensive range of photomask technologies and research and development capabilities to meet the increasingly sophisticated and divergent product-and-service requirements of the global semiconductor industry. Toppan Photomasks is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. For more information visit www.photomask.com.

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