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From Murata (updated status can be found here):

March 14, 2011

Dear Valued Customer,

First, thank you for the concerns many of you have expressed through phone calls and emails.  We sincerely appreciate it.

I would like to update you regarding the earthquake and tsunami damage in Japan.  I am sure you have concerns about your supply of products from Murata.  At this time, it is very difficult for us to have clear details, but we would like to share the current status:

A)   These three Murata factories in the North East coast of Japan are affected:

Tome

Sendai

Oyama

1)    Tome Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Address:  11-1, Nakae 4-chome, Sanuma, Hasama-cho, Tome-shi, Miyagi 987-0511 Japan

Products: EMI Suppression Filters, Coils

Damage Situation

There is no personal suffering.  Damage is seen partially in the building and partially of equipment.  Details of the situation are continuously being confirmed.  The supply of electricity, water and the gas is out of service now, and we will inform you of the prospect of restoration as soon as it is confirmed.           

2)    Kanazawa Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Sendai Plant

Address:  2-6, Akedori 3-chome, Izumi-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi 981-3206 Japan

Products:  Piezoelectric Products and SAW filters

Damage Situation

There is no personal suffering.  There is no big damage to the building and equipment.  The supply of electricity, water service, and the gas is out of service now, and we will inform you of the prospect of restoration as soon as it is confirmed.

3)    Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Oyama Plant

Address:  1-480, Inuzuka, Oyama-shi, Tochigi 323-8678 Japan

Products:  Polymer Capacitors

Damage Situation

There is no personal suffering.  There is no big damage of the building and equipment.  Electricity is presently being controlled through rolling blackouts.  We will update you as new information becomes available.

We are now analyzing the backlog to determine the Customers with products manufactured at each of the affected locations and will be contacting you with more details within the next 24~48 hours.

B. Logistics

The entire Murata team in Japan and North America are closely working together to ensure uninterrupted service to our customers.  We have clarified with Murata Japan that over the weekend all shipments that had been planned to leave are on their way.  Flights from Osaka Airport are presently operating as scheduled.  We will notify you of any changes or updated information.

1. Infrastructure in Japan

We have no clear overview yet, but for sure the North East part of Japan suffered serious damage and we do not know when this situation will fully recover.  As soon as we know more we will update you.

Murata has put an information section on line where you can get the latest update:

www.murata.com/new/info

From On Semi (up to date status can be found here):

Our deepest condolences go out to the people of Japan following the tragic earthquake that struck northern Japan on March 11. ON Semiconductor is currently working to assess the impact to its employees and facilities both in Japan and affected areas.

ON Semiconductor has approximately 6,000 employees in Japan. We have confirmed that there have been no on-site injuries to our SANYO Semiconductor division and ON Semiconductor employees in Japan. Updated reports confirm that no employees have been injured as a result of the earthquake or tsunami.

Our first priority is, as always, the personal safety and well being of those impacted by the event. We are currently assessing facility and customer impact. As we address the safety concerns on the local level, in parallel our global business continuity team will assess the infrastructure stability, impact on the work in progress (WIP) and inventory levels in the various channels to determine the status of supply continuity. We will update our various stakeholders as additional information is available.

From JAE:

Company Status Following the Earthquake in the Tohoku Region (Announcement March 14, 2011 9am Local Time)

We wish to update the status of JAE following the earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 in the Tohoku region of Japan.

The JAE Hirosaki and JAE Yamagata production facilities are located in the Tohoku region where the earthquake occurred. No personnel were injured, and following inspection of the facilities no damage to buildings has been found.

However, both of Hirosaki and Yamagata factories had no electricity after the earthquake.

JAE Yamagata began performing inspections of equipment the morning of March 13, and resuming production operations as completed inspections allow.

Power service to the JAE Hirosaki has not been provided and operations at the JAE Hirosaki are currently halted.

Due to the closure of highways in the Tohoku region, logistics may be affected.

Rolling blackouts for the greater Tokyo area are planned to begin in the morning of March 14. This area includes the Akishima Plant, company headquarter and main sales office, so operations at these sites may be affected.

JAE has established a Headquarter For Disaster Control to assess and manage the changing circumstances in order to best maintain operations. We will issue status updates as the situation progresses.

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