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Introduction & Business UpdatesWacom Co., Ltd.

TSE code 6727

February, 2017

All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2017 Wacom Co., Ltd. 2

Contents Index

3-4 Our Vision and Our Mission

5-7 Company Outline, Who is Wacom, and History

8-10 Historical Financial Results and Dividends

11-14 Wacom’s Strength, Technologies, and IP Portfolio

15 Main Business Lines

16-20 Creative Business

21 Consumer Business

22 Business Solution

23-24 Technology Solution

25-27 Sales by Segment and EMS Partners

28-31 Product Portfolio and Technology Strategies

32-35 Our Future Strategy and Brandings

36 Disclaimer

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our vision

4 • Confidential All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2014 Wacom Co., Ltd..

Title Name Date

Our Mission


Wacom Co., Ltd.

All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2017 Wacom Co., Ltd.

Head Office2-510-1, Toyonodai, Kazo-shi,

Saitama, Japan

Date of Founding July 12, 1983

Paid-in Capital 4.2 bn. JPY (as of March 31, 2016)

President &CEO Masahiko Yamada

Revenue 77.6 bn. JPY (FY 3/2016)

Employees 1,271 (incl. temporary staff) (as of September 30, 2016)

Stock Market Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section (6727)

Business Line ・ Brand products (creative pen tablet, etc.)

・ Technology solution (digital pen & touch sensor

system, etc.)

・ Others (CAD software)


Who is Wacom ?

• Wacom is the global leader in Pen tablet market for creative users

• Wacom is the key supplier of digital pen and touch sensor components

for a broad range of smartphones, tablets and other IT systems.


1980年代 1983 Founded in Saitama, Japan1984 First cordless pen tablet introduced1988 Wacom Europe (Germany) established

1990年代 1990 Walt Disney adopted pen for “Beauty & the Beast”

1991 Wacom Technology (U.S.) established

2000年代 Subsidiaries established in Asia PacificChina (2000), Korea (2004), Australia (2005)Singapore (2006), Taiwan (2008)

2003 Listed on JASDAQ, 2005 Listed on TSE Sec. 1

2000 2010 Wacom India established2011 Received TSE “Disclosure Award”2011 Smartphone adoption of pen technology2012 Received JIRA “Best IR Award for Small Cap.”2013 “Asia’s 200 Best Under 1 billon USD” by Forbes

1990’s

2010’s

2000’s

History

1980’s


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20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

FY 03/12 FY 03/13 FY 03/14 FY 03/15 FY 03/16 FY 03/17

Others

Technologysolution40,700

61,068

78,61574,557

71,500

Consolidated Sales(Million JPY)

Forecast

as of Feb. 8, ‘17

77,568


-1,500

500

2,500

4,500

6,500

8,500

FY 03/12 FY 03/13 FY 03/14 FY 03/15 FY 03/16 FY 03/17

4,067

7,915

8,663

6,143

3,664

-500

3,892

7,559

8,282

6,065

3,777

-650

2,181

4,7705,249

3,473

2,310

-1,500

Operating Profit Recurring Profit Net Profit

Consolidated Profits(Million JPY)

Forecast

as of Feb. 8, ‘17


Dividends per ShareDividend payout policy• Stable payouts to shareholders while maintaining stable financial basis

necessary for future business development• Payout ratio higher than 40%

0.00

5.00

10.00

15.00

20.00

FY 03/13 FY 03/14 FY 03/15 FY 03/16 FY 03/17

37.7%55.9%

86.3%128.6% 121.3%

11.25

17.50 18.00 18.00Shares split

Jun. 2013 Split 400-for 1** Including adoption of 100

share trading-unit

Repurchase of own shares

Sep.- Dec. 20132.0 mil. shares (1.44 bn JPY)

May - Jun. 20152.3 mil. shares (1.22 bn JPY)

May - Sep. 20162.2 mil. shares (0.75 bn JPY) (Plan)

Estimated

as of Feb. 8, ‘17

6.00


Wacom’s StrengthsPen tablet for creative users

Global market share

Wacom’s estimate in 2015

Americas Europe Asia Oceania Japanincluding sales of

Technology Solution (TS)

FY 3/14 FY 3/15 FY 3/16 FY3/14 FY3/15 FY3/16FY 3/14 FY 3/15 FY 3/16 FY3/14 FY3/15 FY3/16

• Global presence and market share leadership

• Global partnerships with major industry players

Operating 10 companies and 30 offices or more globally

Bar graphs show historical sales by regionUnit : Millions of JPY Local Currency □USD Unit : K □EURO Unit : K


Controller IC

Wacom’s Key Technology

Cordless, battery free digital pen

8,192 levels of pen pressure sensitivity

High dynamic performance

High durability

High-speed high-precision

EMR position sensor

Side Switch

Eraser Switch

Sensor Board


Wacom’s Key Technology

Active ES Technology

Development of Wacom’s original ES (Electrostatics) Pen Technology

Shared touch sensor for both pen and touch

One chip controller for pen and touch

Eliminated the need for sensor board of pen,

provided a lightweight solution

Simply structure for system products

Incorporated battery or charger system

in Active ES Pen


IP Portfolio and Strategy• Global IP applications and proactive IP management

• Global team of IP professionals for monitoring and defending IP portfolio

Patents Designs Trademarks

Registered Applied Registered Applied Registered Applied

Japan 162 82 103 15 96 19

Overseas 586 545 441 35 612 116

Sub total 748 627 544 50 708 135

Total 1,375 594 843

*Overseas patents are applied and registered in the United States, Europe, China, Taiwan and other key countries.

* Wacom counts one trademark for one product category as one.

(Accordingly, in case of one trademark owned by Wacom for two product categories, the number of trademarks is two.)

(As of October, 2016)


Main Business Lines

Technology Solution Business UI technology solutions for mobile systems EMR, Active ES components & modules (feelTM)

Other Business Engineering solution・ECAD dio

Consumer business Makes daily lives more creative and enjoyable

Digital Stationery: Bamboo series

Business solution Serves society by providing innovative solutions

STU (Signature Tablet), DT (Display Tablet) series, etc.

Creative business

Serves the passion of professional and consumer creativity

Wacom Intuos Pro, Cintiq Pro, MobileStudio Pro, etc.

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Platform &application

Provides

technology,

apps and

platforms

WILL,

Inkspace,

Bamboo

Paper,

sign pro

PDF, etc.


クリエイティブペンタブレットCreative Pen Tablet

16All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2017 Wacom Co., Ltd.

All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2017 Wacom Co., Ltd. 17Intuos Comic Intuos Draw Intuos ArtIntuos Photo

クリエイティブペンタブレットCreative Pen Tablet

3D Modeling solution for beginners

Integrated solution with 3D printing process

Standard service of 3D printing and delivery

3D


クリエイティブペンタブレット


Creative Display


13/16

Wacom supports professional digital

workflows for 3D design and modeling.


クリエイティブペンタブレットCreative Mobile

Highest performance tablet with Intel i7 and GPU

4 times higher pressure ranges with Wacom Pro Pen 2

High resolution and high color precision 4K display

Fully 3D design and modeling support with 3D camera

13/16


クリエイティブペンタブレットCreative Business End Users

• Graphics design and entertainment industries worldwide.


Consumer (Digital Stationeries)

Inkspace,

Bamboo Paper

Wacom InkLayer Language


Business Solution

Digital Signature System

Lalaport, Mitsui Fudosan Retail Management, Japan

Signature TabletsCitibank, Korea


Technology Solution

• High speed, high resolution multi-touch sensor

• Cordless, battery free, pressure sensitive digital pen

• High optical performance touch panel

• Low power ASIC controller

Integrated user interface solutions

with pen and multi-touch technology


Technology Solution

Wacom Feel IT Technologies

Technologies that makes you feel different.

Wacom Feel IT TechnologiesCustomers Projects

series

Tablets and note PC models on Windows OS Smartphones and Tablets on Android OS


Sales by Business Lines

77.6bn. JPY

(Pen Tablet31.1%)

(Display17.0%)

(Moobile5.7%)

Others 0.9%

Consumer 2.8%

(For smartphone21.1%)

Business Solution 6.4%

Technology

Solution 36.1%

Creative

53.8%

(For Tablet12.3%)

(For Note PC, etc. 2.7%)

FY 03/2016 (results)


Sales by Region

Europe

19.1%

Americas

20.2%

Japan

10.2%Technology

Solution

36.1%

AsiaOceania14.4%

77.6bn. JPY

FY 03/2016 (results)

(Note) There are no regional segments in Technology Solution Business.


EMS Partners

Cintiq 27HDCintiq 22HD

Component

Pen Sensor

Component

Touch Sensor

Cintiq ProMobileStudio Pro

Vietnam

22” Display pen tablet11” LCD pen tablet

Signature tablet

Intuos proIntuos series

Overseas EMS production approx. 98%

Domestic EMS production approx. 1%

Domestic in-house production under 1%

Pen tablet product EMS partners

Consumer product EMS partners

Display, mobile product EMS partner

Technology Sol. EMS partners

Business Sol. product EMS partners

Bamboo Stylus

Component

Pen Sensor

Bamboo Stylus


Bra

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Pro

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Tech

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ol.

Signature tablet

ConsumerPro-Business

Desktop

Product PortfolioMobile

Wacom InkLayer Language

Bamboo Paper

apps

Inkspace,


Wacom Ink Layer LanguageA cross platform universal ink system

made possible by WILLTM

iOS Android Windows Windows/MacOS


• Started operation in October, 2016

• Promotes WILL “Wacom Ink Layer

Language” as new digital ink

standard and development of new

digital stationery market

www.digitalstationeryconsortium.org

Founding ofDigital Stationery Consortium

Connected Ink Las Vegas

January 6, 2017

http://www.digitalstationeryconsortium.org/


Technology strategies

Multi-technology SolutionEMR + AES（Active ES） + WILL

Open up the era of

“digital stationeries”

Extend pen technology base and pen application areas

Promote new digital ink standard and pen apps development

Open Partnership Policy


From technology to people

From pen to user interface solutions

From professionals to consumers

Anywhere in the world, for everybody in the world

Our Future Strategy


Simple,

Natural,

Intuitive.


UI Paradigm Shift

for everyone in the world

anywhere in the world

simple, natural, and easy

for interaction and sharing

fun and always connected


our brand


Disclaimer

Forward-looking statements regarding future events and performance contained in

this presentation are based on currently available information and involve risks and

uncertainties, including macroeconomic conditions, trends of the industry in which

the company is engaged, and progress in new technologies. Please note that actual

results could materially differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-

looking statements in this presentation due to these risks and uncertainties. All

rights reserved. All other company names and product names are trademarks or

registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Investor Relations InquiriesWacom Co., Ltd.

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