January 30, 2018

Company Name: HOYA CORPORATION Representative: Hiroshi Suzuki, President and CEO

(Code: 7741, the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Contact: Corporate Development Office

Telephone:+81-(0)3-6911-4825(IR)/6911-4824(PR)

Notice Regarding Cancellation of Treasury Stock

The Board of Directors of HOYA CORPORATION ("The Company") today resolved to cancel certain shares held as treasury stock pursuant to Article 178 of the Companies Act of Japan in the aim of increasing capital efficiency as well as enhancing shareholder benefit by decreasing the total

number of outstanding shares.

The Company will cancel the shares repurchased under itsrepurchase plan approved by resolution of the Board of Directors on December 8, 2017 *1except for certain shares to be held in reserve as treasury stock to satisfy outstanding stock options.

(1) Class of shares to be cancelled

Common stock

(2) Number of shares to be cancelled

4,300,000shares

(1.13% of total shares outstanding, excluding

treasury stock)

(3) Scheduled date of cancellation

February6, 2018

(Reference)

Total number of issued and outstanding shares after the cancellation: 381,436,420shares

*1 Please refer to press release on December 8, 2017

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