The document is available on the Advantest website at www.advantest.co.jp/investors/en-index.shtml under the Investor Relations heading, and may also be accessed through the EDGAR section of the SEC's website at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.  Hard copies of the company's audited financial statements are available to shareholders free of charge upon request.

About Advantest

Advantest Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of automatic test equipment to the semiconductor industry.  Advantest’s SoC, logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor fabrication lines in the world.  Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its North American subsidiary in 1982 and its European subsidiary in 1984.  More information is available at www.advantest.co.jp/en-index.shtml.