Company Celebrates Five Year Anniversary of Listing on NYSE NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantest Corporation (TSE:6857TSE:NYSE:TSE:ATE), the global leader in automatic test equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry, tomorrow celebrates the five year anniversary of its listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the ringing of the closing bell. Advantest listed on the New York Stock Exchange and began trading its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on September 17, 2001. Advantest Corporation President and CEO, Toshio Maruyama, will ring the day's closing bell. Sharing the platform will be the corporation's Director and Senior Advisor, Hiroshi Oura, and Hitoshi Owada, Director and Managing Executive Officer. Advantest America's President and CEO, Keith Lee, will also represent the company at the NYSE ceremony. "We are extremely proud of our NYSE affiliation," states Maruyama, "because of the reputation and high trading standards that the New York exchange represents worldwide. We value and appreciate being listed among the world's leading companies. In addition to giving Advantest access to global capital markets, our NYSE listing is a source of great pride to our employees and contributes to our ability to recruit world-class engineering talent, which is so critical to our technology leadership." Headquartered in Tokyo, Advantest has the number one share of the worldwide ATE market for the semiconductor industry and is also a leading manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design, production and maintenance of electronic systems, including fiber optic and wireless communications equipment and digital consumer products. For the first half of fiscal 2006, the company reported revenues of 120.5 billion yen, an increase of 12.5 percent YOY. For fiscal year 2005 ending March 31, 2006, Advantest reported 253.9 billion yen, or US$2,161.6 million. Advantest's ADR trading ratio is one to one against its common shares traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). About Advantest Advantest Corporation is the global leader in 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 http://www.advantest.com/. DATASOURCE: Advantest Corporation CONTACT: Amy Gold of Advantest America, Inc., +1-212-850-6670, Web site: http://www.advantest.com/

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