Advantest Files Annual Report Form 20-F with the SEC for the Year Ended March 31, 2009

TOKYO, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE), has filed its annual report Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2009, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Advantest has posted this filing to its website, where it can be accessed at: http://www.advantest.co.jp/investors/sec-filing/sec-filing-2008/pdf/form20-F.pdf

Holders of Advantest's American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) can request a hard copy of the Annual Report on form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2009, including its complete audited financial statements, free of charge. Please link to the order form below to complete your request.

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About Advantest

Advantest Corporation is the world's leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and also produces electronic instruments and systems. A global company, Advantest has long offered total ATE solutions, and serves the industry in every component of semiconductor test: tester, handler, mechanical and interfaces, and software. Its logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has subsidiaries worldwide. Among them, Advantest America, Inc. is based in Santa Clara, CA., Advantest Europe GmbH is based in Munich, Germany, and Advantest Taiwan Inc. is based in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

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