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Changes in Board Directors, Corporate Auditors and
Executive Officers

April 25, 2007
(To be effective on June 27, 2007)
Nominees for Board Directors  
Chairman of the Board Shimpei Takeshita
Representative Board Director Toshio Maruyama
Board Director Naoyuki Akikusa
Board Director Yasushige Hagio
Board Director Junji Nishiura
Board Director Hiroji Agata
Board Director Takashi Tokuno
Board Director Hiroshi Tsukahara (to be newly elected)
(Managing Executive Officer)
Board Director Yuichi Kurita (to be newly elected)
(Executive Officer)

Title in a parenthesis is as of April 25, 2007.
Nominees for Corporate Auditors  
Corporate Standing Auditor
Takashi Takaya
(Corporate Auditor)
Corporate Standing Auditor
Hitoshi Owada (to be newly elected)
(Board Director and Managing Executive Officer)
Corporate Auditor
Jiro Haneda (to be newly elected)
(Former Corporate Standing Auditor, Nippon Office Systems Ltd.)

Title in a parenthesis is as of April 25, 2007.
Nominees for Executive Officers  
President and CEO Toshio Maruyama
Senior Executive Officer
Junji Nishiura
Senior Executive Officer Hiroji Agata
Senior Executive Officer Takashi Tokuno
Managing Executive Officer Hiroshi Tsukahara
Managing Executive Officer Yuichi Kurita (to be promoted)
Managing Executive Officer Yuri Morita
Managing Executive Officer Jiro Katoh
Managing Executive Officer Takao Tadokoro
Managing Executive Officer Hiroyasu Sawai
Managing Executive Officer Yoshiro Yagi (to be promoted)
Executive Officer
Masao Shimizu
Executive Officer
Masao Araki
Executive Officer
Hideaki Imada
Executive Officer
Akira Hatakeyama
Executive Officer
Yasuhiro Kawata
Executive Officer
Takashi Sugiura
Executive Officer
Shinichiro Kuroe
Executive Officer
Takashi Sekino
Executive Officer
Hiroshi Nakamura
Executive Officer
Yoshiaki Yoshida
Executive Officer
Minoru Morishita (to be newly elected)
Resignation from Board Directors, Corporate Auditors and
Executive Officers
Hiroshi Oura, Board Director and Senior Executive Adviser
-- To be elected as Senior Executive Adviser

Hitoshi Owada, Board Director and Managing Executive Officer
-- To be elected as Corporate Standing Auditor

Noboru Yamaguchi, Corporate Standing Auditor
-- To be elected as Adviser

Tadahiko Hirano, Corporate Standing Auditor
-- To be elected as Adviser

Shinichiro Umeda, Executive Officer
-- To be elected as Adviser

Nominees for New Board Directors (Biography)
Hiroshi Tsukahara (Date of Birth: August 26, 1950)
Mar, 1974 Graduated from Faculty of Technology, Seikei University
Apr, 1974 Joined Advantest Corporation
Jun, 2001 Board Director, Advantest Corporation
Jun, 2003 Executive Officer, Advantest Corporation
Jun, 2005 Managing Executive Officer (Current Position)
Jun, 2006 Senior Vice President, 1st Test System Business Group (Current Position)

Yuichi Kurita (Date of Birth: July 28, 1949)
Mar, 1973 Graduated from Faculty of Foreign Studies,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Apr, 1973 Joined Fujitsu Limited
Mar, 2001 Joined Advantest Corporation
Jun, 2003 Executive Officer, Advantest Corporation (Current Position)
Jun, 2005 Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning Group
(Current Position)
Nominees for New Corporate Auditors (Biography)
Hitoshi Owada (Date of Birth: March 26, 1946)
Mar, 1964 Graduated from Fukaya Commercial High School
Feb, 1970
Joined Advantest Corporation
Jun, 1997 Board Director, Advantest Corporation
Jun, 2000 Managing Director, Advantest Corporation
Jun, 2003 Board Director and Managing Executive Officer,
Advantest Corporation (Current Position)
Jiro Haneda (Date of Birth: October 3, 1943)
Mar, 1966 Graduated from Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
Apr, 1966
Joined Nippon Kangyo Bank, Ltd.
Oct, 1998 Executive Director, Kanematsu Corporation
Mar, 2004 Corporate Standing Auditor, Nippon Office Systems Ltd.
Nominee for New Executive Officer (Biography)
Minoru Morishita (Date of Birth: January 12, 1949)
Mar, 1972 Graduated from School of Social Sciences, Waseda University
Jun, 1973
Joined Advantest Corporation
Jun, 2002 General Manager, Nanotechnology 2nd Business Division (Current Position)
Index of Press Release 2007
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