Extraordinary Report
August 7, 2014
(TRANSLATION)
ADVANTEST CORPORATION
Note for readers of this English translation On August 7, 2014, ADVANTEST CORPORATION (the “Company”) filed its Japanese-language Extraordinary Report (Rinji Houkokusho) (the “Report”) with the Director-General of the Kanto Financial Bureau in Japan in connection with the resolutions adopted for the change in representative director at the board of directors meeting on August 7, 2014. This document is an English translation of the Report in its entirety. |
1. Reason for submitting the Extraordinary Report
Given that resolutions were adopted for the change in representative director at the board of directors meeting of ADVANTEST CORPORATION (the “Company”) held on August 7, 2014, the Company submits this Extraordinary Report under the provisions of Article 24-5, Paragraph 4, of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan and Article 19, Paragraph 2, Item 9, of the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Information, etc.
2. Matters reported
The newly appointed representative director’s name, date of birth, title, date of change and number of the Company’s shares owned:
Name (Date of Birth) | New Title | Former Title | Date of Change | Number of the Company’s Shares Owned |
Shinichiro Kuroe (March 30, 1959) | Representative Director, President & CEO | Director, Corporate Vice President | August 7, 2014 | 3,728 |
The newly appointed representative director’s brief personal history
| April 1981 | Joined Advantest Corporation |
| June 2005 | Executive Officer |
| June 2009 | Director, Managing Executive Officer |
| June 2013 | Director, Corporate Vice President |
| August 2014 | Representative Director, President & CEO (present position) |