[ADVANTEST] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in Board of Directors, Executive Officers and Auditors (To be effective on June 28, 2005) (1) Nominee for the Board of Directors (to be elected at the Shareholders Meeting) Director and Senior Executive Advisor Hiroshi Oura (Representative Director, Chairman of the Board and CEO) Chairman of the Board Shimpei Takeshita (Vice Chairman of the Board) Representative Board Director Toshio Maruyama Director of the Board Junji Nishiura Director of the Board Hiroji Agata Director of the Board Hitoshi Owada Director of the Board Takashi Tokuno (2) Nominees for Corporate Auditor (to be elected at the Shareholders Meeting) Corporate Auditor Naoyuki Akikusa (Representative Director and Chairman, Fujitsu Limited) * Corporate Auditor, Mr. Kuniaki Suzuki, retires as of June 28, 2005. (3) Nominees for Executive Officers President and CEO Toshio Maruyama (President and COO) Senior Executive Officer Junji Nishiura Senior Executive Officer Hiroji Agata Managing Executive Officer Hitoshi Owada Managing Executive Officer Takashi Tokuno Managing Executive Officer Kenichi Mitsuoka Managing Executive Officer Yuri Morita Managing Executive Officer Jiro Katoh Managing Executive Officer (to be promoted) Takao Tadokoro Managing Executive Officer (to be promoted) Hiroyasu Sawai Managing Executive Officer (to be promoted) Hiroshi Tsukahara Executive Officer Masao Shimizu Executive Officer Masao Araki Executive Officer Yuichi Kurita Executive Officer Yoshiro Yagi Executive Officer Hideaki Imada Executive Officer Shinichiro Umeda Executive Officer (to be newly elected) Akira Hatakeyama Executive Officer (to be newly elected) Yasuhiro Kawata Executive Officer (to be newly elected) Takashi Sugiura Executive Officer (to be newly elected) Shinichiro Kuroe - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ADVANTEST] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resignation from the Board : Kiyoshi Miyasaka, Director and Senior Executive Officer -- To be elected as President of Advantest Customer Support Corporation Other changes: Norihito Kotani, Managing Executive Officer -- To be elected as President of Advantest Laboratory Co. Ltd. Yoshiaki Furuse, Executive Officer -- To be elected as Executive Director of Advantest Customer Support Corporation Nominee for Corporate Auditor (Biography) Naoyuki Akikusa (Date of Birth: December 12, 1938) Mar. 1961 Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics. Apr. 1961 Joined Fujitsu Limited Jun. 1988 Member of the Board, Fujitsu Limited Jun. 1991 Managing Director, Fujitsu Limited Jun. 1992 Executive Director, Fujitsu Limited Jun. 1998 Representative Director and President, Fujitsu Limited Jun. 2003 Representative Director and Chairman, Fujitsu Limited (Current Position) Nominee for New Executive Officers (Biography) Akira Hatakeyama (Date of Birth: December 20, 1950) Mar. 1973 Graduated from Nagoya University, Faculty of Engineering Apr. 1973 Joined Advantest Corporation Apr. 2001 President, Japan Engineering Corporation (Current Position) Yasuhiro Kawata (Date of Birth: October 5, 1953) Mar. 1974 Graduated from Wakayama National College of Technology Apr. 1974 Joined Advantest Corporation Apr. 2005 General Manager, 2nd SOC Tester Business Division, 1st Test System Business Group (Current Position) Takashi Sugiura (Date of Birth: March 8, 1957) Mar. 1979 Graduated from Nagoya University, Faculty of Physics Apr. 1979 Joined Advantest Corporation Apr. 2005 General Manager, Product Design Initiatives 1, 1st Test System Business Group (Current Position) Shinichiro Kuroe (Date of Birth: March 30, 1959) Mar. 1981 Graduated from Hosei University, Faculty of Engineering Apr. 1981 Joined Advantest Corporation Apr. 2005 General Manager, Solution Business Division Sales and Marketing Group (Current Position) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------