FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2006 ADVANTEST CORPORATION (Toshio Maruyama, President and CEO) (Stock Code Number: 6857, TSE first section) (Ticker Symbol: ATE, NYSE) CONTACT: Yuri Morita (Managing Executive Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs Group) Phone: +81-(0)3-3214-7500 Advantest Decided the Total Subscription Price to be Paid with Respect to its Stock Option (Stock Acquisition Rights) to Employees Tokyo -December 4, 2006 - Advantest Corporation (the "Company") resolved at a meeting of its Board of Directors on November 29, 2006 to issue stock options in the form of stock acquisition rights pursuant to a shareholders resolution at the 64th annual general meeting of shareholders. The specific terms and conditions of the issuance of stock options in the form of stock acquisition rights, including the total subscription price to be paid upon exercise of each stock acquisition right, that were not determined at the meeting of its Board of Directors on November 29, 2006 have been determined as set forth below. 1. Date of allocation December 1, 2006 2. Number of stock acquisition rights allocated 40 3. Class and total number of shares underlying 8,000 shares of common stock of Advantest Corporation (each stock the stock acquisition rights acquisition right shall be exercisable for 200 shares) 4. Total subscription price to be paid upon exercise of 1,243,600 Yen per unit (6,218 Yen per share) each stock acquisition right 5. The total value of all shares (newly issued shares or 49,744,000 Yen treasury shares) issued or delivered upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights 6. Matters concerning the amount of capital and the (a) The amount of capital increased by the issue of the shares additional paid-in capital increased by the upon exercise of the stock acquisition rights is 3,641 Yen per share. issuance of shares upon exercise of the (b) The amount of additional paid-in capital increased by the issue stock acquisition rights of the shares upon exercise of the stock acquisition rights is 3,641 Yen per share. 7. The number of employees receiving stock acquisition Employees of the Company's overseas subsidiaries, totaling 3 rights 1 For Reference (1) The date of the meeting of the Board of Directors May 26, 2006 setting the date for the annual general meeting of shareholders (2) Date of the resolution made pursuant to the annual June 27, 2006 general meeting of shareholders 2