As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2010
Registration Statement No. 333-132374      


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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KABUSHIKI KAISHA ADVANTEST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

ADVANTEST CORPORATION
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
 
Japan
 
None
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

________________

Shin-Marunouchi Center Building
1-6-2 Marunouchi,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005
Japan
(81-3) 3214-7500
(Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices)
________________
   
THE ADVANTEST CORPORATION
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN 2005
(Full Title of the Plan)

Advantest America Corporation (Holding Co.)
3201 Scott Boulevard
Santa Clara, California 95054
Attention: Corporate Secretary
(408) 988-7700
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

With a copy to:
Masahisa Ikeda
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Fukoku Seimei Building
2-2 Uchisaiwaicho 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
Japan
81-3-5251-1601



 
 
 
 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Advantest Corporation (the “Registrant”) is hereby filing this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 13, 2006 (File No. 333-132374) (the “Registration Statement”) to deregister certain shares of the Registrant’s common stock relating to options that were registered for issuance under the Advantest Corporation Incentive Stock Option Plan 2005 (the “Plan”).
 
The Registration Statement registered a total of 244,000 shares issuable pursuant to the Plan, including 122,000 shares that became available for issuance under the Plan as a result of the two for one stock split of shares of the Registrant’s common stock conducted on October 1, 2006.
 
The Registration Statement is hereby amended to deregister the remaining unissued shares following the expiration of the awards under the Plan.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo of Japan on May 28, 2010.
 
 
 
Advantest Corporation
 
       
 
By:
  /s/ Yuichi Kurita
 
   
Name: 
Yuichi Kurita
 
   
Title:  
Director and Managing Executive Officer
 
 


 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on May 28, 2010.
 
 
Name
 
Title
     
     
/s/ Toshio Maruyama
  
Chairman of the Board and Representative Director
Toshio Maruyama
   
     
 
/s/ Haruo Matsuno
  
Representative Director, President and CEO
(Principal Executive Officer)
Haruo Matsuno
   
   
 
Director
Naoyuki Akikusa
   
   
 
Director
Yasushige Hagio
   
/s/ Takashi Tokuno
 
 
Director and Senior Executive Officer
Takashi Tokuno
   
/s/ Hiroshi Tsukahara
 
 
Director and Managing Executive Officer
Hiroshi Tsukahara
   
     
/s/ Yuichi Kurita  
Director and Managing Executive Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Yuichi Kurita
   
     
/s/ Hiroyasu Sawai  
Director and Managing Executive Officer
Hiroyasu Sawai
   
     
/s/ Shinichiro Kuroe
  
Director and Managing Executive Officer
Shinichiro Kuroe
   
     
/s/ Hiroshi Nakamura
  
Managing Executive Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Hiroshi Nakamura
   
 
 
 
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