Registration Statement No. 333-141394


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________

KABUSHIKI KAISHA ADVANTEST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

ADVANTEST CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
Japan
 
Not Applicable
(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 of Principal Executive Offices)
________________
   
THE ADVANTEST CORPORATION INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN 2006
 
(Full Title of the Plan)

Advantest America, Inc.
3061 Zanker Road
San Jose, California 95134
Attention: Corporate Secretary
(408) 456-3600
(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 19, 2007 (File No. 333-141394) (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 2006 (the “Plan”).
 
The Registration Statement registered a total of 348,000 shares issuable pursuant to the Plan.
 
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 September 26, 2012.
 
 
 
 
Advantest Corporation
 
       
       
       
 
By:
         /s/ Hiroshi Nakamura
 
   
Name: 
Hiroshi Nakamura
 
   
Title:  
Director and Managing Executive Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the indicated capacities on September 26, 2012.
 

Name
 
Capacity
 
       
       
/s/ Toshio Maruyama
  
Chairman of the Board and Representative Director  
Toshio Maruyama
 
 
 
       
       
/s/ Haruo Matsuno
  Representative Director, President and CEO  
Haruo Matsuno
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
       
       
    Director  
Naoyuki Akikusa
 
 
 
       
       
    Director  
Yasushige Hagio
 
 
 
       
       
 
  Director  
Osamu Karatsu
 
 
 
       
       
/s/ Shinichiro Kuroe
  
Director and Managing Executive Officer  
Shinichiro Kuroe
 
 
 
       
       
/s/ Sae Bum Myung
  Director and Managing Executive Officer  
Sae Bum Myung
 
 
 
       
       
/s/ Hiroshi Nakamura
  Director and Managing Executive Officer  
Hiroshi Nakamura
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
       
       
/s/ Atsushi Fujita
  Accounting Department Manager  
Atsushi Fujita
 
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
       

 
 
 
 
 
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