…GERMANY - Advantest (Europe) GmbH, a wholly-owned unit of Advantest Corp, definitively agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Credence Systems GmbH, a Munich-based manufacturer of automotive semiconductor test equipment, from Credence Europa Ltd, a unit of Credence…

…JAPAN - Walter Scott & Partners Ltd acquired a #.##% stake, or ##.## mil ordinary shares outstanding in Advantest Corp (AC), a manufacturer of measuring instruments, for ##.### bil Japanese yen ($ ###.### mil US), in open market transactions…

…JAPAN - Advantest Corp (AC) planned to acquire the remaining ##.##% stake, which it did not already own, in Japan Engineering Corp, a provider of engineering services, in exchange for ##,### AC ordinary shares valued at ##.### mil…

…JAPAN - A management and employee-led investor group, including Mr. Osamu Inaba, President, two directors, seven employees of Advantest AD (AD), and Mizuho Capital Partners, agreed to acquire the entire share capital of AD, a manufacturer of electronic measuring equipment…

…Japan - Advantest Corp planned to acquire the semiconductor testing equipment business of Asia Electronics, for # bil Japanese yen ($ ##.### mil US). Concurrently, Advatest agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Kyushu Asia Electronics.…

…Japan - Advantest Corp planned to acquire the entire share capital of Kyushu Asia Electronics, a wholly-owned unit of Asia Electronics. Concurrently, Advantest agreed to acquire the semiconductor testing equipment business of Asia Electronics.…

…Advantest Asia Pte Ltd (AA) raised its stake to ##% from ##% in Advantest-Eng (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between AA and Eng Teknologi Holdings Bhd (ETH) by acquiring a ##% stake from ETH for #.# mil…

…Advantest acquired ##,### warrants from Sym-Tek Systems to purchase ##,### Sym-Tek common shares, or a #% stake, at a price of $##.## per share, or a total of ###,###, over five years from the…

…Advantest acquired a ##% stake in Sym-Tek Systems by purchasing ###,### Sym-Tek common shares at a price of $##.## per share, or a total of $# mil, in a privately negotiated transaction. Concurrently, Advantest acquired ##…