UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM SDSpecialized Disclosure Report

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

1-15236

Not Applicable(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Shin-Marunouchi Center Building
1-6-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

100-0005(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)

Hiroshi Nakamura+81-3-3214-7500(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide
the period to which the information in this form applies:

XRule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period
from January 1 to December 31, 2013

Introduction
This Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (“Form SD”) of Advantest Corporation (“Advantest”
or “we”) for the year ended December 31, 2013 is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 under theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”). The Rule 13p-1 was adopted by the Securities andExchange Commission (“SEC”) to implement reporting and disclosure requirements related to“conflict minerals” as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of2010.
Company Overview
Advantest conducts its business in the following segments: 1) Semiconductor and Component Test
System Segment; 2) Mechatronics System Segment, focusing on peripheral devices, including test
handlers and device interfaces; and 3) Services, Support and Others Segment.
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
In accordance with the Advantest Procurement Policy, which is available publicly on our website(https://www.advantest.com/US/AboutAdvantest/procurementpolicy/index.htm),

Advantest

hasconcluded in good faith that during the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2013:a) Advantest has manufactured and contracted to manufacture products as to which “conflictminerals” (as defined in Item 1.01 (d) (3) of Form SD) are necessary to the functionality or
production of such products.
b) Based on a “reasonable country of origin inquiry” (“RCOI”) and due diligence procedures(described in greater detail in the Conflict Minerals Report referenced below), Advantest knows or
has reason to believe that a portion of its necessary conflict minerals originated or may haveoriginated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the“Covered Countries”) and knows or has reason to believe that such necessary conflict minerals may
not be from recycled or scrap sources.
c) Advantest’s RCOI employed a combination of measures to determine whether the necessary
conflict minerals in Advantest products originated from the Covered Countries.

Advantest’s

primary means of making this determination was by conducting a supply-chain survey with direct
suppliers using the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® (EICC®) / Global e-Sustainability
Initiative (GeSI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template. In addition, Advantest re-surveyed
suppliers from whom we received conflicting results obtained by the original survey from thesupply-chain. As a result of the supply chain survey that we conducted, approximately 93% of ourdirect suppliers that contribute necessary conflict minerals to our products have provided aresponse to the survey.
Conflict Minerals DisclosureThis form SD and the associated Conflict Minerals Report are publicly available atwww.advantest.com.
Section 2 – Exhibits
Item 2.01 Exhibits
List of exhibits filed as part of this report.
Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report as required by Item 1.01 of this Form.

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
ADVANTEST CORPORATION(Registrant)/s/ Hiroshi Nakamura
Name: Hiroshi Nakamura
Title:Director, Managing Executive Officer

June 2, 2014
(Date)

Exhibit 1.01

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT OF ADVANTEST CORPORATION
in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Section 1 - Introduction
This is the Conflict Minerals Report of Advantest Corporation (“Advantest”) for calendar year 2013
(except for conflict minerals that, prior to January 31, 2013, were located outside of the supply chain)in accord with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 13p-1”). Numerous terms
in this report are defined in Rule 13p-1 and Form SD and this information should be read inconjunction with those sources and to 1934 Act Release No. 34-67716 (August 22, 2012) issued by theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for such definitions.
Section 2 - Due Diligence Measures Performed
In accordance with Rule 13p-1, Advantest undertook due diligence to seek to determine whether thenecessary conflict minerals in the Advantest automated test equipment (“ATE”) Products were or werenot “DRC conflict free”. Advantest designed its due diligence measures to be in conformity, in allmaterial respects, with the internationally recognized due diligence framework in the OECD Due
Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk
Areas (OECD 2011) (“OECD Framework”) and related Supplements for each conflict mineral.
The due diligence measures performed by Advantest are as follows:(1) Established Conflict Minerals working groups sponsored by the director in charge and pursued
activities related to conflict minerals issues. The working groups include the supply chain
survey group, customer relations group, disclosure group, and management office.
(2) Added the statement “Handling the Issues with Conflict Minerals” to the Advantest
procurement policy and requested our direct suppliers to cooperate with us in our effort toimprove transparency in our supply chain. This policy is available online at the link here:
https://www.advantest.com/US/AboutAdvantest/procurementpolicy/index.htm(3) Joined the Conflict Free sourcing working group of Japan Electronics and Industries inInformation Technology Association (“JEITA”) as a member company. In this working group,
Advantest participated in preparing guidance materials for member companies’ suppliers
demonstrating how to respond to our supply chain survey and had a joint briefing session forthe suppliers in collaboration with the member companies. JEITA is working with Japan
Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (“JAMA”) to increase awareness of the Conflict
Minerals issue and improve supply chain survey efficiency.
(4) Conducted a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers using the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals
Reporting Template to identify the smelters and refiners who contribute refined conflictminerals to Advantest ATE Products.
(5) Compared the smelters and refiners identified by direct suppliers via the supply-chain survey
against the list of smelter facilities which received a “conflict free” designation (such as theEICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter (CFS) program’s lists for tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold)
from an independent third party smelter audit.
(6) Summarized and analyzed survey responses to determine whether any supplier provided us
with a name of a smelter or refiner that was not on the list mentioned above.
(7) Contacted suppliers whose response had contained any incomplete or unclear information torequest for further inputs.
Based on the due diligence measures described in this report, the necessary conflict minerals containedin Advantest’s ATE Products are considered to be DRC conflict undeterminable for calendar year 2013.
We are making this determination because we were not able to obtain sufficient information from oursuppliers to conclude origins of the necessary conflict minerals.

Due to the lack of information, we are not able to determine and describe the facilities used to process
those necessary conflict minerals or their country of origin.
Section 3 - Future Due Diligence Measures
Advantest will undertake the following measures during the next compliance period to improve thedue diligence:(1) Conduct the survey by using common tools of JEITA/JAMA and conduct joint research briefings
to gain further understanding and cooperation of suppliers.
(2) Check whether main suppliers comply with Advantest Procurement Policy, including the use ofconflict minerals. The Advantest Procurement Policy will be used as criteria for selecting
suppliers.