Company Name : Anritsu Corporation

President and

Representative Director: Hiromichi Toda

Code Number : 6754

(Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section)

Media Contact : Hirokazu Hashimoto

Director, Senior Manager of
Accounting and Control Dept.

(Phone: +81-46-296-6507)

1.

Reason for the sale of investment in securities

  We sold securities for the purpose of improving efficiency of assets, strengthening financial standing and covering structural reorganization expense regarding information and communications business operation which is published at the 3rd quarter financial results on January 25, 2006.

2.

Date of sale

  March 30, 2006

3.

Content of gain on the sale of investment in securities

  Gain on 1 Listed company's securities held by Anritsu : 1,623Million Yen

4.

Influences on financial results in current fiscal year

  We will record extraordinary gain on this sale in current fiscal year 2005, ending March 31, 2006. The estimation of both consolidation and standalone financial results for the current fiscal year has taken this gain into consideration, therefore there is no changes of the estimation for financial results.