A conference call will follow at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, April 17, 2002. This call will be broadcast simultaneously over the Internet. Interested investors should access the web-cast at www.teradyne.com and click on "Investor Information" at least five minutes before the call begins.
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE: TER) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier of high performance interconnection systems. Teradyne's test products are used by manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, voice and broadband telephone networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors are used by manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure. The company had sales of $1.4 billion in 2001 and currently employs about 8,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com.

