TDK Germany GmbH
TDK Germany GmbH: Notification pursuant to sec. 23 para. 2 WpÜG

TDK Germany GmbH / Offer

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TDK Germany GmbH
Düsseldorf

Notification pursuant to sec. 23 para. 2 WpÜG

On 25 August 2008, TDK Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany (the 'Bidder'),
published the offer document for its voluntary public takeover offer (the
'Offer') to the shareholders of EPCOS AG, Munich, Germany ('EPCOS'), to
acquire all their non-par value registered shares (ISIN DE0005128003) in
EPCOS (collectively the 'EPCOS Shares' and individually an 'EPCOS Share')
against payment of a cash consideration amounting to EUR 17.85 per EPCOS
Share. On 22 September 2008 the Bidder published an amendment to the Offer
pursuant to sec. 21 WpÜG.
The Offer and the document for the amendment of the Offer have been made
available on the internet at the website http://www.tdk-germany-gmbh.com.
The acceptance period for the Offer expires on 7 October 2008, 24:00 h
(local time at Frankfurt a.M., Federal Republic of Germany), unless being
extended pursuant to the provisions of the WpÜG.

On 22 September 2008, i.e. after the publication of the offer document, the
Bidder's parent company, TDK Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, a person acting in
concert with the Bidder within the meaning of sec. 2 para. 5 sentence 3
WpÜG, has purchased 1,697,000 EPCOS Shares outside the
offer at the maximum cash price of EUR 17.84 per share via the stock
exchange and an additional 2,610,178 EPCOS Shares for a cash price of EUR
17.85 per share off-market. These 4,307,178 EPCOS Shares correspond to
approximately 6.48% of the share capital and the voting rights of EPCOS.
The title in these EPCOS Shares will presumably be transferred to TDK
Corporation on 24 September 2008.

Düsseldorf, this 23 September 2008
TDK Germany GmbH
23.09.2008  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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