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 23 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 1,312,822 EPCOS Shares outside the offer at the maximum
cash price of EUR 17.85 per share via the stock exchange. These EPCOS
Shares correspond to approximately 1.98% of the share capital and the
voting rights of EPCOS. The title in these EPCOS Shares will presumably be
transferred to TDK Corporation on 25 September 2008.

Düsseldorf, this 24 September 2008

TDK Germany GmbH
24.09.2008  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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