EPCOS AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 07.10.2009 Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- On October 5, 2009, TDK - EPC Corporation, Tokio, Japan, has notified us pursuant to section 21 para. 1 WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in EPCOS AG, Munich, Germany, ISIN: DE0005128003, WKN: 512800, exceeded the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% and 75% on October 1, 2009, and amounts to 95,82% (corresponding to 63,897,064 voting rights) as per this date. 30,244,901 of these voting rights, corresponding to 45.36% of the voting rights in EPCOS AG, are attributed to TDK - EPC Corporation pursuant to section 22 para. 1 sentence 1 no.1 WpHG. Voting rights that are to be attributed to TDK - EPC Corporation are held via TDK Germany GmbH which is controlled by TDK - EPC Corporation and whose holdings of voting rights in EPCOS AG amounts to 3% or more. 07.10.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: EPCOS AG St.-Martin-Straße 53 81669 München Deutschland Internet: www.epcos.com End of News DGAP News-Service =--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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