EPCOS AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share) 05.08.2008 Release 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 August 1, 2008, Baden-Wuerttembergische Investmentgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, Germany, has notified us pursuant to article 21 (1) WpHG that its percentage of voting rights in EPCOS AG, Munich, Germany, ISIN: DE0005128003, WKN: 512800, fell below the threshold of 3% on July 31, 2008, and amounts to 2.519% (1,645,363 voting rights) as per this date. 2.297% (1,500,163 voting rights) are attributable to it according to article 22 paragraph 1 sentence 1 no. 6 WpHG. 05.08.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: EPCOS AG St.-Martin-Straße 53 81617 München Deutschland Internet: www.epcos.com End of News DGAP News-Service =--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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