KEMET Announces Date for the December 2008 Quarterly Earnings Release


Greenville, South Carolina (January 14, 2009) - KEMET Corporation (Other
OTC:KEME) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM (EST) on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, to discuss its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008.

To access the call via telephone, participants in the United States should dial 1-800-416-8033, and participants outside the United States should dial 1-706-643-0979. Participants should reference "KEMET Corporation" and Conference ID #80874669. Participants can view a corresponding presentation from the KEMET website at www.kemet.com by clicking on the third quarter conference call link in the investor relations section of the website. The presentation will be available immediately prior to the beginning of the call. Following management's comments, there will be an opportunity for questions.

In conjunction with the conference call, there will be a simultaneous live broadcast over the internet, which can be accessed at www.kemet.com/ir. A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight, February 11, 2009, through the same link. Also available in the Investor Relations section of the website is additional company information and a link to subscribe to KEMET news and financial releases.

KEMET Corporation (KEME) applies world-class service and quality to deliver industry-leading, high-performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world. KEMET offers the world's most complete line of surface-mount and through-hole capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, film, aluminum, electrolytic, and paper dielectrics. Additional information about KEMET can be found at www.kemet.com.

Contact:
William M. Lowe, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
billlowe@KEMET.com
864-963-6484

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