KEMET Announces Date for the September 2010 Quarter Earnings Release


Greenville, South Carolina (October 14, 2010) - KEMET Corporation (NYSE
Amex: KEM) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM (EDT) on Thursday, October 28, 2010, to discuss its financial results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2010.

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 17818966. Participants can view a corresponding presentation from the KEMET website at www.kemet.com by clicking on the second 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 that can be accessed at
http://www.kemet.com/ir. A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight, November 11, 2010, 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.

About KEMET
KEMET Corporation (NYSE Amex: KEM), 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.

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