Greenville, South Carolina (July 17, 2008) - KEMET Corporation (NYSE:KEM) will hold its Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on July 30, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. ET, at the Westin Poinsett Hotel, 120 South Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina.

On July 30, 2008, at 8:00 a.m. ET, the Company will release earnings for the June 2008 quarter and will hold a conference call to discuss the earnings release at 9:00 a.m. ET on that date. The call will last approximately one hour. After an initial presentation, questions will be taken as time permits.

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 # 54966654.

In conjunction with the conference call, there will be a simultaneous live broadcast over the internet, which can be accessed at http://www.kemet.com/ir. A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight, August 13, 2008, 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 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. KEMET's common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM. Additional information about KEMET can be found at http://www.kemet.com.

Contact:

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