KEMET Announces Date for the March 2010 Quarterly and Annual Earnings Release

April 27, 2010

GREENVILLE, SC –  April 26, 2010 –  KEMET Corporation (OTC:KEME) (BULLETIN BOARD: KEME) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM (ET) on Thursday, May 20, 2010, to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 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 #69358440. Participants can view a corresponding presentation from the KEMET website at www.kemet.com by clicking on the fourth 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 http://www.kemet.com/ir. A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight, June 3, 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 (OTC:KEME) (BULLETIN BOARD: 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 http://www.kemet.com/ .