KEMET Wins the 'Outstanding Performance Award' from Sanmina-SCI

November 23, 2009

GREENVILLE, SC – November 23, 2009 – KEMET Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: KEME), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, multilayer ceramic, solid aluminum, plastic film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced that the Company has received the Outstanding Performance Award for quality and delivery throughout the year at Sanmina-SCI’s Strategic Supplier Summit held on November 17, 2009, in Santa Clara, California.

Winning the Outstanding Performance Award is a great honor. Our relationship with Sanmina-SCI continues to grow into a true partnership. To have Sanmina-SCI recognize our commitment to the relationship is extremely motivating and appreciated, stated Per Loof, KEMET’s Chief Executive Officer. There is nothing we value more than providing our customers with the highest level of customer support. We are known in our industry as the Easy-To-Buy-From Company and this latest award recognizes our commitment to our customers, continued Loof.

About KEMET

KEMET Corporation (KEME.OB) 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/.