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TDK to Dissolve Strategic Alliance With Fujitsu

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May 8, 2009

TDK Corporation ("the Company") today decided to dissolve a strategic alliance agreement with Fujitsu Limited ("Fujitsu") in the magnetic hard disk drive ("HDD") head business. Accordingly, TDK and Fujitsu today also agreed to unwind their joint shareholding in TDK FUJITSU Philippines Corporation ("TFPC").
Philippines-headquartered TFPC is currently 66%- and 34%-owned by TDK and Fujitsu, respectively. Details are as follows.

Reasons for Dissolving Alliance
In October 2004, TDK and Fujitsu signed a strategic alliance agreement in magnetic HDD heads. Under this agreement, the companies established TFPC in December 2004 as a manufacturing joint venture specializing in drive-head processing and assembly in the Philippines, where both TDK and Fujitsu have manufacturing operations. The goal was to build a structure for technological collaboration in the field of HDD heads. However, due to Fujitsu's recent decision to end HDD head and HDD operations, TDK and Fujitsu have agreed to dissolve the strategic alliance agreement and unwind their joint shareholding in TFPC.

Details of Alliance Dissolution
The joint shareholding in TFPC will be unwound and TFPC will become a wholly owned TDK subsidiary.

Profile of Joint Venture

(1) Name	TDK FUJITSU Philippines Corporation
(2) Main business	Manufacture of HDD heads (processing and assembly)
(3) Established	December 1, 2004
(4) Location	119 East Science Avenue Special Export Processing Zone Laguna Technopark, Binan, Laguna, Philippines
(5) Capital	US$65 million
(6) No. of employees	2,236 (As of March 24, 2009)

Profile of Former Alliance Partner

(1) Name	Fujitsu Limited
(2) Location	4-1-1, Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture
(3) Representative	Kuniaki Nozoe, President
(4) Established	June 1935
(5) Capital	¥324,625 million (as of December 31, 2008)
(6) Fiscal year-end	March 31
(7) No. of employees	173,733 (consolidated; December 31, 2008)
(8) Main businesses	Software and services, development and manufacture of IT and communications products
(9) Net sales	¥5,330,865 million (consolidated; year ended March 31, 2008)
(10) Relationship with TDK	No capital or personnel relationships other than this strategic alliance

Alliance Dissolution Date
May 11, 2009
Outlook
The dissolution of this alliance is expected to have a negligible effect on TDK's operating results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.