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Littelfuse Elects New Director

Littelfuse Elects New Director

DES PLAINES, IL — Littelfuse, Inc. elected T.J. Chung, 44, to the company’s board of directors. Chung is president and CEO of Navman Wireless, a fleet management solutions and GPS technologies company.

“We are very pleased to welcome T.J. Chung to our board of directors. T.J. has extensive experience with technology companies worldwide, especially in Asia. He also has a strong background in strategic planning, operations, acquisitions and integration activity. We look forward to drawing on his global expertise as we move ahead with our long-term growth strategies and continue to expand our presence in Asia,” said Gordon Hunter, chief executive officer, Littelfuse.

Chung recently assumed his current position with Navman Wireless, acquired from the New Technologies Division of Brunswick Corporation. Since 2002, Chung served as the president of the New Technologies Division of Brunswick Corporation. The New Technologies Division delivers electronics and software products and services to multiple vertical markets, including the Asia region, the United States and Europe. Under Chung’s leadership, the division grew rapidly through an acquisition program and organic growth. Prior to that, he served as vice president, Strategy of Brunswick Corporation, where he was responsible for corporate-wide strategic planning, mergers, acquisitions and information technology.

Chung has 20 years of executive, global management and technology development experience in electronics and industrial markets. Chung earned his bachelor’s degree in science, electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas-Austin. He also holds a master of science degree in computer science from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, and a master of business administration degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

For more information about littelfuse, go to: www.littelfuse.com.

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DES PLAINES , IL Littelfuse has elected William Noglows, 49, to the company’s board of directors. Noglows is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cabot Microelectronics Corp., a supplier of consumable p rod ucts used in the semiconductor manufacturing process.

Noglows assumed his current position at Cabot Microelectronics Corp. in 2003. Prior to that, he was an executive vice president and general manager at Cabot. In this position, he was responsible for running the company’s $1.2 billion core particle business, which included operations in North and South America , Europe and Asia . Noglows was a primary founder of Cabot Microelectronics, which has been a fully-independent, publicly-traded entity since 2000. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The company also announced that Bruce Karsh has indicated he will not stand for re-election at the company’s annual meeting in April 2007. Karsh is president and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, LLC.

For more information about Littelfuse, go to: http://www.littelfuse.com.

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