Littelfuse, Inc. To Report Third Quarter Results October 22

    DES PLAINES, Ill.--Oct. 9, 2002--Littelfuse, Inc. today announced it will release results for the third quarter of 2002 prior to the opening of the market on Tuesday, October 22, 2002.
    Company management will host a conference call later that morning, October 22, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern/10:00 a.m. Central time to discuss the results. The call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed through the company's Web site: www.littelfuse.com. Listeners should go to the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the call to download and install any necessary audio software. The call will be available for replay through Tuesday, October 29 on the company's Web site.

    Littelfuse is a global company offering the broadest line of circuit protection products in the industry. In addition to its Des Plaines world headquarters, Littelfuse has manufacturing facilities in England, Ireland, Switzerland, Mexico, China and the Philippines, as well as in Centralia, Des Plaines and Arcola, Illinois. It also has sales, engineering and distribution facilities in the Netherlands, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Brazil.
    For more information, please visit Littelfuse's web site at www.littelfuse.com.