Littelfuse Announces Stock Repurchase Program

DES PLAINES, Ill.--Aug. 3, 20041, 2004--Littelfuse, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the purchase by Littelfuse of up to one million shares of Littelfuse common stock during the period commencing May 1, 2004, and ending April 30, 2005. To date, Littelfuse has purchased no shares of its common stock pursuant to this authorization, but in the future Littelfuse may decide to repurchase shares of its common stock pursuant to this authorization.

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 Des Plaines and Arcola, Illinois and Irving, Texas. 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.

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