Littelfuse to Increase Ownership of Heinrich Industrie AG to 96.8%

DES PLAINES, Ill.--Nov. 10, 2004--Littelfuse, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement for the purchase of an additional 10.1% of shares in Heinrich Industrie AG of Witten, Germany, to increase ownership to 96.8%. The company will purchase an additional 202,000 shares of Heinrich for approximately 4.8 million euros in a private transaction.

After increasing ownership in Heinrich to 96.8%, the company said it intends to move forward with a process under German securities law to purchase all remaining shares.

Littelfuse acquired an initial 82.4% ownership stake in Heinrich in May 20, 200404 and initiated a tender offer for the remaining shares. The tender offer, which was completed in July, increased the company's total ownership of Heinrich to 86.7%.

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.