KEMET Corporation announced that Yasuko Matsumoto has been elected to the Board of Directors. On June 13, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the size of the Board to nine members and elected Ms. Matsumoto to fill the resulting vacancy, placing her in the Board of Directors’ Class of 2019. Ms. Matsumoto is currently employed as the General Manager, Affiliated Company Department, Corporate Strategy Division of NEC Corporation. Ms. Matsumoto currently serves on the board of directors of Nippon Avionics Co. Ltd., Netcracker Technology Corporation and NEC Energy Devices Ltd., Ms. Matsumoto served as a director of NEC TOKIN Corporation from 2011 until its acquisition by KEMET on April 19, 2017.