Important notes 7. Our manufacturing sites serving the automotive business apply theIATF 16949 standard . The IATF certifications confirm our compliance with requirements regarding the quality manage- ment system in the automotive industry. Referring to customer requirements and customer spe- cific requirements (“CSR”) TDK always has and will continue to have the policy of respecting in- dividual agreements. Even if IATF 16949 may appear to support the acceptance of unilateral re- quirements, we hereby like to emphasize that only requirements mutually agreed upon can and will be implemented in our Quality Management System. For clarification purposes we like to point out that obligations from IATF 16949 shall only become legally binding if individually agreed upon. 8. The trade names EPCOS, CeraCharge, CeraDiode, CeraLink, CeraPad, CeraPlas, CSMP, CTVS, DeltaCap, DigiSiMic, ExoCore, FilterCap, FormFit, LeaXield, MiniBlue, MiniCell, MKD, MKK, MotorCap, PCC, PhaseCap, PhaseCube, PhaseMod, PhiCap, PowerHap, PQSine, PQvar, SIFERRIT, SIFI, SIKOREL, SilverCap, SIMDAD, SiMic, SIMID, SineFormer, SIOV, ThermoFuse, WindCap are trademarks registered or pending in Europe and in other coun- tries. Further information will be found on the Internet at www.tdk-electronics.tdk.com/trademarks. Release 2018-10 10 03/20