A spokeswoman for the German company said Epcos was not in contact with the financial investor and did not know what its intentions were.

Elliot was not immediately available for comment.

A spokesman for TDK said the Japanese electronic parts maker would continue with its plans to buy Epcos.

TDK has offered Epcos shareholders 17.85 euros per share. The offer runs until Oct 7. By Friday last week TDK had bought 29 percent of Epcos shares.

The company has said it wants to own at least 56 percent of Epcos and does not plan to delist it.

Epcos is Europe's biggest maker of passive electronic components that control the flow of electricity, supplying capacitors, inductors and surface acoustic wave parts for use in cars and consumer electronics.

Elliott Associates, a New-York based hedge fund with $10 billion in assets under management, recently failed in its takeover bid for Packeteer, which provides telecom equipment and makes wide area network (WAN) optimisation products.

Packeteer was later bought by rival Blue Coat Systems Inc

in 2007. Ultimately, Australian bank Macquarie won control of Techem after a year-long battle.

(Reporting by Jens Hack; editing by Elaine Hardcastle) Keywords: EPCOS/ELLIOTT tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomsonreuters.com cmr

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Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances provide visibility and control over network traffic to improve application monitoring and performance for any user, anywhere, across the networks of distributed enterprises. PacketShaper appliances work in conjunction with Blue Coat(R) ProxySG(R) appliances for WAN optimization and for Internet gateway control, optimization and acceleration.

PacketShaper appliances can currently identify and classify over 600 discrete applications, while providing the optimization needed to ensure the effectiveness of business applications and the proper utilization of network resources. In taking over the PacketShaper family of appliances as a part of acquiring Packeteer, Blue Coat is committed to advancing the application identification capabilities of PacketShaper appliances and providing deeper interoperability between ProxySG and PacketShaper appliances, to provide enterprises and organizations with more extensive application delivery capabilities.

"It is becoming increasingly critical for companies to gain visibility and control over the applications and traffic running on their networks," said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Blue Coat Systems. "We will continue to advance our product family to give enterprises and organizations the tools for greater visibility, acceleration, security and control of their networks and applications."

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat's family of appliances and client-based solutions -- deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers -- provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has installed more than 40,000 appliances worldwide. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at (408) 220-2200 or www.bluecoat.com.

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Blue Coat and the Blue Coat logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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Blue Coat Systems 
Steve Schick, 408-220-2076 (Media) 
steve.schick@bluecoat.com 
Daniel Levy, 408-220-2318 (Investor) 
daniel.levy@bluecoat.com 
or 
Merritt Group (for Blue Coat Systems) 
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DISA provides real time IT and communications support to the President of the United States, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the military services, and the combatant commands. Expand Networks' PEP+ accelerator solution significantly enhances the ability of DISA to fulfill its mission and support the national security community.

"This is a very significant win in the Satellite Communications marketplace," said Howard Teicher, Expand Network's Vice President for Public Sector & Satellite Markets. "While we have worked with DISA in the past, and have a long history of success with various government agencies, DISA's is the primary Defense Department telecommunications service provider. The selection of Expand highlights our key competitive differentiators and ability to provide the features that other companies simply don't have."

In addition to accelerating the two-way, real time IP services on the DVB-RCS network, Expand's Accelerators will likely be used in the near future to enhance the capabilities of the DVB-RCS network by supporting a telemedicine initiative for military medical personnel deployed in the Middle East. Expand's accelerators will ensure rapid and reliable transmission of critical medical data, such as X-rays, MRI, and other radiological imagery studies, between remote medical facilities and large hospitals across the world.

Expand Networks also recently announced the Expand Accelerator 1610 which delivers the Accelerator technology in a PC-104+ condensed form factor. The 1610 is an ideal solution for space constrained and harsh environments.

For more information, please visit Expand Networks Satellite Knowledge Center: http://www.expand.com/satellite or come see us at SATCON NY 2008, Booth #128.

SOURCE: Expand Networks

Expand Networks, Inc. 
Howard Teicher, +202-244-8500 
Vice President, Public Sector & Satellite Markets 
howard.teicher@expand.com 
www.expand.com 
or 
FusionPR - US 
Emilio Dabul, +732-910-8795 
emilio.dabul@fusionpr.com 
or 
Cohesive Communications - EMEA 
Mark Waite/David Rowlands, +44 (0) 1291 626200 
expand@cohesive.uk.com 
or 
Kinetics - APAC 
Brooke Radich, +61 (0) 2 9212 3848 
expand@kinetics.com.au

DISA provides real time IT and communications support to the President of the United States, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the military services, and the combatant commands. Expand Networks' PEP+ accelerator solution significantly enhances the ability of DISA to fulfill its mission and support the national security community.

"This is a very significant win in the Satellite Communications marketplace," said Howard Teicher, Expand Network's Vice President for Public Sector & Satellite Markets. "While we have worked with DISA in the past, and have a long history of success with various government agencies, DISA's is the primary Defense Department telecommunications service provider. The selection of Expand highlights our key competitive differentiators and ability to provide the features that other companies simply don't have."

In addition to accelerating the two-way, real time IP services on the DVB-RCS network, Expand's Accelerators will likely be used in the near future to enhance the capabilities of the DVB-RCS network by supporting a telemedicine initiative for military medical personnel deployed in the Middle East. Expand's accelerators will ensure rapid and reliable transmission of critical medical data, such as X-rays, MRI, and other radiological imagery studies, between remote medical facilities and large hospitals across the world.

Expand Networks also recently announced the Expand Accelerator 1610 which delivers the Accelerator technology in a PC-104+ condensed form factor. The 1610 is an ideal solution for space constrained and harsh environments.

For more information, please visit Expand Networks Satellite Knowledge Center:

http://www.expand.com/satellite or come see us at SATCON NY 2008, Booth #128.

SOURCE: Expand Networks

Expand Networks, Inc. 
Howard Teicher 
Vice President, Public Sector & Satellite Markets 
www.expand.com 
howard.teicher@expand.com 
+202-244-8500 
or 
FusionPR -- US 
Emilio Dabul 
+732-910-8795 
emilio.dabul@fusionpr.com 
or 
Cohesive Communications -- EMEA 
Mark Waite/David Rowlands 
+44(0)-1291-626200 
expand@cohesive.uk.com 
or 
Kinetics -- APAC 
Brooke Radich 
+61(0)2-9212-3848 
expand@kinetics.com.au