Amendment to Disclosure and Option to License Agreement between Kyocera Corporation and AVX Corporation (March 31, 2005)

Summary

Kyocera Corporation and AVX Corporation have agreed to extend their existing Disclosure and Option to License Agreement for one additional year, until April 1, 2006. The amendment confirms that all terms of the original agreement, dated April 1, 2000, remain unchanged. This extension is formalized by both parties' authorized representatives.

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EXHIBIT 10.13


AMENDMENT dated as of March 31, 2005 to:

DISCLOSURE AND OPTION TO LICENSE AGREEMENT (the ?Agreement?) dated as of April 1, 2000, by and between KYOCERA CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of Japan, and AVX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation.

In accordance with Article VIII, Section 8.01 of the Agreement, Kyocera Corporation and AVX Corporation agree to continue the Agreement for one year to April 1, 2006 upon the existing terms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

KYOCERA CORPORATION   AVX CORPORATION

By       By
__/s/ Yasuo Nishiguchi_____   __/s/ John S. Gilbertson___

Name: Yasuo Nishiguchi    Name: John S. Gilbertson
Title: President     Title: Chief Executive Officer
And President