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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2000
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER DIVIDEND OF $0.07
PER SHARE
AMES, IOWA, USA, SEPTEMBER 21, 2000--SAUER-DANFOSS INC. (NYSE: SHS; FSE: SAR),
today announced that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of
$0.07 per share for the third quarter ended October 1, 2000. The dividend is
payable on October 16, 2000, to stockholders of record as of October 2, 2000.
Sauer-Danfoss Inc. is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of
engineered hydraulic systems and components for use primarily in applications of
off-highway mobile equipment. Sauer-Danfoss, with approximately 6,500 employees
worldwide and sales of about $840 million, has manufacturing and engineering
capabilities in Europe, the United States and China, and principal business
centers in Ames, Iowa, Neumunster, Germany, and Nordborg, Denmark. More details
online at www.sauer-danfoss.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
SAUER-DANFOSS INC.--INVESTOR RELATIONS
KENNETH D. MCCUSKEY Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Phone: (515) 239-6364
Vice-President -- Finance 2800 East 13th Street Fax: (515) 239-6443
Ames, Iowa, USA 50010 [email protected]
JOHN N. LANGRICK Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Phone: +49-4321-871-190
Director of Finance -- Europe Krokamp 35 Fax: +49-4321-871-121
D-24539 Neumunster [email protected]
Internet: http://www.sauer-danfoss.com
