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[SAUER DANFOSS LETTERHEAD] PRESS RELEASE
JUNE 13, 2000
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. ANNOUNCES
SECOND QUARTER DIVIDEND OF $0.07 PER SHARE
AMES, IOWA, USA, JUNE 13, 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 second quarter ending July 2, 2000. The dividend is
payable on July 14, 2000, to stockholders of record as of June 30, 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 6,200 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. - INVESTOR RELATIONS
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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]
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Internet: http://www.sauer-danfoss.com
