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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 11, 2000
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER DIVIDEND OF $0.07 PER SHARE
AMES, IOWA, USA, DECEMBER 11, 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 fourth quarter ended December 31, 2000. The dividend is
payable on January 15, 2001, to stockholders of record as of December 29, 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 $950 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]
