American Standard Reports Record First Quarter Earnings, Up 10 Percent - Clarification to editors

    PISCATAWAY, N.J., April 19 American Standard Companies
Inc. today clarified the information it provided earlier on its
outlook for the second quarter of 2001.  A question was raised about the
meaning of the quotation in American Standard's earnings release that reads,
"Given the economic climate, our financial performance in the second quarter
should be comparable to the first."  It means that the company expects to
achieve a comparable year-over-year earnings growth improvement in the second
quarter.  In other words, the company achieved a 10 percent diluted earnings
per share improvement in first quarter 2001 over first quarter 2000.  In
second quarter 2001, the company also expects to achieve about a 10 percent
improvement in diluted earnings per share over second quarter 2000 diluted
earnings per share.  In the second quarter of 2000, American Standard diluted
earnings per share were $1.48.

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