Oshkosh Truck Named to Forbes' Platinum 400 List Of Best Big Companies for Third Consecutive Year

    OSHKOSH, Wis.--Jan. 20, 2003--Oshkosh Truck Corporation announced today that the company was again named one of the Best Big Companies in America on Forbes Magazine's 2003 Platinum 400 List. This is the third consecutive year that Oshkosh's financial performance qualified it as a Platinum member.
    Oshkosh ranked number five in terms of five-year stock performance, with a stock price increase of 415 percent, according to the interactive version of the list found at www.forbes.com/platinum.
    "We design and build some of the toughest trucks and truck bodies in the world for men and women in very demanding jobs. Our focus is and always has been on these customers. This has proven critical to our long-term performance, particularly in difficult economic times. In fact, we believe that the best thing we can do for our investors is to focus on our customers because they determine our success. It is an honor to be recognized by Forbes for the third consecutive year," said Robert G. Bohn, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Oshkosh.
    Forbes' Platinum 400 ranks companies on the basis of long-term and short-term results, measuring profitability and growth over a five-year period. According to Forbes, the list includes "companies that are better than their competitors, with outstanding profitability and growth." The magazine publishes five lists annually, but its Platinum 400 List of the Best Big Companies is its premier list.

    Oshkosh Truck Corporation is a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies for the fire and emergency, defense, concrete placement and refuse hauling markets. Products are marketed under the Oshkosh(R), Pierce(R), McNeilus(R), Geesink, Norba and Medtec(R) brand names. The company is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wis., and had annual sales of $1.74 billion in fiscal 2002. The stock performance results contained in this press release are historical. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
    For more information about Oshkosh Truck Corporation, log onto the company web site at www.oshkoshtruck.com.