Winnebago Industries Announces Cash Dividend

FOREST CITY, Iowa--Jan. 1, 20052, 2005--Winnebago Industries, Inc. , today announced that the Company's Board of Directors met today and declared the record date of March 4, 2005 for its upcoming quarterly cash dividend of seven cents a share payable to shareholders on April 4, 2005. Winnebago Industries previously announced its intention to pay a quarterly cash dividend of seven cents a share for a total of 28 cents a share annually during fiscal 2005.

About Winnebago Industries

Winnebago Industries, Inc. is the leading United States manufacturer of motor homes, self-contained recreation vehicles used primarily in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. The Company builds quality motor homes under the Winnebago, Itasca and Rialta brand names with state-of-the-art computer-aided design and manufacturing systems on automotive-styled assembly lines. The Company's common stock is listed on the New York, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges and traded under the symbol WGO. Options for the Company's common stock are traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. For access to Winnebago Industries' investor relations material, to add your name to an automatic email list for Company news releases or for information on a dollar-based stock investment service for the Company's stock, visit, http://www.winnebagoind.com/html/company/investorRelations.html