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Briggs & Stratton Increases Quarterly Dividend

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 10, 2005 -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation :

Briggs & Stratton Corporation has announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase in its regular quarterly dividend from seventeen cents ($0.17) to twenty-two cents ($0.22) per share. The dividend is payable October 3, 2005 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 17, 2005.

                                   BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION

                                   James E. Brenn
                                   Senior Vice President and
                                   Chief Financial Officer