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Standard Products Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

5 December 1997

Standard Products Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

    DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 5 -- Directors of The Standard Products
Co. have declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.17 per share,
payable January 23, 1998 to shareholders of record January 9, 1998.
    Standard Products manufactures sealing, trim and vibration control systems
for the automotive original equipment industry in North and South America and
Europe.  Its Holm Industries subsidiary produces seals for residential
refrigerators, freezers, doors and windows.  Its Oliver Rubber subsidiary
manufactures tread rubber and equipment for the truck-tire retread industry.

SOURCE  Standard Products Co.