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Briggs & Stratton Declares Dividend

20 January 1999

Briggs & Stratton Declares Dividend

    MILWAUKEE, Jan. 20 -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation
:
    At the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of Briggs &
Stratton Corporation, held today, a quarterly dividend of twenty-nine cents
($0.29) per share was declared on the common stock of the Corporation, payable
April 1, 1999 to shareholders of record at the close of business March 1,
1999.

                             BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION

                             James E. Brenn
                             Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer