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Wynn's International Declares Dividend

29 April 1999

Wynn's International Declares Dividend

    ORANGE, Calif., April 28 -- Wynn's International, Inc.
announced that the Board of Directors has declared a regular
quarterly dividend of seven cents ($0.07) per share of common stock, payable
June 30, 1999 to stockholders of record on June 15, 1999.  This represents the
97th consecutive quarterly dividend payment since 1975.

    At the same meeting, the following officers were elected:

     James Carroll            Chairman of the Board and
                              Chief Executive Officer
     John W. Huber            President and Chief Operating Officer
     Seymour A. Schlosser     Vice President-Finance and
                              Chief Financial Officer
     Gregg M. Gibbons         Vice President-Corporate Affairs
                              and General Counsel
     Wendy K. K. Nishikawa    Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
     James F. Barlow          Treasurer and Controller
     Jean Melton              Assistant Secretary

    The Company also announced that at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
immediately preceding the Board meeting, the stockholders had elected James
Carroll and Barton Beek as directors for three-year-terms ending in 2002 and
approved Ernst & Young as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 1999.  The stockholders also approved the Company's 1999 Stock
Awards Plan.
    Wynn's International, founded in 1939, is a worldwide supplier of high
quality O-rings and sealing products; specialty chemical products, equipment
and related service programs; and builders hardware supplies.  The Company is
headquartered at 500 North State College Boulevard, Suite 700, Orange,
California 92868, telephone: (714) 938-3700.