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The Timken Company Declares Quarterly Dividend    

8 November 1999

The Timken Company Declares Quarterly Dividend    

    CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 5 -- The board of directors of The Timken
Company today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per
share.  The dividend is payable on December 6, 1999, to shareholders of record
on November 19, 1999.  It will be the 310th consecutive dividend paid on the
common stock of the company.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991012/TKRLOGO )
    The Timken Company ( http://www.timken.com ) is a leading
international manufacturer of highly engineered bearings and alloy steels with
operations in 25 countries.  The company employs about 21,000 people worldwide
and reported 1998 sales of more than U.S. $2.6 billion.