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The Timken Company Declares Quarterly Dividend    

4 February 2000

The Timken Company Declares Quarterly Dividend    

    CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 4 -- The board of directors of The Timken
Company today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 18 cents per share.  The
dividend is payable on March 6, 2000, to shareholders of record on
February 18, 2000.  It will be the 311th 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 1999 sales of U.S. $2.5 billion.