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Simpson Industries, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

19 April 2000

Simpson Industries, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

    PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 19 Simpson Industries, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SMPS) announces that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly
dividend in the amount of $.10 per share.  The dividend is payable June 22,
2000 to shareholders of record on June 1, 2000.