Parker Hannifin Announces Upcoming Webcasts

CLEVELAND, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation announced upcoming webcasts set for October 26 and October 27.

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Parker's Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at its corporate headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, October 26 at 9:00 a.m. EDT. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Don Washkewicz will be presenting an overview of the company's 2005 fiscal year. The presentation will be simultaneously webcast and may be accessed on the company's investor information site at http://www.phstock.com/ . The presentation will be archived on the site for two weeks.

Beginning at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, October 27, Parker will be webcasting an event for investors and analysts, which will be held in Cleveland. Presenters include Don Washkewicz; Nick Vande Steeg, President and Chief Operating Officer; Jack Myslenski, Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Operations Support; Bob Barker, President, Aerospace Group; and Craig Maxwell, Vice President of Technology and Innovation. To access the webcast, visit Parker's investor information site at http://www.phstock.com/ . The presentation will be archived on the site for two weeks.

With annual sales exceeding $8 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs more than 50,000 people in 46 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 49 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.parker.com/, or its investor information site at http://www.phstock.com/.