LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc

Lincoln Electric Board Declares Dividend; Announces Annual Meeting Date CLEVELAND, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of 18 cents per share, payable April 15, 2005 to holders of record on March 31, 2005. The Company also announced that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2005, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, at Wellington Center, 777 Alpha Drive, Highland Heights, Ohio 44143. Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of arc welding products, robotic arc-welding systems, plasma and oxyfuel cutting equipment. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln has operations, manufacturing alliances and joint ventures in 18 countries and a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices covering more than 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric, its products and services, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.lincolnelectric.com/ . DATASOURCE: Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Roy L. Morrow of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., +1-216-383-4893, or Web site: http://www.lincolnelectric.com/

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