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Anthony Battle Named Director of Internal Audit at Lincoln Electric CLEVELAND, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anthony K. Battle has been named Director of Internal Audit for Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. , it was announced today. In his new position, he will be responsible for the Company's internal audit and financial compliance function on a worldwide basis. (Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031231/CLW016 ) Mr. Battle joined Lincoln in 2003 as Manager of Internal Audit, a position he held until being named to his new assignment. Prior to Lincoln, Mr. Battle was with Owens Corning Inc., as audit manager, and before that spent eight years at TRW, where he held a number of staff and management positions of increasing responsibility in audit and finance, including finance director for a TRW joint venture, plant controller for a California subsidiary, group financial analyst in its automotive electronics group, and senior auditor at corporate headquarters. Earlier in his career, Mr. Battle was also an auditor with First Energy, Inc. and a staff accountant for the certified accounting firm, Smith & Company. Mr. Battle earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from John Carroll University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of several professional organizations, including the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Internal Auditors. 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/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031231/CLW016 http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Roy L. Morrow of Lincoln Electric, +1-216-383-4893, or Web site: http://www.lincolnelectric.com/

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