Parker to Webcast Annual Meeting of Shareholders on October 26 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern

CLEVELAND, Oct. 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it will webcast its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled for Wednesday, October 26, 2016, beginning at 9:00 a.m., Eastern time.

Parker’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Williams, is scheduled to make a presentation at the meeting to review the company's performance and the Win Strategy™. A live webcast of the presentation will be accessible on Parker's investor information website at www.phstock.com and also will be archived on the site.

With annual sales of $11 billion in fiscal year 2016, 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 mobile, industrial and aerospace markets.  The company has operations in 49 countries around the world.  Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 60 consecutive fiscal years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index.  For more information, visit the company's website at www.parker.com, or its investor information website at www.phstock.com.

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Contact:  
Media –
Aidan Gormley, Director, Global Communications and Branding 
216/896-3258
aidan.gormley@parker.com
  
Financial Analysts –
Robin J. Davenport, Vice President, Corporate Finance
216/896-2265
rjdavenport@parker.com

Released October 20, 2016