Parker Completes Cash Tender Offer to Acquire the Remaining Shares in TAIYO, LTD. of Japan

CLEVELAND, March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH), the global leader in motion and control technologies, today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase the outstanding shares not owned by Parker in TAIYO, LTD., a majority owned subsidiary of Parker, which is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.  The tender offer, which was formally made by Parker Hannifin Japan Holdings GK, resulted in ownership by Parker of 97.82% of the outstanding shares of TAIYO.  At the offer price of 250 yen (approximately $3.08) per common share, the total consideration paid for the tendered shares was 5.5 billion yen (approximately $70 million).

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Parker has been the majority shareholder in TAIYO since June 2006 and owned 56.49 percent of the outstanding shares in TAIYO prior to the tender offer.  TAIYO has annual sales of approximately 17.3 billion yen (approximately $215 million) and develops and manufactures a broad range of motion and control products.  TAIYO will remain part of Parker's Global Hydraulics Group and its results will continue to be reported in the Industrial International segment. Parker has been consolidating 100 percent of the sales of TAIYO in its financial statements.

"We are pleased to have completed this transaction and officially welcome the people of TAIYO to Parker Hannifin," said Jeff Cullman, President of Parker's Hydraulics Group.  "Based on the strong working relationship we have developed over the past ten years, we anticipate a seamless transition to full Parker ownership.  This completed transaction places Parker in a strong position to offer our world class hydraulic and automation systems in Japan and other target growth markets in the region."

With annual sales exceeding $12 billion in fiscal year 2011, 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 employs approximately 58,000 people in 47 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 55 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 web site at www.parker.com, or its investor information web site at www.phstock.com.

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