Robbins & Myers Announces First Quarter Dividend

Dayton, Ohio (PROTEXT) - Robbins & Myers, Inc. (NYSE: RBN)announced that its Board of Directors approved the regularquarterly dividend payment of $.055 per share for the firstquarter of fiscal 2000. Shareholders of record as of January 14,2000 will receive payment on January 31, 2000. Robbins & Myers, Inc. is an international manufacturer andmarketer of superior quality fluids management products andsystems serving the process industries: specialty chemicals,pharmaceutical, oil and gas exploration, production and pipeline,wastewater treatment, food and beverage, and pulp and paper.Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, the Company has facilities in theUnited States, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore andjoint ventures in China, India and Taiwan. The Company's common stock trades on the New York StockExchange under the symbol RBN. ots Original Text Service:Robbins & Myers, Inc. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.deContact: Hugh E. Becker, Vice President Investor Relations ofRobbins & Myers (USA) 937-225-3335 Web site:http://www.robn.com

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