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              [html]<thead><tr><td>SCHEDULE OF QUARTERLY RESULTS</td><td>INVESTOR RELATIONS</td><td>COMMON STOCK</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Send inquiries to :</td><td>HON INDUSTRIES common stock trades</td><td>The Company operates on a fiscal year ending</td></tr><tr><td>Investor Relations</td><td>on the New York Stock Exchange under the</td><td>on the Saturday nearest December 31. Quar -</td></tr><tr><td>HON INDUSTRIES Inc.</td><td>symbol : HNI. Stock price quotations can be</td><td>terly results are typically announced within 25</td></tr><tr><td>414 East Third Street</td><td>found in major daily newspapers and The</td><td>days after the end of each quarter, and audited</td></tr><tr><td>Muscatine, IA 52761</td><td>Wall Street Journal.</td><td>results are typically announced within 40 days</td></tr><tr><td>Telephone : 56 ( 3.264.7400</td><td>after year - end.</td><td>Fax : 563.264.7655</td></tr><tr><td>TRANSFER AGENT</td><td>FISCAL zoo4</td><td>E - mail : investorrelations @ honi. com</td></tr><tr><td>Shareholders may report a change of address or make inquiries by writing or calling :</td><td>QUARTER - END DATES</td><td>CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS</td></tr><tr><td>1st Quarter : Saturday, April 3</td><td>HON INDUSTRIES Inc.</td><td>Computershare Investor Services, LLC</td></tr><tr><td>2nd Quarter : Saturday, July 3</td><td>414 East Third Street</td><td>2 North LaSalle Street</td></tr><tr><td>3rd Quarter : Saturday, October 2</td><td>P. O. Box 1109</td><td>Chicago, IL 60602</td></tr><tr><td>4th Quarter : Saturday, January 1</td><td>Muscatine, IA 52761 - 0071</td><td>Telephone : 312.588.4991</td></tr><tr><td>AN NUAL MEETING</td><td>Telephone : 56 ( 3.264.7400</td><td>The Company ’ s annual shareholders ’ meeting</td></tr><tr><td>Fax : 563.264.7217</td><td>will be held at 10 : 30 a. m. on May 4.2004, at</td><td>Website : www. honi. com</td></tr><tr><td>the Holiday Inn, Highways 61 & 38 North,</td><td>Muscatine, Iowa. Shareholders and other</td><td>INDEPENDENT PUBLIC</td></tr><tr><td>interested investors are encouraged to attend</td><td>PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</td><td>the meeting.</td></tr><tr><td>One North Wacker Drive</td><td>Chicago, IL 60606</td></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr><tr></tr></tbody>
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