SAUER DANFOSS INC
EXHIBIT 10.1(AL)
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1 (al)</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AMENDMENT NUMBER 7<br>
TO THE<br>
SAUER-DANFOSS EMPLOYEES&#146;<br>
SAVINGS PLAN<br>
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1997)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By virtue and
in exercise of the amending power reserved to Sauer-Danfoss (US) Company (the
&#147;Company&#148;) by Section 14.1 of Sauer-Danfoss Employees&#146; Savings Plan as amended
and restated effective January 1, 1997 (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and pursuant to the
authority delegated to the undersigned officer of the Company by the Employee
Benefits Committee of the Company, the Plan is hereby amended and, effective as
of February 1, 2003, by adding the following new Section A-10 to follow
immediately after Section A-9 of the Appendix A entitled &#147;Application of the
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001:&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;A-10. <u>Catch-up
Contributions.</u>&#160;&#160;&#160; All Employees who
are eligible to make elective deferrals under the Plan and who have attained
age 50 before the close of the Plan Year shall be eligible to make &#147;Catch-up
Contributions&#148; in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Section
4l4(v) of the Code. Such Catch-up Contributions shall not be taken into account
for purposes of the provisions of the Plan implementing the required
limitations of Sections 402(g) and 415 of the Code or for purposes of the
Matching Contribution provisions of Section 5.1(b) of the Plan. The Plan shall
not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the plan implementing
the requirements of Section 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 410(b), or 416
of the Code, as applicable, by reason of the making of such Catch-up
Contributions.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has authorized the execution on its behalf this Amendment
Number 7, this 20<sup>th</sup> day of January, 2003.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SAUER
  DANFOSS (US) COMPANY</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ </font>Kenneth D. McCuskey</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kenneth D. McCuskey</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President Finance</font></p>
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