SAUER DANFOSS INC
EXHIBIT 10.1(AK)
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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 (ak)</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 6<i><font style="font-style:italic;"><br>
</font></i>TO<br>
THE 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 amends and, effective as
of January 1, 2002, by adding the following sentence to Section 13.5 of the
Plan to follow immediately after paragraph (e) thereof:</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;The Plan
Benefit Committee may designate certain transactions to be effected through a
telephonic or other electronic medium, in which case notice shall be given, or
an election shall be made, when the required information is properly entered by
the Participant in the telephonic or electronic system, and an application
shall be deemed approved, where necessary, when amounts are disbursed to the
Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with such system.&#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 6<i><font style="font-style:italic;">, </font></i>this 24 day of July,
2002.</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 P. 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 P. 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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