Crane Co. to Acquire Telequip Corporation.

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Crane Co. (NYSE: CR), a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products, announced today that it had entered into agreements with the holders of 90% of the outstanding shares of Telequip Corporation to acquire the company for a cash purchase price of approximately $45 million. The transaction is expected to close within the next two weeks after the holders of the remaining 10% execute agreements to sell their shares. Telequip is projected to have sales of approximately $23 million in 2006.

Telequip, with headquarters in Salem, New Hampshire, has been manufacturing coin dispensing solutions since 1974. Telequip provides embedded and free-standing coin dispensing solutions principally focused on the retail market which includes grocery and convenience stores, quick-service restaurants and self-checkout/self-service kiosks. Telequip's coin dispensers have a particularly strong position in automated self-checkout markets.

Mr. Eric Fast, president and chief executive officer of Crane Co., said, "The addition of Telequip to our payment systems solutions business in the Merchandising Systems segment is a strong complementary fit with our National Rejectors, Inc. (NRI) coin and CashCode bill validation technologies. We will be able to offer our customers individual components as well as integrated payment systems solutions to meet their needs. We expect this acquisition will be neutral to our earnings in 2006."

Crane Co. is a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products. Founded in 1855, Crane provides products and solutions to customers in the aerospace, electronics, hydrocarbon processing, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, automated merchandising, transportation and other markets. The Company has five business segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Fluid Handling, Engineered Materials, Merchandising Systems, and Controls. Crane has approximately 10,500 employees in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Crane Co. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:CR). For more information, visit www.craneco.com.

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