Carpenter Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

    Business Editors/Manufacturing Writers

    WYOMISSING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2005--The Board of Directors of Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS), at its meeting today, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.10 per share of common stock, payable March 3, 2005, to shareholders of record on February 8, 2005. The ex-dividend date (the date the common stock trades without the dividend) is February 4, 2005.

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CONTACT: Carpenter Technology Corporation Mr. Jaime Vasquez, 610-208-2165 jvasquez@cartech.com

KEYWORD: PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING MANUFACTURING MINING/METALS DIVIDEND SOURCE: Carpenter Technology Corporation

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