Gardner Denver Confirms Exploration of Strategic Alternatives to Enhance Shareholder Value

Gardner Denver GDI today confirmed that its Board of Directors, working together with its management team and the Company's financial advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co., are exploring strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value. These alternatives could include, among other things, enhancing the Company's existing strategic plan or a possible sale or merger of the Company. The Company stated that no decision has been made and that there can be no assurance that the Board's exploration of strategic alternatives will result in any transaction being entered into or consummated. Gardner Denver does not intend to discuss or disclose developments with respect to this process until the Board has approved a definitive course of action.