MILWAUKEE, Aug. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Sara A. Greenstein as a Director of the Company, effective upon the conclusion of the Board meeting held today.

Ms. Greenstein will serve as a member of the class of Directors whose terms of office expire at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2018. Ms. Greenstein is the Senior Vice President – Consumer Solutions at United States Steel Corporation. U.S. Steel is an integrated steel producer of flat-rolled and tubular products with major production operations in North America and Europe and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  

About Briggs & Stratton Corporation:
Briggs & Stratton Corporation BGG, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is focused on providing power to get work done and make people's lives better. Briggs & Stratton is the world's largest producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of power generation, pressure washer, lawn and garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs & Stratton^®, Simplicity^®, Snapper^®,  Ferris^®, Vanguard^®, Allmand^®, Billy Goat^®, Murray^®, Branco^® and Victa^® brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in over 100 countries on six continents. For additional information, please visit www.basco.com and www.briggsandstratton.com.

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