Actuant Announces CFO's 10b5-1 Plan to Exercise Expiring Options

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Actuant Corporation (NYSE:ATU) today announced that Andrew Lampereur, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has adopted a prearranged trading plan in accordance with guidelines specified by Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Company's policies with respect to insider sales.

Rule 10b5-1 allows officers and directors of public companies, at a time when they are not aware of material nonpublic information, to adopt predetermined plans for selling shares of company stock. Under his 10b5-1 plan, Mr. Lampereur will exercise stock options and sell up to 20,800 shares of Actuant common stock. The underlying options were granted in 1998 and must be exercised in the next twelve months or they become invalid. These options represent approximately 7% of Mr. Lampereur's total share holdings in either Actuant stock or stock options. These transactions may take place from time-to-time after October 10, 2007, subject to certain 10b5-1 plan criteria, including certain minimum price levels and daily volume activity.

About Actuant

Actuant, headquartered in Butler, Wisconsin, is a diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries. The Actuant businesses are market leaders in highly engineered position and motion control systems and branded hydraulic and electrical tools and supplies. Since its creation through a spin-off in 2000, Actuant has grown its sales from $482 million to $1.5 billion and its market capitalization from $113 million to over $1.9 billion. The Company employs a workforce of more than 7,400 worldwide. Actuant Corporation trades on the NYSE under the symbol ATU. For further information on Actuant and its business units, visit the Company's website at www.actuant.com.

Source: Actuant Corporation

Released October 10, 2007