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Standard Motor Products Announces Quarterly Dividend of 8 Cents Per Share

29 July 1997

Standard Motor Products Announces Quarterly Dividend of 8 Cents Per Share

    NEW YORK, July 29 -- The Board of Directors of Standard Motor
Products, Inc. today announced a regular quarterly dividend of
eight cents per share on the common stock outstanding.
    The dividend will be paid on September 2, 1997 to stockholders of record
August 15, 1997.
    Standard Motor Products, Inc. is a manufacturer of automotive replacement
parts.

SOURCE  Standard Motor Products, Inc.