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Briggs & Stratton Corp. (BGG)At 4:01PM ET: 19.09  Up 0.03 (0.16%)  
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Briggs & Stratton Corp.
12301 West Wirth Street
Wauwatosa, WI 53222
United States - Map
Phone: 414-259-5333
Fax: 414-259-5338
Web Site: http://www.briggsandstratton.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 600 SmallCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Industrial Goods
Industry:Diversified Machinery
Full Time Employees:6,847

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Briggs & Stratton Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and services air cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment worldwide. It operates through two segments, Engines and Power Products. The Engines segment offers engines primarily for various lawn and garden equipment applications, which include walk-behind lawn mowers, riding lawn mowers, garden tillers, and snow throwers; and industrial, construction, agricultural and other consumer applications that include generators, pumps, and pressure washers. It also manufactures replacement engines and service parts. This segment sells its products directly, as well as through sales and service distributors. The Power Products segment offers portable and standby generators, pressure washers, snow throwers and lawn and garden powered equipment. It sells its products through various channels of retail distribution, including consumer home centers, warehouse clubs, mass merchants, and independent dealers under the Briggs & Stratton, Brute, Craftsman, Ferris, Giant Vac, John Deere, Murray, Simplicity, Snapper, Victa, and Troy-Bilt brands. The company serves original equipment manufacturers. The company has a strategic relationship with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the distribution of air cooled gasoline engines manufactured by MHI in Japan under Briggs & Stratton’s Vanguard brand. Briggs & Stratton Corporation was founded in 1908 and is based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Briggs & Stratton Corp.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 59.5% of S&P 600 companies and 69.4% of Capital Goods companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. John S. Shiely , 55
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Member of Exec. Committee
    $ 1.65M $ 0
    Mr. Todd J. Teske , 44
    Pres, Chief Operating Officer
    $ 782.00K $ 0
    Mr. James E. Brenn , 61
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 546.00K $ 0
    Mr. Thomas R. Savage , 61
    Sr. VP of Admin.
    $ 547.00K $ 0
    Mr. William H. Reitman , 53
    Sr. VP of Sales & Customer Support
    $ 449.00K $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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