Flowserve Reports Second Quarter

Second Quarter Bookings Increase, Backlog Stable

Second quarter 2005 consolidated bookings increased 8 percent, including positive currency effects of 2 percent, to approximately $723 million compared with approximately $670 million in the second quarter of 2004. For the first six months of 2005, bookings increased 8 percent, including positive currency effects of 3 percent, to approximately $1.4 billion compared with approximately $1.3 billion in the first six months of the prior year. Second quarter 2005 backlog decreased 1 percent, including positive currency effects of less than 1 percent, to approximately $866 million compared with approximately $873 million at the end of the second quarter of the prior year.

"This increase in bookings is broad-based across all three of our operating divisions and most of our key end-markets," said Interim-Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Kevin E. Sheehan. "Our operational excellence initiatives are also showing solid evidence of increasing our operating efficiencies across the company. These developments should bode very well for our future results. However, as we have previously said, our results will continue to be affected by the significant costs of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, professional fees arising from our comprehensive review of our internal financial processes, the 2004 audits of our financial statements and internal controls, the restatement and our ongoing work to address internal controls issues."

Debt Repayment

In the second quarter of 2005, the company repaid $23.5 million of debt, including a $4.5 million reduction in its asset securitization facility, in addition to paying $9 million in professional fees related to compliance issues and the restatement and making a planned $8 million pension contribution. The company, which previously announced an initiative to complete a major refinancing of up to $1 billion, expects to have a lower blended interest rate for debt if this refinancing is completed as planned. "We are continuing to generate cash flow from operations and still expect to further reduce total debt levels in 2005," said Chief Financial Officer Mark A. Blinn.

2004 Financial Results Announcement Timing

The company expects to announce its 2004 financial results in a news release to be issued late in the third quarter of 2005. The company now expects to file its 2004 Form 10-K report in October instead of September, as previously planned, due to the ongoing restatement work and audit process. As previously announced, Flowserve is restating annual financial results for 2000 through 2003 and quarterly results for the first quarter of 2004. The company also anticipates, as previously announced, that it will report that it had material weaknesses in internal controls as of Dec. 31, 2004, which are being actively addressed. The company's analysis of its internal controls is ongoing and additional material weaknesses could be identified. The company is also continuing to work with the IRS to address its previously announced potential liabilities from the pending audit of its 1999 - 2001 tax returns, which remains open. Excluding any of the tax audit's potential impact, which is still being analyzed by amount and affected period, the company continues to expect that the cumulative net reduction in net income, which is still being finalized, should be less than $20 million for the periods being restated.

CEO Search Moving Forward

The board of directors' Transition Committee is continuing to move forward productively in its search for a new CEO. "We are very pleased with our progress and expect to complete the search soon," Sheehan said.

General Services Divestiture Progress

The company is conducting negotiations with several potential buyers of its General Services operations of its Flow Control Division. As previously announced, the company's 2005 financial statements will reflect General Services as a discontinued operation.