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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report
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2003</font></b></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4120 Dublin Boulevard, Suite 400,
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<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(925)
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On February 21, 2003, Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
announced that it had signed a letter of intent&#160; to purchase a Canadian connector company in a press release
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LETTER OF INTENT TO
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dublin, CA &#151; Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (NYSE: SSD) announced
today that Simpson Strong-Tie Canada Limited, its wholly-owned Canadian
subsidiary, signed a letter of intent to purchase 100% of the equity of MGA
Construction Hardware &amp; Steel Fabricating Limited (a British Columbia corporation)
and MGA Connectors Limited (a Canadian federal corporation) (collectively,
&#147;MGA&#148;), for approximately USD $8.8 million in cash. MGA manufactures and
distributes throughout Canada and portions of the United States a quality line
of connectors used in construction. The MGA product line would be complementary
and additive to Simpson Strong-Tie&#146;s line of connectors, and is expected to
give Simpson Strong-Tie Canada&#146;s customers additional cost-effective products.
Subject to negotiation of a definitive purchase and sale agreement and
satisfaction of usual closing conditions, including regulatory and other
approvals, the transaction would close in the second quarter of 2003.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc., headquartered in Dublin, California,
through its subsidiary, Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc., designs, engineers and
is a leading manufacturer of wood-to-wood, wood-to-concrete and wood-to-masonry
connectors, and through its subsidiary, Simpson Dura-Vent Company, Inc.,
designs, engineers and manufactures venting systems for gas and wood burning
appliances. The Company&#146;s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol &#147;SSD.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For further information, contact Barclay Simpson at (925) 560-9032.</font></p>

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