Shareholder and Corporate Information As of March 31  2003  there were 508 shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock. In addition  1 818 Columbus McKinnon employees owned shares through the Company ESOP. Approximately 1 500 additional shareholders held shares in “street name.”  August 18  2003; 10:00 a.m. Columbus McKinnon Corporation Corporate Headquarters 140 Audubon Parkway Amherst  NY 14228-1197 Please direct questions about lost certificates  change of address and consolidation of accounts to the Company’s transfer agent and registrar: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company 59 Maiden Lane  Plaza Level New York  NY 10038 (718) 921-8200 www.amstock.com Positioning  Lois H. Demler Corporate Secretary Columbus McKinnon Corporation 140 Audubon Parkway Amherst  NY 14228-1197 (716) 689-5409 lois.demler@cmworks.com Investor information is available on the Company’s Web site: www.cmworks.com Investor Relations Contact Transfer Agent Annual Shareholders Meeting The following are trademarks of Columbus McKinnon Corporation registered  in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: CM  Big Orange  Bossman  Budgit  Cady  Coffing  ColorLinks  Conco  Cyclone  Duff-Norton  Hammerlok  Herc- Alloy  Lift-Tech LTI  Little Mule  Lodestar  Shaw-Box  Tigrip  Univeyor  Yale. The following are trademarks of Columbus McKinnon Corporation: Abell-Howe  Camlok  CM Max  CraneMart  Deeweld  Gaffey  LARCO  Positech  Raccords Gautier  Rotary Union  Univeyor  WECO. Ernst & Young LLP 50 Fountain Plaza  14th floor Buffalo  NY 14202-2297 Independent Auditors According to the March 31  2003 SEC filings  approximately 36 institutional investors own 42.6% of Columbus McKinnon’s outstanding shares. Corporate Headquarters Lifting  Corporate Headquarters Columbus McKinnon Corporation 140 Audubon Parkway Amherst  NY 14228-1197 Telephone: (716) 689-5400 Safely Efficiently  39