Gehl Company	Tel: 262/334-9461
143 Water Street	Fax: 262/334-6603
P.O. Box 179	http://www.gehl.com
West Bend, WI 53095-0179
USA

Contact:
Thomas M. Rettler
Chief Financial Officer
262-334-6632

News Release

GEHL COMPANY REPORTS RESOLUTION TO WARRANTY CHARGE
UPDATES 2005 FULL YEAR EARNINGS GUIDANCE

        WEST BEND, WI, December 19, 2005 – Gehl Company (NASDAQ NM: GEHL), a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of compact construction and agricultural equipment, today reported that it had reached agreement with its suppliers regarding warranty costs associated with purchased components that the Company incorporated into one of its product lines. As a result of this resolution, the Company’s fourth quarter 2005 earnings will reflect the benefit of reversing, in full, the $1.5 million after-tax warranty charge it recorded in the second quarter of 2005. Based upon expected weighted average shares outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2005, the benefit will equate to $.12 per fully diluted share.

        Due to the warranty charge resolution and the refinement of its outlook for the remainder of the year, the Company is updating its full year 2005 earnings guidance to between $1.94 and $1.97 from its previous earnings guidance of $1.80 to $1.87, per fully diluted share.

About Gehl Company

        Gehl Company (Nasdaq NM: GEHL) is a manufacturer of compact equipment used worldwide in construction and agricultural markets. Founded in 1859, the Company is headquartered in West Bend, WI, with manufacturing facilities in West Bend, WI; and Madison and Yankton, SD. The Company markets its products under the Gehl ® and Mustang ® brand names. Mustang product information is available on the Mustang Manufacturing website (www.mustangmfg.com). CE Attachments, Inc. information is available at (www.ceattach.com). Gehl Company information is available at (www.gehl.com) or contact: Gehl Company, 143 Water Street, West Bend, WI 53095 (telephone: 262-334-9461).

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Gehl Company
Gehl Company Reports Resolution to Warranty Charge;
Updates 2005 Full Year Earnings Guidance
December 19, 2005
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Forward Looking Statements

        Certain statements included in this press release are “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including the statements regarding full year earnings guidance, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as the Company “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects”, “estimates” or “projects” or words of similar meaning are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated as of the date of this press release. Factors that could cause such a variance include, but are not limited to, any adverse change in general economic conditions, unanticipated changes in capital market conditions, the Company’s ability to implement successfully its strategic initiatives, market acceptance of newly introduced products, unexpected issues related to the pricing and availability of raw materials (including steel) and component parts, unanticipated difficulties in securing product from third party manufacturing sources, the ability of the Company to increase its prices to reflect higher prices for raw materials and component parts, the cyclical nature of the Company’s business, the Company’s and its customers’ access to credit, competitive pricing, product initiatives and other actions taken by competitors, disruptions in production capacity, excess inventory levels, the effect of changes in laws and regulations (including government subsidies and international trade regulations), technological difficulties, changes in currency exchange rates or interest rates, the Company’s ability to secure sources of liquidity necessary to fund its operations, changes in environmental laws, the impact of any strategic or capital markets transactions effected by the Company, and employee and labor relations. Shareholders, potential investors, and other readers are urged to consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this release are only made as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. In addition, the Company’s expectations for fiscal year 2005 are based in part on certain assumptions made by the Company, including those relating to commodities prices, which are strongly affected by weather and other factors and can fluctuate significantly, housing starts and other construction activities, which are sensitive to, among other things, interest rates and government spending, and the performance of the U.S. economy generally. The accuracy of these or other assumptions could have a material effect on the Company’s ability to achieve its expectations.