Sean Major '86 Elected General Counsel of Joy Global Inc.

April 18, 2007

April 18, 2007, Greencastle, Ind. - Sean D. Major, a 1986 graduate of DePauw University, was today elected general counsel of Joy Global Inc. (Nasdaq: JOYG). Major joined the company as an executive vice president in January. He came to Joy Global from Johnson Controls, Inc., "where he held a series of increasingly senior legal positions and most recently served as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary," notes Yahoo! Finance.

The company's board of directors today elected Major to his post and tapped James H. Woodward, Jr. to become chief financial officer and treasurer. Joy Global Inc. is a worldwide leader in manufacturing, servicing and distributing equipment for surface mining

"Jim and Sean have gone through an extensive orientation program to meet our customers, visit our facilities around the world, andgenerally get a solid grounding in our markets and our business. They are now more than ready to assume their respective responsibilities," says Mike Sutherlin, president and CEO of Joy Global. "I am pleased to have people of their experience, capability and caliber on my team. We now have a team in place that is ready and able to lead this business through the next phase of its growth."

The firm's announcement points out that Major " began his corporate career at Abbott Laboratories after spending seven years in private practice with law firms in Chicago and Tokyo. He holds a B.A. degree in economics from DePauw University, a J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University."

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