TIMKEN CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 1, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TIMKEN CO (TKR)
CIK: 0000098362
Period of Report: 2012-01-31

Reporting Person: GRIFFITH JAMES W (Director, President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-31	Common Stock	M	134000	$25.21	Acquired	493014	Direct
2012-01-31	Common Stock	F	94070	$48.91	Disposed	398944	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-01-31	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$25.21	M	134000	Disposed	2015-01-31	Common Stock (134000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	24362	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: 134,000 shares granted on 1/31/2005 (previously reported on a Form 4) vested in 25% increments per year over 4 years.