Business News
Monday 08. February 2010

Bemis Announces 27th Consecutive Annual Cash Dividend Increase and Approves CFO Succession Plan

Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE: BMS) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a 2.2 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend, increasing it to 23.0 cents per share compared to the previous quarterly dividend of 22.5 cents per share. The cash dividend is payable on March 1, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 16, 2010. This marks the 27th consecutive year that the Company has increased its dividend payment. Bemis has been paying an annual dividend on its stock since 1922.

Monday 08. February 2010

Pitney Bowes Board Declares Common, Preference and Preferred Stock Dividends

The Board of Directors of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of 36.5 cents per share, payable March 12, 2010, to stockholders of record on February 19, 2010; a quarterly cash dividend of 53 cents per share on the company’s $2.12 convertible preference stock, payable April 1, 2010, to stockholders of record March 15, 2010, and a quarterly cash dividend of 50 cents per share on the company’s 4 percent convertible cumulative preferred stock, payable May 1, 2010, to stockholders of record April 15, 2010.
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