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To: Triffin who wrote (13137)	11/19/2012 6:27:54 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

Special dividend announcements are pouring in .. GYRO $38.30 RGR $4.50 ERIE $2.00 AWRE $1.80 WLK $3.75 LANC $5.00 LYB $2.75 Triff ..

To: Triffin who wrote (13137)	11/20/2012 8:24:49 AM
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HRL boosts dividend payout for 47th consecutive year .. ===== Hormel Foods reports EPS in-line, misses on revs; guides FY13 EPS in-line; increases dividend ( HRL) 31.30 : Reports Q4 (Oct) earnings of $0.49 per share, in-line with the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate consensus of $0.49; revenues rose 3.1% year/year to $2.17 bln vs the $2.23 bln consensus. Co issues in-line guidance for FY13, sees EPS of $1.90-2.00 vs. $1.95 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate. Dollar sales of $2.2 billion, increased 3 percent; volume up 2 percent. The Grocery Products segment profit increased 22 percent, led by strong sales of the SPAM family of products and the portfolio of products within our MegaMex Foods joint venture. Outlook: "We expect to deliver sales and earnings growth in fiscal 2013. In particular, we are looking for our Refrigerated Foods, Grocery Products, Specialty Foods and All Other (International) segments to drive profit growth in fiscal 2013, as our Jennie-O Turkey Store segment goes up against higher grain costs and historically high results. We plan on making additional cuts to both our turkey and pork harvest levels during fiscal 2013, to reduce our exposure to volatile commodity markets." Co announced its 47th consecutive annual dividend increase. The annual dividend on the common stock of the corporation was raised to $0.68/share from $0.60/share. Quarterly dividend increased to $0.17/share from $0.15/share. ===== Triff ..

To: Triffin who wrote (13137)	5/22/2013 2:02:20 PM
From: Triffin	Respond to of 34328

LANC boosts dividend payout by 5.2% ===== COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancaster Colony Corporation ( LANC) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 40 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable June 28, 2013 to shareholders of record on June 10, 2013. This will be the 200th consecutive quarterly cash dividend paid by the company since September 1963. The board voted to increase the quarterly dividend to 40 cents per share, up from the 38-cent level for the past two quarters. The company believes it remains one of only 16 U.S. companies to have increased regular cash dividends each year for 50 consecutive years. John B. Gerlach, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Lancaster Colony, said, "The board felt that the higher dividend provides an appropriate return of value to shareholders while retaining adequate financial resources to support future growth." He noted that this dividend brings the annual payout, excluding the special dividend paid in December 2012, for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 to $1.52 per share, up from the $1.41 per share paid in fiscal 2012. ===== Triff ..