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To: Triffin who wrote (13472)	12/18/2012 9:16:45 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 34328

NUS to boost dividend by 50% marking 12 consecutive years of increased payouts .. ===== Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. ( NUS) today announced that it plans to increase its regularly scheduled dividend payments by 50 percent for 2013. With this planned increase, the company will have increased dividends for each of the 12 consecutive years since it instituted the payment of dividends to stockholders. "We have generated record results for each of the past five years and believe 2013 will be another record year," said Truman Hunt, president and chief executive officer. "Based on our consistent growth and our commitment to return capital to stockholders, we expect to increase our 2013 dividend by 50 percent, which would represent a 140 percent increase in dividends over the past three years. With our strong performance and increasing cash flow, we have the financial flexibility to increase dividends, repurchase shares and continue to invest in important business initiatives to sustain revenue growth." Beginning with its regular first quarter dividend in 2013, the company currently expects to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share, or $1.20 per year, compared to the previous quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, or $0.80 per year. ===== Triff ..

To: Triffin who wrote (13472)	12/12/2013 9:35:11 PM
From: Triffin	Respond to of 34328

RCII boosts dividend payout by 10% ===== PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rent-A-Center, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ/NGS: RCII), the nation’s largest rent-to-own operator, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 10% increase in its quarterly cash dividend from $0.21 per share to $0.23 per share, beginning with the dividend for the first quarter of 2014. The Company declared its fifteenth consecutive cash dividend: a $0.23 per share cash dividend for the first quarter of 2014 to be paid to the Company’s common stockholders. The dividend will be paid on January 23, 2014, to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on January 3, 2014. “We are pleased that the strength of our financial position allows us to increase our dividend payout to shareholders,” said Mark E. Speese, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. “This dividend increase reflects not only our confidence in the Company’s strong long-term recurring cash flows, but also our belief that continued investments in our strategic initiatives will generate further growth and provide long-term value for our stockholders,” Mr. Speese concluded. ===== Triff ..