The dividend is payable on 23 January 2009 to shareholders of record as of 31 December 2008.
This dividend level equates to an annualized dividend rate of $1.36 per share. Based on the closing stock price on 16 December 2008 of $44.75 per share, the company had a market capitalization of approximately $712 million and the indicated dividend yield was 3.04%.
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