BD Declares Increased Dividend.FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1999-- The Board of Directors of Becton, Dickinson Dickinson, city (1990 pop. 16,097), seat of Stark co., SW N.Dak., on the Heart River; inc. 1919. It is a processing and shipping center for a livestock, dairy, and wheat region, as well as a service center for the Williston Basin oil industry. Dickinson State Univ. and Company ("BD") (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BDX BDX Bordeaux (France) BDX Becton-Dickinson and Company (stock symbol) BDX Business Document Exchange BDX Burst Detector X BDX Beacon Data Extractor ) has declared a quarterly dividend of 9 1/4 cents per common share, an increase of 9 percent, or 3/4 cent per share, over the previous quarterly payment. It will be payable on January 7, 2000 to holders of record on December 14, 1999. The current indicated annual dividend rate is 37 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. . BD manufactures and sells a broad range of medical supplies and devices and diagnostic systems for use by health care professionals, medical research institutions and the general public. For fiscal year ended September 30, 1999 BD reported revenues of $3.4 billion. |
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