BMC Industries Declares Quarterly Dividend.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. Industries, Inc., today announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend. The dividend, however, has been reduced from $.015 per share to $.0025 per share. This change is based on the board's decision to use cash generated by BMC's businesses to reduce debt and to fund additional strategic initiatives. The dividend is payable January 2, 2002 to shareholders of record as of December 19, 2001. BMC Industries, founded in 1907, is comprised of two business segments: Buckbee-Mears and Optical Products. The Buckbee-Mears group, through its Mask Operations, is the only independent North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. manufacturer of aperture masks. The Buckbee-Mears group, through its Micro-Technology Operations, is also a leading producer of a variety of precision photo-etched and electroformed components that require fine features and tight tolerances. The Optical Products group, operating under the Vision-Ease trade name, is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. , glass and hard-resin plastic eyewear lenses. Vision-Ease is a technology and market share leader in the polycarbonate lens segment of the market. Polycarbonate lenses are thinner and lighter than lenses made of other materials, while providing inherent ultraviolet (UV) filtering and impact resistant characteristics. BMC Industries, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "BMM BMM Baptist Mid Missions BMm Bachelor of Multimedia BMM Bachelor of Mass Media BMM Borrowed Military Manpower BMM Brigade Mixte Mobile (Mixed Mobile Brigade, Cameroon) BMM Broadcast-Based Multimedia BMM Bit Map Memory ." For more information about BMC Industries, Inc., visit the Company's Web site at www.bmcind.com. |
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