Bard Declares Quarterly Dividend and Announces Two-For-One Stock Split.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
C. R. Bard C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE: BCR) is one of the large S&P 500 companies of the United States, a surgical specialties and hospital medical device manufacturer in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It is named after its founder, who sold the company within only a few years of its founding. , Inc. (NYSE-BCR) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 23 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. on Bard's common stock and, in a separate action to take effect after the payment of the quarterly dividend, announced a two-for-one stock split. A regular quarterly dividend of 23 cents per share on Bard's common stock is payable on May 14, 2004 to shareholders of record on May 3, 2004. Bard's current indicated annual dividend rate is 92 cents per share or 46 cents per share after the stock split is effective. The stock split will entitle all shareholders of record on May 17, 2004 to receive one additional share of Bard common stock for each share held on that date. The additional shares of common stock will be distributed to shareholders in the form of a stock dividend on May 28, 2004 by the company's transfer agent, EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. C. R. Bard, Inc. (www.crbard.com), headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., is a leading multinational developer, manufacturer, and marketer of innovative, life-enhancing medical technologies in the fields of vascular, urology urology Medical specialty dealing with the urinary system and male reproductive organs. It traces its origin to medieval lithologists, itinerant healers who specialized in surgical removal of bladder stones. , oncology, and surgical specialty surgical specialty A specialty of health care in which interventions constitute a significant component of Pt management Examples OB/GYN, ophthalmology, ENT, surgery–cardiothoracic, colorectal, general, neurologic, orthopedic, plastic, urology. products. |
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