Bunge Limited Declares First Quarterly Cash Dividend.Business Editors WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 Bunge Limited Bunge Limited NYSE: BG (formerly Bunge International and prior to that Bunge Y Born) is a multinational food conglomerate. As well as being a leading global soybean exporter it is also involved in food processing, grain trading, and fertilizer. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BG) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.095 per share. The dividend is payable on Thursday, November 29, 2001 to shareholders of record on Thursday, November 15, 2001. This is Bunge's first dividend since its August 1, 2001 initial public offering. The Company had 83,155,100 common shares outstanding on September 30, 2001. About Bunge Bunge Limited is an integrated, global agribusiness agribusiness Agriculture operated by business; specifically, that part of a modern national economy devoted to the production, processing, and distribution of food and fibre products and byproducts. and food company operating in the farm-to-consumer food chain with primary operations in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and worldwide distribution capabilities. Headquartered in White Plains, NY, Bunge has over 17,000 employees and operations in 17 countries. The Company is the largest processor of soybeans in the Americas and the largest producer and supplier of fertilizers to farmers in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . |
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