Crane Co. Declares Third Quarter Dividend and Announces 20% Dividend Increase.STAMFORD, Conn. -- Crane Co., a diversified manufacturer of industrial engineered products, is pleased to announce its Board of Directors today declared a 20% increase in its regular quarterly dividend, to $.15 per share from $.125 per share. The dividend is payable on September 8, 2006 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 31, 2006. The indicated annual dividend will now be $.60 per share. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]Crane Co. is a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products. Founded in 1855, Crane provides products and solutions to customers in the aerospace, electronics, hydrocarbon processing, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, automated merchandising, transportation and other markets. The Company has five business segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Fluid Handling, Engineered Materials, Merchandising Systems and Controls. Crane has approximately 10,500 employees in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , 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. , Europe, Asia and Australia. Crane Co. 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CR). For more information, visit www.craneco.com. |
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