Common Stock Dividends

On March 1, 2012, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the annual dividend for fiscal 2013 to $1.59 per share, an increase of approximately 9% over the $1.46 per share dividend paid in fiscal 2012. For fiscal 2013, the annual dividend will be paid in four quarterly installments of $0.3975 per share, according to the following record and payable dates:



Record Date		Payable Date
March 12, 2012		April 4, 2012
May 11, 2012		June 4, 2012
August 10, 2012		September 4, 2012
December 7, 2012		December 27, 2012

The dividend installments payable on April 4, 2012, June 4, 2012, and September 4, 2012 were paid as scheduled. On November 16, 2012, the Board of Directors approved a change in the date of the Company’s fourth quarter dividend payment to December 27, 2012, from the previously scheduled payment date of January 2, 2013. The December 7, 2012 record date associated with this dividend payment has not changed.