raising the quarterly dividend 6% to 18 cents per common share. The dividend is payable on August 17, 2009 to shareholders of record as of August 3, 2009.

declared a dividend of $0.28 per share for the third quarter of 2009, which is a 3.7% increase versus the same quarter of 2008, and is payable October 1, 2009, to shareholders of record September 15, 2009.

increased their dividend from the current rate of $0.08 per share to $0.10 per share, a 25% increase. , payable November 5 to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 7.

an increase of 3.1% in its quarterly cash dividend to $.33 per common share making the company's record for the longest consecutive annual and quarterly dividend payments among NYSE industrial companies. is payable Sept. 22 to shareholders of record Sept. 4.

increased its quarterly distributions by 5.60% to 54.50 cents per share.

a 10% boost to its quarterly dividend to 8.25 cents per share, the first dividend increase since the company slashed its payment in 2003.

increased its quarterly distributions by 3.6% to 43.50 cents per unit.

boosted its quarterly dividend by 6% to 19 cents per share.