Ashland Inc. Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
Press Release
05/20/2004
Ashland Inc. Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
Ashland Inc. Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
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This action marks the 271st consecutive quarterly dividend paid on common shares. Ashland began paying dividends in December 1936.
This dividend will be payable on June 15, 2004, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 28, 2004. As of April 30, 2004, there were 70,373,118 shares outstanding.
Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a Fortune 500 transportation construction, chemicals and petroleum company providing products, services and customer solutions throughout the world. To learn more about Ashland, visit www.ashland.com .
SOURCE Ashland Inc. -0- 05/20/2004 /CONTACT: Media, Jim Vitak, +1-614-790-3715, or jevitak@ashland.com , or Investors, Bill Henderson, +1-859-815-4454, or wehenderson@ashland.com , both of Ashland Inc./ /Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040113/ASHLANDLOGO AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk, 888-776-6555 or 212-782-2840/ /Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/065263.html / /Web site: http://www.ashland.com / (ASH) CO: Ashland Inc. ST: Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio IN: OIL SU: DIV WB-JT -- CLTH036 -- 6729 05/20/2004 12:17 EDT http://www.prnewswire.com
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