SAN DIEGO, Dec 08, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- WD-40 Company (Nasdaq: WDFC) today announced that its board of directors declared on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 the regular quarterly dividend of $.25 per share, payable January 29, 2010 to stockholders of record on January 8, 2010.
Share Repurchase Authorization
WD-40 Company also announced that at its regularly scheduled meeting on December 8, 2009, the board of directors authorized an open-ended buy back of Company shares up to $15 million over the next 12 months.
WD-40 Company, with headquarters in San Diego, is a global consumer product company dedicated to delivering unique, high-value and easy-to-use solutions for a wide variety of maintenance needs of "doer" and "on-the-job" users by leveraging and building the brand fortress of the company. The company markets three multi-purpose maintenance product brands - WD-40(R), 3-IN-ONE(R) and BLUE WORKS TM - and eight homecare and cleaning product brands: X-14(R) hard surface cleaners and automatic toilet bowl cleaners, 2000 Flushes(R) automatic toilet bowl cleaners, Carpet Fresh(R) and No Vac(R) rug and room deodorizers, Spot Shot(R) aerosol and liquid carpet stain removers, 1001(R) carpet, household cleaners and rug and room deodorizers, and Lava(R) and Solvol(R) heavy-duty hand cleaners.
WD-40 Company markets its products in more than 160 countries worldwide and recorded sales of $292 million in fiscal year 2009.
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