Campbell: Raises Quarterly Dividend by Five Percent

Camden / NJ. (csc) Campbell Soup Company announced that the company´s Board of Directors has approved a five-percent increase in its quarterly dividend to 0,29 USD per share from 0,275 USD per share, effective in the second quarter of fiscal 2011. The dividend is payable on January 31, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 27, 2010. This marks the seventh consecutive year Campbell has increased its dividend. The company has paid dividends since it became public in 1954.