MARTEN TRANSPORT ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND INCREASE
27 February 2019 - 8:01AM
-- Marten Transport, Ltd. (Nasdaq/GS:MRTN) announced today that its
Board of Directors has declared a 20% increase in the Company’s
regular quarterly cash dividend to $0.03 per share of common stock
from $0.025 per share, beginning with the dividend payable on March
29, 2019 to stockholders of record at the close of business on
March 15, 2019. This is Marten’s 35th consecutive quarterly cash
dividend. With the payment of this dividend, Marten will have paid
a total of $45.5 million in cash dividends, including a special
dividend of $16.6 million in 2012, since the dividend program was
implemented in the third quarter of 2010.
Marten Transport, with headquarters in Mondovi,
Wis., is a multifaceted business offering a network of truck-based
transportation capabilities across the Company’s five distinct
business platforms – Truckload, Dedicated, Intermodal, Brokerage
and MRTN de Mexico. Marten is one of the leading
temperature-sensitive truckload carriers in the United States,
specializing in transporting and distributing food and other
consumer packaged goods that require a temperature-controlled or
insulated environment. Marten’s dry freight services are expanding,
with 1,600 dry vans operating as of December 31, 2018. The Company
offers service in the United States, Canada and Mexico,
concentrating on expedited movements for high-volume customers.
Marten’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol MRTN.
This press release contains certain statements
that may be considered forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including Marten’s current expectations concerning future payment
of dividends. These statements by their nature involve substantial
risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially
from those expressed in such forward-looking statements. Important
factors known to Marten that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements
are discussed in Item 1A of Marten’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2017. Marten undertakes no obligation
to correct or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACTS: Tim Kohl, President, and Jim Hinnendael, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, of Marten Transport, Ltd., 715-926-4216.
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