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Article: Alcon Shareholders Approve Dividend Increase and Elect New Members to the Board.
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- May 5, 2009
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HUENENBERG, Switzerland -- Alcon, Inc., (NYSE: ACL) announced the following actions were taken by shareholders at the company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held today in Zug, Switzerland:
* Approved a dividend of 3.95 Swiss francs per share to be paid on May 28, 2009 to shareholders of record on May 11, 2009 (U.S. dollar equivalent of $3.49 per share based on exchange rates in effect today). This dividend represents a 50% increase over the Swiss franc dividend paid in 2008.
* Elected Kevin Buehler and Joan W. Miller, M.D. as new members of the board of directors for three-year terms of office.
* Elected Hermann Wirz as a new member of ...