Flowserve Corp. (NYSE: FLS), a global leader in the fluid motion and
control industry, today announced that its Board of Directors has
authorized the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share
on the company's outstanding shares of common stock. The dividend is
payable on January 6, 2010 to shareholders of record as of the close of
business on December 23, 2009.
While Flowserve currently intends to pay regular quarterly dividends for
the foreseeable future, any future dividends will be reviewed
individually and declared by the Board at its discretion, dependent on
the Board's assessment of the company's financial condition and business
outlook at the applicable time.
About Flowserve
Flowserve Corp. is one of the world’s leading providers of fluid motion
and control products and services. Operating in more than 55 countries,
the company produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and valves
as well as a range of related flow management services. More information
about Flowserve can be obtained by visiting the company’s Web site at www.flowserve.com.
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statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are
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Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Words or phrases such as,
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limitation, earnings forecasts, statements relating to our business
strategy and statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and
strategies and anticipated developments concerning our industry,
business, operations and financial performance and condition.
The forward-looking statements included in this news release are based
on our current expectations, projections, estimates and assumptions.
These statements are only predictions, not guarantees. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These risks and
uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from what is
forecast in such forward-looking statements, and include, without
limitation, the following: a portion of our bookings may not lead to
completed sales, and our ability to convert bookings into revenues at
acceptable profit margins; risks associated with cost overruns on
fixed-fee projects and in taking customer orders for large complex
custom engineered products requiring sophisticated program management
skills and technical expertise for completion; the substantial
dependence of our sales on the success of the petroleum, chemical, power
and water industries; the adverse impact of volatile raw materials
prices on our products and operating margins; economic, political and
other risks associated with our international operations, including
military actions or trade embargoes that could affect customer markets,
particularly Middle Eastern markets and global petroleum producers, and
non-compliance with U.S. export/re-export control, foreign corrupt
practice laws, economic sanctions and import laws and regulations; our
furnishing of products and services to nuclear power plant facilities;
potential adverse consequences resulting from litigation to which we are
a party, such as litigation involving asbestos-containing material
claims; a foreign government investigation regarding our participation
in the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program; risks associated with
certain of our foreign subsidiaries conducting business operations and
sales in certain countries that have been identified by the U.S. State
Department as state sponsors of terrorism; our relative geographical
profitability and its impact on our utilization of deferred tax assets
and tax liabilities that could result from audits of our tax returns by
regulatory authorities in various tax jurisdictions; the potential
adverse impact of an impairment in the carrying value of goodwill or
other intangibles; our dependence upon third-party suppliers whose
failure to perform timely could adversely affect our business
operations; changes in the global financial markets and the availability
of capital; our dependence on our customers’ ability to make required
capital investment and maintenance expenditures; the highly competitive
nature of the markets in which we operate; environmental compliance
costs and liabilities; potential work stoppages and other labor matters;
our inability to protect our intellectual property in the U.S., as well
as in foreign countries; obligations under our defined benefit pension
plans; and other factors described from time to time in our filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
All forward-looking statements included in this news release are based
on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no
obligation to update any forward-looking statement.