RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Owens & Minor (NYSE: OMI) announced today that its board of directors approved the payment of the fourth quarter 2006 cash dividend in the amount of $0.15 per share. The cash dividend is payable on December 29, 2006, to shareholders of record as of December 15, 2006. The company currently has approximately 40,194,587 common shares outstanding.