CINCINNATI, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Procter & Gamble Company announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of thirty-one cents ($0.31) per share on the Common Stock and on the Series A and Series B ESOP Convertible Class A Preferred Stock of the Company, payable on or after August 15, 2006 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 21, 2006.
The company has been paying dividends without interruption since incorporation in 1890.
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