Valmont Raises Dividend by 25% to $0.225

The Board of Directors of Valmont Industries, Inc.

has increased the Company's quarterly cash dividend effective this July. The second quarter cash dividend will be 22.5 cents per share payable on July 16, 2012 to shareholders of record on June 29, 2012. The dividend is an increase of 25.0% from the prior quarter's dividend, and indicates an annual rate of 90 cents per share.