Johnson & Johnson Announces Quarterly Dividend for Fourth Quarter 2016

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Oct. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson JNJ today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $0.80 per share on the company's common stock.  The dividend is payable on December 6, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 22, 2016. The ex-dividend date is November 18, 2016.

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