Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. Announces Special Cash Dividend of $0.05 per/share

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. OBCI, is pleased to announce the Board of Directors unanimously voted on March 22, 2019 to declare a special cash dividend of $0.05 per share. The dividend is payable April 19, 2019, to holders of record of the Company's Common Stock on April 05, 2019.  

Peter Dornau stated, "This special cash dividend is the fifth special cash dividend in the past six years rewarding our loyal shareholders. We are pleased to issue the special dividend to our shareholders as we continue to generate strong cash flow from our operations." 

About Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc.:
Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. is principally engaged in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of a broad line of appearance and maintenance products for boats, recreational vehicles, automobiles, power sports, outdoor power equipment and motorcycle markets under the Star brite® StarTron® and other trademarks within the United States of America and Canada. In addition, the Company produces private label formulations of many of its products for various customers and provides custom blending and packaging services for these and other products.

The Company trades publicly under NASDAQ Capital Markets, Ticker Symbol: OBCI.

The Company's web sites are: www.oceanbiochem.com, www.starbrite.com , www.startron.com, and www.performacide.com

Forward-looking Statements:
Certain statements contained in this Press Release, including without limitation, our ability to provide required capital to support inventory levels, the effect of price increases in raw materials that are petroleum or chemical based or commodity chemicals on our margins, and the sufficiency of funds provided through operations and existing sources of financing to satisfy our cash requirements constitute forward-looking statements. For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "believe," "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," or "could," including the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that may affect these results include, but are not limited to, the highly competitive nature of our industry; reliance on certain key customers; changes in consumer demand for marine, recreational vehicle and automotive products; advertising and promotional efforts; exposure to market risks relating to changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, prices for raw materials that are petroleum or chemical based and other factors.

Contact:

Peter Dornau
CEO and President
pdornau@starbrite.com
954-587-6280

Jeff Barocas
Vice President & CFO
Jbarocas@starbrite.com
954-587-6280

SOURCE Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc.