DALLAS, May 17, 2012 -- Flowserve Corp. (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced that its board of directors has authorized the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.36 per share on the company's outstanding shares of common stock.
The dividend is payable on July 13, 2012, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 30, 2012.
While Flowserve currently intends to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, any future dividends, at this $0.36 per share rate or otherwise, will be reviewed individually and declared by the board at its discretion, dependent on the board's assessment of the company's financial condition and business outlook at the applicable time.
Investor Contact: Mike Mullin, director, Investor
Relations (972) 443-6636
Media Contact: Steve Boone, director, global communications
and public affairs, (972) 443-6644
About Flowserve: Flowserve Corp. is one of the world's leading providers of fluid motion and control products and services. Operating in more than 55 countries, the company produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and valves as well as a range of related flow management services. More information about Flowserve can be obtained by visiting the company's website at www.flowserve.com.
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The forward-looking statements included in this news release
are based on our current expectations, projections, estimates
and assumptions. These statements are only predictions, not
guarantees. Such forward-looking statements are subject to
numerous risks and uncertainties that are difficult to
predict. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual
results to differ materially from what is forecast in such
forward-looking statements, and include, without limitation,
the following: a portion of our bookings may not lead to
completed sales, and our ability to convert bookings into
revenues at acceptable profit margins; changes in the global
financial markets and the availability of capital and the
potential for unexpected cancellations or delays of customer
orders in our reported backlog; our dependence on our
customers' ability to make required capital investment
and maintenance expenditures; risks associated with cost
overruns on fixed-fee projects and in taking customer orders
for large complex custom engineered products; the substantial
dependence of our sales on the success of the oil and gas,
chemical, power generation and water management industries;
the adverse impact of volatile raw materials prices on our
products and operating margins; our ability to execute and
realize the expected financial benefits from our strategic
realignment initiatives; economic, political and other risks
associated with our international operations, including
military actions or trade embargoes that could affect
customer markets, particularly Middle Eastern markets and
global oil and gas producers, and non-compliance with U.S.
export/re-export control, foreign corrupt practice laws,
economic sanctions and import laws and regulations; our
exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates,
including in hyperinflationary countries such as Venezuela;
our furnishing of products and services to nuclear power
plant facilities; potential adverse consequences resulting
from litigation to which we are a party, such as litigation
involving asbestos-containing material claims; a foreign
government investigation regarding our participation in the
United Nations Oil-for-Food Program; expectations regarding
acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses; our
relative geographical profitability and its impact on our
utilization of deferred tax assets, including foreign tax
credits; the potential adverse impact of an impairment in the
carrying value of goodwill or other intangible assets; our
dependence upon third-party suppliers whose failure to
perform timely could adversely affect our business
operations; the highly competitive nature of the markets in
which we operate; environmental compliance costs and
liabilities; potential work stoppages and other labor
matters; our inability to protect our intellectual property
in the U.S., as well as in foreign countries; obligations
under our defined benefit pension plans; and other factors
described from time to time in our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
All forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
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