Johnson & Johnson Announces Quarterly Dividend for Fourth Quarter 2012

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2012 of $0.61 per share on the company's common stock.  The dividend is payable on December 11, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 27, 2012. The ex-dividend date is Nov. 23, 2012.

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