ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma-Aldrich
Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and Technology
company (the "Company"), announces a quarterly cash dividend of
$0.23 per share. On
August 24, 2015, the Company's Board
of Directors conditionally approved this dividend to shareholders
of record on September 1, 2015.
Payment of this dividend will be made on September 15, 2015, so long as the transaction by
which Merck KGaA is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the
Company has not closed on that date or a date prior thereto.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich,
headquartered in St. Louis,
Missouri, is a leading Life Science and Technology company
whose biochemical and organic chemical products, kits and services
are used in scientific research, including genomic and proteomic
research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis
of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical, diagnostics and
high technology manufacturing. Sigma-Aldrich manufactures and
distributes 250,000 chemicals, biochemicals and other essential
products and 46,000 equipment products to its global customer base
with more than one million scientists and technologists in life
science companies, university and government institutions,
hospitals and a wide range of industrial companies. The
Company operates in 37 countries and has more than 9,700 employees
whose objective is to provide excellent service worldwide.
Sigma-Aldrich is committed to accelerating customer success through
innovation and leadership in Life Science, Technology and
Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please
visit its website at www.sigma-aldrich.com.
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