H.J. Heinz Co Declares Quarterly Dividend

H.J. Heinz Co announced that its Board of Directors declared quarterly dividends on both common and preferred stock. The Heinz Board declared Common Stock dividends $0.515 per share on the Company’s $0.25 par value Common Stock payable on October 10, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 17, 2012. The Heinz Board also declared Preferred Stock dividends $0.425 per share on the Company’s Third Cumulative Preferred Stock, $1.70 First Series, payable October 1, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 17, 2012.