BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq:LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.68 per share payable on March 31, 2015 to stockholders of record of Lamar's Class A common stock and Class B common stock on March 17, 2015. Lamar expects aggregate quarterly distributions to stockholders in 2015, including the dividend payable on March 31, 2015, will total $2.75 per common share.
Forward-Looking Statements
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General Information
Lamar Advertising Company is a leading outdoor advertising company currently operating over 150 outdoor advertising companies in 44 states, Canada and Puerto Rico, logo businesses in 23 states and the province of Ontario, Canada and over 60 transit advertising franchises in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.