MATTHEWS, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. (NYSE:HTSI) (the “Company”) today reported that its Board of Directors, at a regularly scheduled meeting, declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.15 per share to be paid on January 1, 2013, to shareholders of record on December 14, 2012. This represents a $0.01 increase in the quarterly dividend amount, from the $0.14 per share that the Company paid in previous quarters.
The Company also announced that its Board of Directors declared a special dividend of $0.50 per share to be paid on December 31, 2012 to shareholders of record on December 14, 2012.
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. operates a leading regional supermarket chain in eight states primarily in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, and the District of Columbia.