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Werner Enterprises, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!wern/quotes/nls/wern (WERN 22.01, +0.54, +2.52%) , one of the nation's largest transportation and logistics companies, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.050 (5.0 cents) per common share payable to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 10, 2011. This dividend will be paid on January 25, 2011.


Werner also announced that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $1.60 per common share payable to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 22, 2010. This dividend will be paid on December 7, 2010. As a result of the special dividend, a total of approximately $116 million will be paid on Werner's 72.6 million common shares outstanding. Werner also paid special cash dividends of $1.25 per common share in December 2009 and $2.10 per common share in December 2008