J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT) announced today that its Board of Directors approved an increase and a pull forward of its regular quarterly dividend typically paid in February of each calendar year. The Board declared stockholders of record on December 17, 2012 will be entitled to $0.15 (fifteen cents) per common share. The dividend will be paid on December 28, 2012. The Board does not expect to declare or pay a quarterly dividend in the first quarter of 2013 and will resume its normal policy of quarterly dividend analysis at its regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting on April 25, 2013.
