Apparel retailer Buckle Inc. announced that its board on Dec. 4 authorized a special cash dividend of $1.75 per share, which will be paid to shareholders along with the regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share.
Shareholders of the company at the close of business on Jan. 12, 2018, will be eligible for the payouts. Both the special and regular quarterly dividends will be paid together on Jan. 26, 2018.
Buckle added that vice president of finance, treasurer and CFO Thomas Heacock has been elected as a member of the company's board of directors, effective immediately.
Heacock, who has been with the company since October 2003, will continue to be part of Buckle's executive committee.
