OREANDA-NEWS. The Board of Directors of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE:CSL) has declared a 6% increase in the Company’s regular quarterly dividend, to $0.37 per share from $0.35 per share. The dividend is payable on September 1, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 18, 2017. This marks the 41st consecutive year of dividend increases for Carlisle shareholders.

D. Christian "Chris" Koch, Carlisle’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We take great pride in again raising our dividend and in continuing Carlisle’s long history of rewarding Carlisle shareholders."

Carlisle Companies Incorporated is a diversified, global portfolio of niche brands and businesses with highly engineered and high margin products. Carlisle is committed to generating superior shareholder returns by combining a unique management style of decentralization, entrepreneurial spirit, active M&A, and a balanced approach to capital deployment, all with a culture of continuous improvement as embodied in the Carlisle Operating System. Carlisle’s markets include: commercial roofing, energy, agriculture, mining, construction, aerospace, defense, foodservice, healthcare, sanitary maintenance, transportation, industrial, protective coating and auto refinishing. Carlisle’s worldwide team of employees generated $3.7 billion in net sales in 2016.