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8-K - FEBRUARY 6, 2012 - YOUNG INNOVATIONS INCy48794_8k020612.htm
EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE - YOUNG INNOVATIONS INCy48794_x991020612.htm
EXHIBIT 99.2
 

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Contacts:

Alfred E. Brennan, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Arthur L. Herbst, Jr., President & Chief Financial Officer
(312) 644-6400





Young Innovations, Inc. Board of Directors Declares Quarterly
Dividend and Authorizes Share Repurchase Program
 
St. Louis, MO., February 6, 2012Young Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ – YDNT) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.04 per share, payable March 15, 2012 to all shareholders of record on February 15, 2012.  In addition, the Board of Directors also authorized the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  This authorization, which will expire on February 28, 2013, replaces the current authorization which is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012.
 
Young Innovations develops, manufactures and markets supplies and equipment used by dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants and consumers. The Company's consumables product offering includes disposable and metal prophy angles, prophy cups and brushes, dental micro-applicators, moisture control products, infection control products, dental handpieces (drills) and related components, endodontic systems, orthodontic toothbrushes, flavored examination gloves, children's toothbrushes, and children's toothpastes. In addition, the Company offers a line of diagnostic products that includes panoramic X-ray machines and related supplies. The Company believes it is a leading U.S. manufacturer or distributor of prophy angles and cups, liquid surface disinfectants, dental micro-applicators and obturation units designed for warm, vertical condensation.
 
Investors are cautioned that this press release as well as other reports and oral statements by Company officials may contain certain forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation and Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements include statements which are predictive in nature, which depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and which include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” or similar expressions.  These statements are not guarantees of future performance and the Company makes no commitment to update or disclose any revisions to forward-looking statements, or any facts, events or circumstances after the date hereof that may bear upon forward-looking statements.  Because such statements involve risks and uncertainties, actual actions and strategies and the timing and expected results thereof may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.