National Instruments Declares Quarterly Dividend

• Press Release
• Source: National Instruments
• On 4:13 pm EDT, Tuesday October 27, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI - News) Board of Directors announced a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share. This dividend is payable on Nov. 30, 2009, to shareholders of record on Nov. 9, 2009.

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National Instruments (www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 30,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 15 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 5,000 employees and direct operations in more than 40 countries. For the past 10 years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department by calling (512) 683-5090, e-mailing nati@ni.com or visiting www.ni.com/nati.

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