The May Department Stores Company Declares Quarterly Dividend

The May Department Stores Company Declares Quarterly Dividend



ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The May Department Stores Company
(NYSE:MAY) today announced that its board of directors declared a regular
quarterly dividend of 24-1/4 cents per share of common stock, payable on
September 15, 2004, to shareowners of record September 1, 2004.

This is May's 372nd consecutive quarterly dividend, marking 93 years of
uninterrupted dividends for shareowners.

The May Department Stores Company currently operates 497 department stores
under the names of Famous-Barr, Filene's, Foley's, Hecht's, Kaufmann's, Lord &
Taylor, L.S. Ayres, Marshall Field's, Meier & Frank, Robinsons-May,
Strawbridge's, and The Jones Store, as well as 220 David's Bridal stores, 453
After Hours Formalwear stores, and 10 Priscilla of Boston stores in its Bridal
Group.  May operates in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

For more information, contact Sharon Bateman at 314-342-6494. 

DATASOURCE: The May Department Stores Company



CONTACT:  Sharon Bateman [phone], for The May Department Stores

Company

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