The May Department Stores Company Declares Quarterly Dividend

The May Department Stores Company Declares Quarterly Dividend



ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12  /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
December 15, 2004, to shareowners of record December 1, 2004.

This is May's 373rd consecutive quarterly dividend, marking 93 years of
uninterrupted dividends for shareowners.

The May Department Stores Company currently operates 502 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 231 David's Bridal stores, 459
After Hours Formalwear stores, and 11 Priscilla of Boston stores in its Bridal
Group.  May operates in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

For more information, please call Sharon Bateman 314-342-6494. 

DATASOURCE: The May Department Stores Company



CONTACT:  Sharon Bateman for The May Department Stores Company,

[phone] 

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