VULCAN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
NEWS RELEASE
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2009
Vulcan International, a Delaware holding company with subsidiaries owning facilities in Tennessee manufacturing rubber and foam products and real estate in Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee, held its annual shareholders meeting in Clarksville, Tennessee on Friday, May 8, 2009. At that meeting, the shareholders re-elected the following five incumbent Directors.
Name Residence
Leonard Aconsky New York, NY
Warren C, Falberg Cincinnati, OH
Benjamin Gettler Cincinnati, OH
Thomas D. Gettler New York, NY
Edward B. Kerin Poughkeepsie, NY
At the meeting, shareholders were advised as to the financial results for the 12 months ending December 31, 2008. Revenues for the 2008 period were $6,848,372 compared to 2007 revenues of $6,431,465. Net income for 2008 was $2,282,456 compared to net income of $2,382,579 in 2007.Earnings were $2.41 per common share in 2008 compared to $2.45 in 2007.
At a Board meeting following the shareholders meeting, the Board considered the matter of a 2009 dividend. It determined that in view of the state of the economy it would postpone until the last meeting of the year consideration of any dividend.
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Attribute to Benjamin Gettler, Chairman of the Board and President