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<DD> = 891026 </DD>
<AN> 891026-0016. </AN>
<HL> Dividend News:
@  Oneida Ltd. </HL>
<DD> <TIMEX3 tid="t15" type="DATE" temporalFunction="false" functionInDocument="CREATION_TIME" value="1989-10-26">10/26/89</TIMEX3> </DD>
<SO> WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) </SO>
<CO> OCQ </CO>
<IN> DIVIDENDS (DIV) </IN>
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   <s><ENAMEX TYPE="ORGANIZATION">ONEIDA Ltd.</ENAMEX> <EVENT eid="e1" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="PT15S" upperBoundDuration="PT30M">declared</EVENT> a <NUMEX TYPE="PERCENT">10%</NUMEX> stock dividend, <EVENT eid="e24" class="STATE" lowerBoundDuration="P1D" upperBoundDuration="P1D">payable</EVENT> <TIMEX3 tid="t16" type="DATE" temporalFunction="true" functionInDocument="NONE" value="1989-12-15" anchorTimeID="t15">Dec. 15</TIMEX3> to stock of record <TIMEX3 tid="t17" type="DATE" temporalFunction="true" functionInDocument="NONE" value="1989-11-17" anchorTimeID="t15">Nov. 17</TIMEX3>.</s> 
<s>The <ENAMEX TYPE="ORGANIZATION">Oneida</ENAMEX>, <ENAMEX TYPE="LOCATION">N.Y.</ENAMEX>, maker of consumer, food-service and industrial products also <EVENT eid="e3" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="PT15S" upperBoundDuration="PT30M">declared</EVENT> a quarterly cash dividend of <NUMEX TYPE="MONEY">12 cents</NUMEX> a share, with the same payable and record dates.</s> 
<s>The cash dividend <EVENT eid="e4" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P1D" upperBoundDuration="P1D">paid</EVENT> on the common stock also will <EVENT eid="e6" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P1D" upperBoundDuration="P1M">apply</EVENT> to the new shares, the company <EVENT eid="e7" class="REPORTING" lowerBoundDuration="PT15S" upperBoundDuration="PT30M">said</EVENT>.</s> 
<s>The move rewards shareholders and <SIGNAL sid="s9">should</SIGNAL> <EVENT eid="e8" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P1D" upperBoundDuration="P1M">improve</EVENT> the stock's liquidity, <ENAMEX TYPE="ORGANIZATION">Oneida</ENAMEX> <EVENT eid="e10" class="REPORTING" lowerBoundDuration="PT15S" upperBoundDuration="PT30M">said</EVENT>.</s> 
<s>The company <EVENT eid="e11" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="P1M" upperBoundDuration="P1Y">has</EVENT> <CARDINAL>about 8.8 million</CARDINAL> shares outstanding.</s> 
<s>In <ENAMEX TYPE="ORGANIZATION">New York Stock Exchange</ENAMEX> composite trading <TIMEX3 tid="t63" type="DATE" temporalFunction="true" functionInDocument="NONE" value="1989-10-25" anchorTimeID="t15">yesterday</TIMEX3>, <ENAMEX TYPE="ORGANIZATION">Oneida</ENAMEX>'s shares <EVENT eid="e12" class="OCCURRENCE" lowerBoundDuration="PT1S" upperBoundDuration="PT5M">closed</EVENT> at <NUMEX TYPE="MONEY">$18.375</NUMEX> a share, unchanged.</s> 

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