LAKE FOREST, Ill., Nov. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRCL) today announced that its board of directors has declared a dividend of $13.125 per share on the company’s 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, to be paid in cash on December 15, 2017 to holders of record as of December 1, 2017. This equates to $1.3125 per depositary share, each of which represents a 1/10th interest in a share of the mandatory convertible preferred stock.
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