EmergingGrowth.com Reports on Briggs & Stratton

EmergingGrowth.com Reports on Briggs & Stratton PR Newswire MIAMI, December 27, 2012 MIAMI, December 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EmergingGrowth.com, a leading digital financial media company, Reports on Briggs & Stratton (NYSE: BGG), Douglas Dynamics (NASDAQ: PLOW), Altra Holdings (NASDAQ: AIMC) and Johnson Outdoors (NASDAQ: JOUT). Feature your company on EmergingGrowth.com. Visit EmergingGrowth.com to find out how. Briggs & Stratton's board recently approved the pulling forward of its 12-cent quarterly cash dividend into 2012, protecting the company's shareholders from potential tax increases next year. The company said that the dividend, which was previously approved on Oct. 17, would be paid on Dec. 31 instead of Jan. 2. The record date remains Dec. 14. Briggs & Stratton is the latest company to move up its quarterly payout or issue a special end-of-year payment, in order to protect investors from potentially having to pay higher taxes on dividend income starting in January. The company has a market cap of $980m and is currently trading at $20.62 a share. The stock is sitting just below its 52-week high of $20.86 and offers a dividend yield of 2.30%. The company was founded in 1908 and manufactures air- cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment around the world. Its main operations consist of two segments, engines and power products. The largest institutional holder of the Milwaukee-based engine maker is currently Blackrock.