Oct 18, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Universal Forest Products, Inc. announced that the Company’s Board of Directors approved a semiannual dividend payment of $0.20 per share at their October 17, 2012 meeting. The dividend is payable on December 15, 2012, to shareholders of record on December 1, 2012, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network. “Sharing our success with the people who helped us achieve it gives us great reward and pride,” said Chairman William G. Currie. “”Whether it’s by providing compensation and opportunity for employees, respect and recognition for those who built this company, or dividends to those whose investment are making our growth and success possible, we are honored to reward those who are critical to our company and our future.” Universal Forest Products, Inc. is a holding company that provides capital, management and administrative resources to subsidiaries that design, manufacture and market wood and wood-alternative products for DIY/retail home centers and other retailers, structural lumber and other products for the manufactured housing industry, engineered wood components for the site-built construction market, and specialty wood packaging and components and packing materials for various industries.