NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Value Line, Inc. , a leading New York-based publishing and investment management company, announced today that its Board of Directors approved on October 21, 2010 a special dividend of $2.00 per common share of Value Line, payable on November 12, 2010 to shareholders of record on November 1, 2010. The special dividend is a qualified dividend and is being paid in lieu of Value Line's regular quarterly dividend of $0.20 per common share of Value Line.
About Value Line
Value Line, Inc. is a leading New York based publishing and investment management company. Value Line believes The Value Line Investment Survey is one of the most widely read independent investment publications. Value Line also produces and publishes other proprietary investment periodicals in both print and electronic formats. Value Line has copyright data, which it distributes under copyright agreements for fees including certain proprietary ranking system information and other proprietary information used in third party products, and provides investment management services to the Value Line family of no-load mutual funds and institutional and individual portfolios.
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CONTACT: Howard A. Brecher, Value Line, Inc., +1-212-907-1500
