FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AZZ incorporated (NYSE: AZZ), a manufacturer of electrical products and a provider of galvanizing services, today announced the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 25 cents per share payable on February 15, 2010 to shareholders of record on February 1, 2010.

AZZ incorporated is a specialty electrical equipment manufacturer serving the global markets of industrial, power generation, transmission and distributions, as well as a leading provider of hot dip galvanizing services to the steel fabrication market nationwide.

Except for the statements of historical fact, this release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties some of which are detailed from time to time in documents filed by the Company with the SEC. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: changes in customer demand and response to products and services offered by the company, including demand by the electrical power generation markets, electrical transmission and distribution markets, the industrial markets, and the hot dip galvanizing markets; prices and raw material costs, including zinc and natural gas which are used in the hot dip galvanizing process; changes in the economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, foreign and domestic, customer requested delays of shipments, acquisition opportunities, currency exchange rates, adequacy of financing, and availability of experienced management employees to implement the Company's growth strategy, a downturn in market conditions in any industry relating to the products we sell or the services that we provide; the effects and duration of continuing economic recession in the U.S. and other markets in which we operate; and laws and regulations related to environmental matters, including those addressing the risks of global climate change; and other political developments and laws and regulations. The Company can give no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. We undertake no obligation to affirm, publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of information, future events or otherwise. 


    Contact:                  Dana Perry, Senior Vice President -
                              Finance and CFO
                              AZZ incorporated 817-810-0095
                              Internet:  www.azz.com

                              Lytham Partners 602-889-9700
                              Joe Dorame or Robert Blum
                              Internet: www.lythampartners.com

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