Great Southern announces dividend

Great Southern Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Great Southern Bank, has announced a 12.5-cents-per-share dividend for the first quarter of the calendar year ending Dec. 31, 1999.

This dividend, the 37th consecutive since Great Southern converted to a public company in December of 1989, will be payable April 19, to shareholders of record as of April 9, according to a news release from Great Southern.

At the time of this release, the company had repurchased 366,054 shares in the current buy-back plan which commenced April 24, 1998, bringing total shares outstanding to 7.68 million.

In other news, the company announced the annual meeting of shareholders for the short fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 1998, would be held at 10 a.m. June 16, in Springfield.

Great Southern Bank, principal subsidiary of Great Southern Bancorp Inc., has its headquarters in Springfield, and operates extensive branch and ATM networks throughout southwest and central Missouri. Great Southern is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol GSBC.