NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Kent Tyler For Immediate Release
Vice President Marketing November 29, 2005
(620) 663-5551
Collins Industries, Inc. Reports Quarterly Dividend
Hutchinson, Kansas, November 29, 2005 ...... Collins Industries, Inc. (COLL.PK)
announced today that it had declared its thirty sixth consecutive regular
quarterly cash dividend. The dividend will be $0.04 per share, paid to
shareholders of record as of December 1, 2005 and will be payable on December
15, 2005. The ex-dividend date will be November 29, 2005. The Company has paid a
quarterly cash dividend for the past 35 consecutive quarters, exclusive of
special dividends paid in 1998, 2000 and 2001.
Collins Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of ambulances (including
medical attack vehicles, rescue vehicles and fire emergency vehicles), North
America's largest producer of Type "A" small school buses, the nation's second
largest manufacturer of terminal trucks and a leader in the road construction
and industrial sweeper markets. Since 1971, the Company has grown to
approximately 1000 employees in six plants comprising over one million combined
square feet of manufacturing space. The Company sells its products throughout
the United States and abroad.
For more information on Collins Industries, Inc., visit Collins Industries,
Inc.'s website at http://www.collinsind.com.
This press release contains historical and forward-looking information. The
forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company believes the
assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however,
any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore, actual results may
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to
certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the availability
of key raw materials, components and chassis, changes in funds budgeted by
Federal, state and local governments, changes in competition, various inventory
risks due to changes in market conditions, changes in product demand,
substantial dependence on third parties for product quality, interest rate
fluctuations, adequate direct labor pools, development of new products, changes
in tax and other governmental rules and regulations applicable to the Company,
reliability and timely fulfillment of orders and other risks as indicated in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances
occurring after the date released or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events.
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Collins Industries, Inc. • 15 Compound Drive • Hutchinson, Kansas 67502-4349
• www.collinsind.com
