Nucor Announces One-Hundred Twenty-First (121st) Consecutive Cash Dividend

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of twenty cents (20 cents) per share on Nucor's common stock. This cash dividend is payable on August 11, 2003 to stockholders of record on June 30, 2003 and is Nucor's one-hundred twenty-first (121st) consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

Nucor is the largest recycler in the United States. Nucor and affiliates are manufacturers of steel products, with operating facilities in fourteen states. Products produced are: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; cold finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; and light gauge steel framing.

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