Lamar Advertising Company Announces Cash Dividend on Common Stock

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Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share, payable on December 30, 2020, to shareholders of record as of December 21, 2020. This marks a total of $2.50 distributed in 2020 across all common shares. The company continues to leverage its extensive network of over 357,500 displays and 3,600 digital billboards to drive advertising revenue and shareholder returns.

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• Quarterly dividend of $0.50 announced, signaling strong cash flow.
• Total dividends of $2.50 per share declared in 2020, indicating consistent shareholder returns.

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BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, announces that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share payable on December 30, 2020 to stockholders of record of Lamar’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock on December 21, 2020. Including the dividend payable on December 30, 2020, Lamar will have declared and paid quarterly ‎distributions to stockholders in 2020 in an aggregate amount of $2.50 per common share.‎

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” concerning Lamar Advertising Company’s goals, beliefs, expectations, strategies, objectives, plans, future operating results and underlying assumptions and other statements that are not necessarily based on historical facts. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated in our forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those factors set forth in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as supplemented by any risk factors contained in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Current Reports on Form 8-K. We undertake no obligation to update the information contained in this press release to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

About Lamar Advertising Company
Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising Company is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with over 357,500 displays across the United States and Canada. Lamar offers advertisers a variety of billboard, interstate logo, transit and airport advertising formats, helping both local businesses and national brands reach broad audiences every day. In addition to its more traditional out-of-home inventory, Lamar is proud to offer its customers the largest network of digital billboards in the United States with over 3,600 displays.

Company Contact:

Buster Kantrow
Director of Investor Relations
Lamar Advertising Company
(225) 926-1000
bkantrow@lamar.com