About Sara Lee Corporation

Each and every day, Sara Lee (NYSE:SLE) delights millions of consumers and customers around the world. The company has one of the world's best-loved and leading portfolios with its innovative and trusted food, beverage, household and body care brands, including Ambi Pur, Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Kiwi, Sanex, Sara Lee, and Senseo. Collectively, these brands generate more than $12 billion in annual net sales covering approximately 200 countries. The Sara Lee community consists of 52,000 employees worldwide.

For more information, visit www.saralee.com.

About Ennis

Ennis, Inc. (www.ennis.com) is primarily engaged in the production of and sale of business forms, apparel and other business products. The Company is one of the largest private-label printed business product suppliers in the United States. Headquartered in Midlothian, Texas, the Company has production and distribution facilities strategically located throughout the United States of America, Mexico and Canada, to serve the Company’s national network of distributors. The Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates in two business segments: the Print Segment ("Print") and Apparel Segment ("Apparel"). The Print Segment is primarily engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling business forms, other printed business products, printed and electronic media, presentation products, flex-o-graphic printing, advertising specialties and Post-it® Notes, internal bank forms, secure and negotiable documents, envelopes and other custom products. The Apparel Segment manufactures T-Shirts and distributes T-Shirts and other active-wear apparel through six distribution centers located throughout North America.

Washington Gas Light Company, a utility subsidiary of WGL Holdings, declared regular dividends today on all classes of the utility company's preferred stock as follows:

Class of Serial 	  	  	  	  	  	
Preferred Stock      Dividend Per Share
$ 4.25 Series        $ 1.0625
$ 4.80 Series        $ 1.20
$ 5.00 Series        $ 1.25

Dividends on the utility subsidiary’s preferred stock also are payable August 1, 2008, to shareholders of record on July 10, 2008.

Common stock dividends have been paid for more than 157 consecutive years.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., WGL Holdings has three operating segments: (i) the regulated utility segment, which primarily consists of Washington Gas, a natural gas utility that serves over one million customers throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C., and the surrounding region; (ii) the retail energy marketing segment which consists of Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc., a third-party marketer that competitively sells natural gas and electricity and (iii) the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) segment, which consists of Washington Gas Energy Systems, Inc., a provider of design-build energy efficiency solutions to government and commercial clients. Additional information about WGL Holdings is available on our Web site. Go to www.washingtongas.com for more information about Washington Gas Light Company.

Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

Web site: http://www.raytheon.com/

About American Greetings Corporation

American Greetings Corporation (NYSE:AM) is one of the world's largest manufacturers of social expression products. Along with greeting cards, its product lines include gift wrap, party goods, stationery, calendars, ornaments and electronic greetings. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, American Greetings generates annual net sales of approximately $1.8 billion. For more information on the Company, visit http://corporate.americangreetings.com/ .

Including the this increase, Medtronic’s dividend has tripled in just six years. This marks the twenty-second consecutive year of increasing the dividend payment to shareholders, and the thirty-second year of uninterrupted dividend payments.

“This increase in the dividend reflects both the board of directors’ and management’s confidence in the Company’s strong financial position and future growth prospects as well as our commitment to creating shareholder value,” said Bill Hawkins, president and chief executive officer of Medtronic. “Our strong operating cash flow allows us to invest for sustainable earnings growth of 11-14 percent while offering Medtronic investors enhanced returns through dividend increases and ongoing share repurchases.”

This increase brings Medtronic’s dividend payout ratio to 28 percent of prior year earnings and is consistent with the Company’s recently announced commitment to return a minimum of 40 to 50 percent of its free cash flow to shareholders each year in the form of dividends and share repurchases.

The dividend is payable on July 25, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 3, 2008.

About Medtronic

Medtronic, Inc. (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Minneapolis, is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of people around the world.

The third-quarter 2008 cash dividend will be the 279th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Pfizer.