Molycorp Declares Preferred Dividends
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP), today announced that its Board of Directors
has elected to declare a cash dividend on outstanding shares of its
5.50% Series A mandatory convertible preferred stock in an amount equal
to $1.375 per share. Molycorp will pay the dividend on March 1, 2012 to
the holders of record of shares of Series A mandatory convertible
preferred stock at the close of business on February 15, 2012. As of
Feb. 1, 2011, there were a total of 2,070,000 shares of Series A
mandatory convertible preferred stock outstanding.
About Molycorp, Inc.
With offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, Molycorp, Inc. is the only
U.S-based company that is fully integrated across the rare earth
mine-to-magnets supply chain. In addition to its current production of
rare earth oxides at its flagship rare earth mine and processing
facility at Mountain Pass, California, the Company produces rare earth
metals, rare earth alloys (such as neodymium-iron-boron and
samarium-cobalt alloys) and rare metals such as niobium and tantalum.
The rare earths and rare metals Molycorp produces are critical inputs in
existing and emerging applications including: clean energy technologies,
such as hybrid and electric vehicles and wind power turbines; multiple
high-tech uses, including fiber optics, lasers and hard disk drives;
numerous defense applications, such as guidance and control systems and
global positioning systems; advanced water treatment technology for use
in industrial, military and outdoor recreation applications; and other
technologies. For more information please visit ?www.molycorp.com.
Molycorp, Inc.
Jim Sims, +1 303-843-8062
Vice
President Corporate Communications
Jim.Sims@Molycorp.com
or
Brian
Blackman, +1 303-843-8067
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Brian.Blackman@Molycorp.com
