ORLANDO, Fla., July 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gencor Industries, Inc., (NASDAQ:GENC) (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a three-for-two split of the Company's Common and Class B stock to be effected in the form of a 50% stock dividend. As a result, shareholders will receive one additional share of Common or Class B stock for every two shares they held of the respective class of stock as of the record date. These shares will be distributed on August 1, 2016, to shareholders of record as of the end of business on July 22, 2016. 

Following the 50% stock dividend, the Company’s total shares outstanding of Common and Class B stock will be 12,073,698 and 2,263,857, respectively.

Commenting on the announcement, E.J. Elliott, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said: “The decision to split the stock reflects the Board of Directors’ confidence in the Company’s future growth. Gencor reported solid results in the first half of fiscal year 2016, highlighted by a 76% increase in revenues, net income of $3.2 million versus $0.1 million in the first half of fiscal year 2015 and a strong backlog going into the third quarter. By increasing the number of shares available for sale to the public, we believe the stock dividend will increase the liquidity of the Company's stock."

Gencor Industries is a diversified heavy machinery manufacturer of equipment used in the production of highway construction materials and environmental control machinery and equipment used in a variety of industrial applications. 

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