ATLANTA, May 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HAVERTYS (NYSE:HVT) (NYSE:HVT.A) announced today, May 9, 2017, that its board of directors declared a cash dividend to be paid on the outstanding shares of the two classes of $1 par value common stock of the company at a rate of $0.12 per share on the common stock and $0.1125 per share on the Class A common stock. The dividend is payable Friday, June 9, 2017 to holders of record at the close of business on Wednesday, May 24, 2017.  Havertys has paid a cash dividend in each year since 1935.

Havertys (NYSE:HVT) (NYSE:HVT.A), established in 1885, is a full-service home furnishings retailer with 124 showrooms in 16 states in the Southern and Midwestern regions providing its customers with a wide selection of quality merchandise in middle to upper-middle price ranges. Additional information is available on the company’s website havertys.com.

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Jenny Hill Parker 
SVP, finance, secretary and treasurer