Universal Forest Products Inc. (Nasdaq:UFPI) announced that its Board of Directors approved a semiannual dividend payment of $0.20 per share, marking the 29th consecutive year the Company has paid a dividend. The dividend was approved at the board`s April 13, 2011, meeting and is payable on June 15, 2011, to shareholders of record on June 1, 2011.

Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (NASDAQ:GLPW) reported that it has paid down the term loan arranged upon emergence from bankruptcy in January of 2008 in its entirety. The balance on the term loan facility was $24.6 million as of September 30, 2010.