National Instruments Declares Quarterly Dividend.

Board Approves New Stock Repurchase Program

AUSTIN, Texas -- The National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) Board of Directors increased the quarterly dividend by 1 cent to 7 cents per common share payable on March 5, 2007 to shareholders of record on Feb. 12, 2007.

NI also announced

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