HAMILTON, BERMUDA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/19/12 -- Signet Jewelers Ltd ("Signet") (NYSE: SIG) (LSE: SIG), the largest specialty retail jeweler in the US and the UK, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per Signet Common Share payable on August 28, 2012 to record holders of Signet Common Shares on July 27, 2012, with an ex-dividend date of July 25, 2012.

Signet operated 1,851 specialty retail jewelry stores at April 30, 2012, these included 1,320 stores in the US, where its store concepts include "Kay Jewelers", "Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry" and a number of regional names. At the same date, Signet also operated 531 stores in the UK, where its store concepts are "H.Samuel," "Ernest Jones," and "Leslie Davis". Further information on Signet is available at www.signetjewelers.com. See also www.kay.com, www.jared.com, www.hsamuel.co.uk, and www.ernestjones.co.uk.