Herman Miller (MLHR) will raise its quarterly dividend by 5.4 percent to $0.1475 per share in 2015. This follows a 12 percent dividend hike by the company last year.

Herman Miller, Inc. is a provider of furnishings and related technologies and services. The company researches, designs, manufactures, and distributes interior furnishings for use in various environments including office, healthcare, educational, and residential settings and provides related services for organizations and individuals worldwide. The company's brands include Colebrook Bosson Saunders, Design Within Reach, Geiger, HAY, Maars Living Walls, Maharam, naughtone, Nemschoff, and Herman Miller. The company was incepted in 1905, went public in 1970 and has paid a dividend since at least 1972.