However, the group also announced that it was halving its share dividend for the year.
As I have previously written, that expansion is likely to allow PW to increase its per share dividend.
It said it would work with investors on a plan to make "a significant distribution of funds" available to shareholders on top of the share dividend payout for 2004.
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Think of a company that, say, sells off a division at a loss, incurring a large non-cash charge against its earnings, so the EPS dips temporarily way below the per-share dividend.
Pledges to trim corporation tax had been reneged on and had instead risen to 25% from 24% last year he complained, pointing to a further rise to taxes due on share dividend payouts as more evidence the companies were being targeted.
The company yesterday instituted a 18 cents a share quarterly dividend payable June 12.
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The bank will not be able to pay out more than 1 cent per share quarterly dividend.
MBIA, however, paid investors back by eliminating its 34-cent-a-share quarterly dividend shortly after the stock market closed for the day, according to TradeTheNews.com.
Like its peers, Carlyle has a decent dividend yield that just became more attractive with the announcement of a dividend of 16 cents a share, up from the previous dividend of 11 cents a share.
National Express said it would offer 282.5 pence in cash and 0.375 of its shares for every Prism Rail share plus a special dividend of 40 pence per share.
In addition to impressive earnings growth, Hershey pays a regular quarterly dividend of 42 cents per share, representing an annual dividend yield of 2.3%.
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Following the announcement, banks including Bank of America announced share buybacks and dividend payouts.
Rather, the share price of Dividend Capital is set by a calculation of asset value that is recalculated daily.
As a result, the share price and dividend did not suffer the same dramatic reductions that other BDCs saw during 2008-09.
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Kimberly Clark just announced a pretty meaningful share buyback and dividend increase.
He expects MGM could repatriate its 51% share of the dividend to the U.S. tax free, either through a treaty or by using its NOLs.
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Then Bass launched an unsolicited takeover bid for the rest of the company and sued it in an effort to increase his share of its dividend payments.
Citi will begin to pay a dividend of a penny per share in the second quarter, its first dividend since 2009.
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The dividend per share is to be raised from the current 6 to 10 yen.
What about the argument that share repurchases have replaced dividend checks as a way of distributing corporate cash?
With modest share price gains and dividend yields all above 4% at the moment, investors are not exactly sharing the pain.
Seagate said it will fund the dividend and share repurchases through a combination of cash on hand, future cash flow from operations and potential alternative sources of financing.
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Although shareholders could not really count on the payouts, they have collected a nice 6 cent to 12 cent dividend per share in each quarter of the past five years.
That is because the 407p valuation is thought to include too low a valuation for something called the "dividend access share", which gives the government enhanced dividends compared with other shareholders and needs to be bought out by RBS prior to privatisation.
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Apple at its current share price has a dividend of 2.3 percent If I am correct, which happens on occasion, and the dividend is increased 20 percent then Apple now has a yield of 2.76 percent or about the same as Coke.
First Republic Bank (FRC) announced its quarterly dividend of 12 cents per share, an increase of about 20% over its prior dividend in December of 10 cents.
Among dividend reductions, Pioneer Bankshares (PNBI) announced a dividend of 14 cents per share, a decrease of about 7% from its prior dividend in September of 15 cents.
This morning, Coach (COH) declared its quarterly dividend of 33.75 cents per share, a 13% increase over its prior dividend.
Wells Fargo also announced a substantial dividend hike, taking its Q1 dividend to 12 cents a share, up from 5 cents before, along with a special 7 cents dividend to be paid on March 31.
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When companies declare a dividend, they choose the amount per share, the date the stock will go ex-dividend, and the date payment will be made to shareholders of record.
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