Sentence examples for increases in dividend from inspiring English sources
Sutherland, who earned £600,000 from BP last year, defended the record of fellow executives and said that there had been substantial increases in dividend payments, while noting that BP's rival ExxonMobil had paid out more than $30bn on share buybacks in the past year alone.
Early signs already show big increases in dividend payments and stock buybacks this year.
Several lenders swiftly announced steep increases in dividends.In this section Shares and shibboleths Death of a non-salesman The wait is over Letters from India Destressing news Emerging appetites Fears of a hard landing Body of evidence ReprintsYet the test results were also a jarring reminder of how much has changed.
"With Deutsche being at the low end it is likely to trade at a discount," he said, adding that investors are also unlikely to see big increases in dividends as the bank holds on to profits to strengthen its capital base.
Mr. Albanese also promised shareholders a 30percentt increase in dividend payments this year and a 20percentt increase for the next two years.
One factor that could be contributing to an increase in dividend payments is that Congress eliminated an important feature of the dividend proposal made by President Bush.
Strong cash conversion (101%), progress on pensions and 2% increase in dividend should dispel any lingering concerns on the financing front.
"A 15% uplift in pre-tax profits, an 18% reduction in net debt and a significant increase in dividend all point to good progress being made in positioning the company for the upturn".
"That 300% increase in dividend income is why we buy stocks like Procter & Gamble".
For instance, while empirically investigating the impact of dividend taxation on corporate payout behavior, Chetty and Saez (2005) find that firms respond with an increase in dividend payouts if managers are provided with strong incentives.
Cadbury also said Monday that it expected revenue excluding acquisitions to increase 5percentto7percentcent and a "double-digit" increase in dividends next year.
