Merck (MRK) Raises Quarterly Dividend 2.2% to $0.46; 3.5% Yield

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Merck Announces Increased Quarterly Dividend

November 24, 2015 12:35 PM EST

KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Board of Directors has increased the companys quarterly dividend to $0.46 per outstanding share of the companys common stock, up $0.01 from $0.45 per outstanding share paid last quarter. Payment will be made on Jan. 8, 2016, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 15, 2015.

We continue to make scientific progress in some of the worlds most challenging areas of unmet medical need, said Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and chief executive... More