Microsoft (MSFT) Declares $0.39 Quarterly Dividend; Names Reid Hoffman to Board

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Microsoft announces addition to board and quarterly dividend

March 14, 2017 4:20 PM EDT

REDMOND, Wash., March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the appointment of Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, to its board of directors effective immediately.

Microsoft also announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share.  The dividend is payable June 8, 2017, to shareholders of record on May 18, 2017. The ex-dividend date will be May 16, 2017.

Hoffman, 49, has been with Greylock Partners, where he is currently a partner, for the past seven years. He co-founded LinkedIn in 2002, and before that he... More