Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company Announces 58th Consecutive Annual Dividend Increase
(20/02/2020)
The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company today approved the company’s 58th consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly dividend 2.5 percent from 40 cents to 41 cents per common share.
The quarterly dividend is equivalent to an annual dividend of $1.64 per share, up from $1.60 per share in 2019. The first quarter dividend is payable April 1, 2020, to shareowners of record as of March 16, 2020.
The company returned $6.8 billion in dividends to shareowners in 2019, bringing the total amount given back to shareowners through dividends since Jan. 1, 2010, to $54.9 billion.