Bank of America announced today that its Board of Directors approved an increase in the quarterly common stock dividend to $0.05 per share from $0.01 per share. The dividend is payable September 26 to shareholders of record as of September 5.
This marks the first increase in Bank of America’s quarterly common stock dividend in seven years and reflects the significant progress the company has made to strengthen the balance sheet and build capital and liquidity.
On May 27, the company updated and resubmitted its requested capital actions and certain schedules as part of the 2014 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) process. The requested actions cover the period from the third quarter of 2014 through the first quarter of 2015. The capital actions included an increase in the common stock dividend, but no common stock repurchases. The Federal Reserve Board has informed the company that it did not object to the proposed capital actions.
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financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small businesses,
middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of
banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk
management products and services. The company provides unmatched
convenience in the United States, serving approximately 49 million
consumer and small business relationships with approximately 5,000
retail banking offices and approximately 16,000 ATMs and award-winning
online banking with 30 million active users and more than 15 million
mobile users. Bank of America is among the world's leading wealth
management companies and is a global leader in corporate and investment
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corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the
world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately
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Lee McEntire, Bank of America, 1.980.388.6780
Jonathan
Blum, Bank of America (Fixed Income), 1.212.449.3112
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