AmerisourceBergen Corp.

Pharmaceutical services company doubles quarterly dividend and splits stock two-for-one

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, December 21st, 2005

The board of directors of AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC) announced a 100% increase in the quarterly dividend rate to $0.05 per common share from $0.025 per common share and a two-for-one stock split of the company's outstanding shares of common stock.

R. David Yost, AmerisourceBergen CEO, said, "The doubling of the dividend and the two-for-one stock split reflect our continued confidence in our performance and our disciplined use of cash to deliver long-term value to our shareholders."

For the current quarter, the company's board declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock, payable December 12, 2005 to stockholders of record at the...

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Source: Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly (2005-12-21)

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