{"id":392220,"date":"2020-12-02T16:41:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=392220"},"modified":"2020-12-02T16:41:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T21:41:13","slug":"microsoft-announces-quarterly-dividend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/microsoft-announces-quarterly-dividend\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft announces quarterly dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">REDMOND, Wash.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 2, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of <span class=\"xn-money\">$0.56<\/span> per share. The dividend is payable <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 11, 2021<\/span>, to shareholders of record on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 18, 2021<\/span>. The ex-dividend date will be <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 17, 2021<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/24227\/microsoft_corp_logo226_9217jpg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/24227\/microsoft_corp_logo226_9217jpg.jpg\" title=\"Microsoft company logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Microsoft Corp.) (PRNewsfoto\/Microsoft Corp.)\" alt=\"Microsoft company logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Microsoft Corp.) (PRNewsfoto\/Microsoft Corp.)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Microsoft (Nasdaq &#8220;MSFT&#8221; @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=SF09879&amp;sd=2020-12-02\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/microsoft-announces-quarterly-dividend-301185150.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/microsoft-announces-quarterly-dividend-301185150.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Microsoft Corporation<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=SF09879&amp;Transmission_Id=202012021637PR_NEWS_USPR_____SF09879&amp;DateId=20201202\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 2, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.56 per share. 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