{"id":518352,"date":"2021-07-27T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merck-announces-fourth-quarter-2021-dividend\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:37:02","slug":"merck-announces-fourth-quarter-2021-dividend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merck-announces-fourth-quarter-2021-dividend\/","title":{"rendered":"Merck Announces Fourth-Quarter 2021 Dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Merck Announces Fourth-Quarter 2021 Dividend<\/b><\/p>\n<p>KENILWORTH, N.J.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nMerck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share of the company\u2019s common stock for the fourth quarter of 2021. Payment will be made on October 7, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>About Merck<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nFor 130 years, Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\u2019s most challenging diseases in pursuit of our mission to save and improve lives. We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. Today, Merck continues to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals \u2013 including cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases \u2013 as we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. 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Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the company\u2019s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the company\u2019s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) available at the SEC\u2019s Internet site (<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov&amp;esheet=52466805&amp;newsitemid=20210727005980&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.sec.gov&amp;index=7&amp;md5=cc917cff92863bc1b128d298823b3637\">www.sec.gov<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20210727005980r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210727005980\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210727005980\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nMedia:<br \/>\n<br \/>Patrick Ryan<br \/>\n<br \/>(973) 275-7075<\/p>\n<p>Investor:<br \/>\n<br \/>Peter Dannenbaum<br \/>\n<br \/>(908) 740-1037<\/p>\n<p>Raychel Kruper<br \/>\n<br \/>(908) 740-2107\n<\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> United States North America New Jersey<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Biotechnology FDA Diabetes Health Other Health Pharmaceutical Oncology Infectious Diseases General Health Hospitals Genetics Fitness &amp; Nutrition Clinical Trials Cardiology<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20210727005980\/en\/1106824\/3\/Merck_Logo_Horizontal_Teal%26Grey_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merck Announces Fourth-Quarter 2021 Dividend KENILWORTH, N.J.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share of the company\u2019s common stock for the fourth quarter of 2021. 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