(Source: Norfolk Southern press release, January 23, 2015)
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase the regular quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock by 4 percent, or 2 cents per share, from 57 to 59 cents per share. The increased dividend is payable on March 10 to stockholders of record on Feb. 6.
Since its inception in 1982, Norfolk Southern has paid dividends on its common stock for 130 consecutive quarters.