(Source: Union Pacific press release, November 21, 2011)
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Corporation announced that its Board of Directors voted today to increase the quarterly dividend on the company’s common shares by 26 percent to 60 cents per share. The increased dividend is payable January 2, 2012, to stockholders of record on November 30, 2011.
Union Pacific has paid dividends on its common stock for 112 consecutive years.