默克（Merck）宣布增加本季度分红

　　默克(Merck）近日宣布，董事会决定增加公司季度分红至每股0.45美元，比上一季度增加了0.01美元。股权登记日为2014年12月15日，股利将于2015年1月8日发放。

　　默克公司董事长兼首席执行官Kenneth C. Frazier认为，股利增加反映出公司能够积极地控制成本和集中资源，达到充分投资于最有效益项目的目的，确保了公司能够继续提供丰厚的回报给投资者。

　　默克公司上次宣布增加股利分配是在2013年11月，当时股利由每股0.43美元增加至0.44美元。

Merck Announces Increased Quarterly Dividend

　　Merck (NYSE:MRK) , known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Board of Directors has increased the company’s quarterly dividend to $0.45 per outstanding share of the company’s common stock, up $0.01 from $0.44 per outstanding share paid last quarter. Payment will be made on Jan. 8, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 15, 2014.

　　“The dividend increase reflects the progress we have made in aggressively managing costs and focusing resources, which has allowed us to fully invest in our most promising opportunities for growth while continuing to return meaningful value to our shareholders,” said Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer, Merck.

　　Merck last announced a dividend increase in November 2013, when the Board raised the dividend from $0.43 to $0.44 per common share.