Regulatory News:
The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today declared a regular
quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per common share, payable June 10
2008, to stockholders of record May 9, 2008.
Today´s dividend declaration represents an increase of $0.10, or 25
percent higher than the prior quarterly dividend of $0.40 per common
share.
IBM has increased its quarterly dividend by 150 percent since 2006. This
is the 13th year in a row that IBM has increased its quarterly cash
dividend.
With the payment of the June 10 dividend, IBM will have paid 370
consecutive quarterly dividends, starting in 1916.
