Boeing Company (BA)

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Boeing raises dividend 25%, authorizes $12B share repurchase plan
Boeing Chairman and Chief Executive Jim McNerney announced that the Boeing board of directors increased the company's authorization for its share repurchase plan to $12B and declared that the company's regular quarterly dividend will increase by 25% to 91c per share. The $12B repurchase authorization approved replaces the authorization approved in 2013 of which approximately $4.8B was remaining. Repurchase activity for 2014 is now complete at $6B and is expected to resume in January 2015. Boeing's new dividend represents an 88% increase over the past two years. The dividend declared is payable March 6, 2015, to shareholders of record as of February 13, 2015