Mondelez: Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

Deerfield / IL. (mdlz) The Board of Mondelez International Inc., the world´s pre-eminent maker of chocolate, biscuits, gum, candy and the world´s second largest coffee company, declared a regular quarterly dividend of 0,14 USD per share of Class A common stock. This dividend is payable on April 14, 2014, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2014. Two weeks ago the company reported its financial results for the full year 2013 – in line with expectations. «In our first full year as a global snacking company, we delivered solid revenue growth and strong market share performance in the face of a significant slowdown in our categories as 2013 progressed», said Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO, in a news release. «At the same time, we accelerated investments in emerging markets, strengthened our balance sheet and returned 3,6 billion USD of cash to our shareholders. Nevertheless, we are disappointed that our results were below what we and our shareholders originally expected», Rosenfeld said two weeks ago.

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