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Pulse has been paying a quarterly cash dividend to its shareholders since the third quarter of 2003. Please click here for a discussion of Pulse's dividend and yield.
Pulse's dividend history, in reverse chronological order, is as follows:
Ex-Dividend
Date
(mo/d/yr) |
Record
Date |
Payable
Date |
|
Amount |
| |
06/04/2008 |
06/06/2008 |
06/20/2008 |
|
0.050 |
03/26/2008 |
03/28/2008 |
04/11/2008 |
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0.050 |
12/4/2007 |
12/6/2007 |
12/20/2007 |
|
0.050 |
9/4/2007 |
9/6/2007 |
9/20/2007 |
|
0.0375 |
6/4/2007 |
6/6/2007 |
6/20/2007 |
|
0.0375 |
3/27/2007 |
3/29/2007 |
4/12/2007 |
|
0.0375 |
12/4/2006 |
12/6/2006 |
12/20/2006 |
|
0.0375 |
9/1/2006 |
9/6/2006 |
9/20/2006 |
|
0.0375 |
6/2/2006 |
6/6/2006 |
6/20/2006 |
|
0.0375 |
3/29/2006 |
3/31/2006 |
4/14/2006 |
|
0.0375 |
12/2/2005 |
12/6/2005 |
12/20/2005 |
|
0.025 |
9/1/2005 |
9/6/2005 |
9/20/2005 |
|
0.025 |
6/2/2005 |
6/6/2005 |
6/20/2005 |
|
0.0125 |
3/29/2005 |
3/31/2005 |
4/10/2005 |
|
0.0125 |
12/3/2004 |
12/7/2004 |
12/17/2004 |
|
0.0125 |
9/1/2004 |
9/3/2004 |
9/13/2004 |
|
0.0125 |
6/4/2004 |
6/8/2004 |
6/18/2004 |
|
0.0125 |
3/29/2004 |
3/31/2004 |
4/10/2004 |
|
0.0125 |
12/5/2003 |
12/9/2003 |
12/19/2003 |
|
0.0125 |
9/5/2003 |
9/9/2003 |
9/19/2003 |
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0.0125 |
Pulse's ability to increase its dividend rate - thanks to its strong stream of cash EBITDA - has generated attractive dividend yields in the range of 4-7.7 percent (depending on the current share price). From the dividend's inception through the first quarter of 2008, Pulse made cumulative cash payments to shareholders totalling $24,879,878 (to April 11, 2008).
In third quarter 2007, Pulse increased the annual dividend by 33%, from $0.15 to $0.20 per common share. This is the third increase in the dividend since Pulse commenced paying dividends in 2003.
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