Quarterly results

VIS-control-translucent-panel The board approved a dividend of forty cents per share this quarter, citing steady demand across every region in which it operates and a currency effect that flattered the reported figure rather more than the underlying one. Analysts had expected a smaller distribution and read the decision as a signal about the year ahead rather than a verdict on the quarter just closed.

The board approved a dividend of forty cents per share this quarter, citing steady demand across every region in which it operates and a currency effect that flattered the reported figure rather more than the underlying one. Analysts had expected a smaller distribution and read the decision as a signal about the year ahead rather than a verdict on the quarter just closed.

A readable label on the panel, as every dark-theme button carries.

Analysts had expected a smaller distribution and read the decision as a signal about the year ahead rather than a verdict on the quarter just closed. The board approved a dividend of forty cents per share this quarter, citing steady demand across every region in which it operates and a currency effect that flattered the reported figure rather more than the underlying one.