Quarterly results

VIS-evasion-zero-width 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.

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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.