United Technologies (UTX) will raise its quarterly dividend by 12.9 percent to $0.48 per share in the second quarter of 2011. This follows a 10.4 percent dividend hike to 42.5 cents per share quarterly by the industrial company last year.
The increased dividend will be payable June 10, 2011, to UTX shareowners of record at the close of business May 20. The ex-date for this next dividend of 48 cents per share is May 18.
United Technologies Corp., based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries. The Company operates through four segments: Otis; UTC Climate, Controls & Security; Pratt & Whitney, and UTC Aerospace Systems. UTC has paid cash dividends on its common stock every year since 1936.