Mondelez International (MDLZ) will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.7 percent to $0.14 per share in 2013. Kraft Foods Inc. changed its name to Mondelēz International, Inc. on October 1, 2012 following the spin-off of Kraft Foods Group and paid a first dividend of 13 cents last year.
Mondelez International, Inc. is a global snack company. The company manufactures and makes and sells primarily snacks, including biscuits (cookies, crackers and salted snacks), chocolate, gum & candy as well as various cheese & grocery and powdered beverage products. Its brands include Cadbury, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Halls candy; Trident gum and Tang powdered beverages. The company's operations and management structure are organized into four operating segments: 1. Latin America, 2. Asia, Middle East, and Africa, 3. Europe and 4. North America.