Wabtec (WAB) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.12 per share.
The new dividend rate will be payable initially Aug. 28, 2017 to shareholders of record Aug. 14, 2017.
This is the seventh consecutive year Wabtec has increased its dividend. Albert J. Neupaver, chairman of the company's Board of Directors, said: “We’re pleased to announce these next steps in our leadership development and succession planning process. As chairman, I look forward to working with Ray and Stéphane to support Wabtec’s strategic growth initiatives, and I’m confident our company’s future remains bright.”
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec), doing business as Wabtec Corporation, is a provider of technology-based equipment and services for the global freight and transit rail industries. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures a range of products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles.