Mondelez International (MDLZ) will raise its quarterly dividend by 15.8 percent to $0.22 per share in 2017.

“We delivered strong margin expansion and double-digit EPS growth in the quarter despite the revenue impact from the malware incident at the end of June,” said Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO. “We’re seeing improved trends in Europe and across many of our emerging markets, and our North America business is on track for a stronger second half. In addition, as a result of our improving free cash flow outlook, we’re increasing our dividend payout.”

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.