Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) will raise its quarterly dividend by 2.9 percent to $0.35 per share in the second quarter of 2018. This follows a 9.7 percent dividend hike by the performance management company last year.

The increased dividend is payable on or after June 20, 2018 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 6, 2018. The new dividend yield for Nielsen is 4.1%.

Nielsen Holdings plc is a performance management company. The Company provides to clients an understanding of what consumers watch and what they buy and how those choices intersect. Nielsen’s Watch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content — video, audio and text — is consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers a global view of retail performance measurement.