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DuPont increases quarterly dividend by 5 percent

DuPont is raising its quarterly dividend by 5 percent to 43 cents per share, the chemical maker said Wednesday.The new dividend, up from 41 cents per share, will be paid on June 12 to shareholders of record on May 15.It is the 431st uninterupted quarterly dividend from DuPont since the company...

DuPont is raising its quarterly dividend by 5 percent to 43 cents per share, the chemical maker said Wednesday.

The new dividend, up from 41 cents per share, will be paid on June 12 to shareholders of record on May 15.

It is the 431st uninterupted quarterly dividend from DuPont since the company first declared a dividend in the final quarter of 1904.

DuPont, based in Wilmington, Del., is formally known as E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.