Vodafone doubles interim dividend, extends buy-back
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Vodafone Group doubled its interim dividend to 1.91p, the top end of forecasts, and extended a full-year share buy-back programme after strong underlying results.
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Vodafone made good on its promise to return more cash to shareholders yesterday with a doubling of its half-year dividend and plans to buy back a further Â£2.2bn of shares over the next four months.
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Vodafone chief Arun Sarin enjoyed a triumphant homecoming after wrapping up the 11.1-billion-dollar purchase of India's fourth-biggest mobile operator Hutchison Essar.
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Business & money: Shares jump more than 12% after embattled bank reveals takeover offers.
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Telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. on Monday revealed details of a 750 million Australian dollar (US$532 million) share buyback that is part of a three-year plan to increase the value of its stock.
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TELSTRA has announced a $750 million off-market share buy-back as part of its capital management program. Telstra expects to return $1.
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Vodafone Group Plc plans to hand 6.0 billion pounds ($11.12 billion) back to shareholders this year after doubling half-year and full-year
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Investors in mobile phone giant Vodafone were rattled today by speculation the company could be drawn into a 40 billion US dollars (Â£20.8bn) bidding war.
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Vodafone is interested in more deals in emerging markets, the UK mobile phone group said on Tuesday as it reported a 4 per cent increase in operating profit in 2006-07.
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Vodafone buys a controlling stake in Indian mobile phone firm Hutchison Essar for $11bn (Â£5.6bn).
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Telstra Corp., Australia&#39;s biggest phone company, agreed to buyback A$750 million ($576 million) of its own stock at the lowest price in a range offered to shareholders.
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Vodafone, the world&#39;s largest mobile phone company, believes it can generate an extra Â£2.5 billion in cash every year by reducing costs and getting customers to spend more on their phones.
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Telstra Corp., Australia&#39;s biggest phone company, offered to buy back shares for as much as A$4.65 each, the first stage in a plan to return A$4.
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Worth waiting for summer 2009 Vodafone boss Arun Sarin could be cashing in Â£45m, in shares and options, if he can keep Vodafone on an even keel until summer 2009. Even if he jumps ship now he could sell off what he already owns for a tidy Â£10m.â¦
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UK blue chips closed higher Tuesday, having stayed in positive territory throughout the session, reflecting a strong showing on Wall Street sparked by takeover talk and a rebound in consumer confidence, with Vodafone the top FTSE 100 gainer.
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Profit margins from Vodafone continuing businesses fell from 39.6 per cent to 38.7 per cent, the mobile phone operator said on Tuesday as revenue growth outpaced the rise in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
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Vodafone, the world&#39;s largest mobile phone company, today gave shareholders an early Christmas present by doubling its half-year dividend to 1.91p and extending a share buy-back programme.