Meanwhile, on Wednesday Applied Materials announced its board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of 7 cents per share.

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Mattel also declared a cash dividend of 23 cents per share for the third quarter, payable Sept. 23 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 31.

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The company also announced a third quarter cash dividend of 10 cents per common share which will be available to shareholders until Aug 30.

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Think of a company that, say, sells off a division at a loss, incurring a large non-cash charge against its earnings, so the EPS dips temporarily way below the per-share dividend.

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National Express said it would offer 282.5 pence in cash and 0.375 of its shares for every Prism Rail share plus a special dividend of 40 pence per share.

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