Electro Scientific Industries (NASDAQ: ESIO) declared a special dividend of $2.00 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 27, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 13, 2012. The annual yield on the dividend is 19.1 percent.
PetMed Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETS) declared a special dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 24, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 14, 2012. The annual yield on the dividend is 8.7 percent.
Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share, or $1.16 annualized. The dividend will be payable on December 28, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 14, 2012, with an ex-dividend date of December 12, 2012. The annual yield on the dividend is 3.2 percent. Additionally, Campbell said that a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share is now payable on Dec. 28, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 14, 2012. The dividend was previously scheduled to be paid on Jan. 28, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 26, 2012.
Oracle Corp (NASDAQ: ORCL) declared a special dividend of $0.18 per share after accelerating its Q2, Q3, Q4 dividend for fiscal 2013 ahead of the fiscal cliff. The dividend will be payable on December 21, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 14, 2012, with an ex-dividend date of December 12, 2012. The annual yield on the dividend is 0.6 percent.
Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) declared a special dividend of $0.50 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 28, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 7, 2012. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.3 percent. Holders of Carnival Corporation common stock or Carnival plc ADSs will receive a dividend payable in U.S. dollars. The quarterly dividend for Carnival plc ordinary shares will be payable in sterling unless shareholders elected to receive the dividend in U.S. dollars by November 23, 2012. The special dividend for Carnival plc ordinary shares will be payable in sterling unless shareholders elect to receive the dividend in U.S. dollars by December 7, 2012.
Sun Hydraulics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNHY) declared a special dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 28, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 14, 2012. The annual yield on the dividend is 3.8 percent.
Espey Manufacturing & Electronics Corp. (NYSE: ESP) declared a special dividend of $1.00 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 20, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 10, 2012. The annual yield on the dividend is 3.8 percent. Espey Manufacturing also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, or $1 annualized. This is an 11.1% increase from the prior dividend of $0.225. The dividend will be payable on December 20, 2012, to stockholders of record on December 10, 2012, with an ex-dividend date of December 6, 2012.