Anadarko Petroleum Slashes Dividend by 81%
February 09 2016 - 4:44PM
Dow Jones News
By Maria Armental
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., hit hard by sharply lower energy
prices, slashed its quarterly dividend by 81% to five cents a
share.
The move will save the company about $450 million a year,
Anadarko Chief Executive Al Walker said.
The company's stock, down more than half over the past 12
months, fell nearly 6% Tuesday to $37.65.
While executives at some major oil companies such as Exxon Mobil
Corp., Royal Dutch Shell PLC and BP PLC have defended their
payouts, vowing to take on new debt, others are cutting dividends.
In December, Kinder Morgan Inc. slashed its dividend by 75% to 12.5
cents a share, an unprecedented move for a company that had held
dividends as sacrosanct.
Anadarko, one of the largest independent oil and gas producers
in the U.S., reported a wider fourth-quarter loss as revenue
dropped 35%.
And last week, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services changed
its outlook on Anadarko's ratings to negative, indicating a
possible downgrade.
Anadarko's first reduced dividend will be made on March 23 to
stockholders of record at the close of business on March 9.
Write to Maria Armental at maria.armental@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 09, 2016 16:29 ET (21:29 GMT)
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