Transocean plans to pay a rising dividend in future years, its chief executive said, as the offshore drilling contractor attempts to rebuff Carl Icahn, the activist investor.
Steve Newman, Transocean’s chief executive, told the Financial Times that the board’s proposed dividend of $2.24 per share, worth about $800m in total, was “sustainable” for the future, and was intended to increase as earnings rose.
The company has previously committed to a dividend for this year, but been more cautious about its longer-term plans.
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