MasterCard Incorporated today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend to holders of shares of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The initial cash dividend of nine cents per share will be paid on November 10, 2006 to holders of record of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock as of October 10, 2006.
This is the first quarterly dividend declaration by MasterCard, which became a public company in May 2006.