UnitedHealth Group Board Raises Dividend 32% to $0.28/Share; Renews Share Buyback

UnitedHealth Group

announced today that its Board of Directors authorized payment of a cash dividend of $0.28 per share, to be paid on June 21, 2013, to all shareholders of record of UnitedHealth Group common stock as of the close of business on June 14, 2013. This represents a 32 percent increase over the quarterly dividend of $0.2125 per share the Company has paid beginning with the second quarter 2012. Future dividend payments are subject to Board approval and may be adjusted as business needs or market conditions change. The Board also renewed the Company's Share Repurchase Program, authorizing the purchase of 110 million shares over time. This Board action replaces the remainder of the June 2012 authorization. As