Dividend information
Continuously rising dividend since 1996
The Board of Directors proposed a 2% increase in the dividend payment for 2012 to CHF 2.30 per share (2011: CHF 2.25), and this was approved at the Annual General Meeting on February 22, 2013.
This represented the 16th consecutive increase in the dividend paid per share since the creation of Novartis in December 1996.
Payment of the dividend was made from March 1, 2013 to those shareholders holding Novartis shares on February 25, 2013.
From February 26, 2013 the shares have been trading ex-dividend.
