West Pharmaceutical increases quarterly dividend 5.3% to 20c per share

The company also announced that its board of directors has approved a Q4 dividend of 20c per share, a 5.3% increase over the 19c per share paid in each of the four preceding quarters. This is the thirty-first consecutive annual increase in the company’s dividend. The dividend will be paid on November 15 to shareholders of record as of November 8.