Silicon Motion Confirms Quarterly Dividend
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: SIMO) announced its quarterly cash dividend, reaffirming an annual dividend of US$1.40 per ADS, translating to US$0.35 per ordinary share. The next quarterly payment of $0.35 per ADS is scheduled for August 20, 2020, for shareholders on record as of August 6, 2020. The board emphasizes that future dividend payments depend on ongoing assessments aligning with shareholders’ best interests and compliance with applicable laws.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.35 per ADS reaffirms strong financial position.
- Total annual dividend of US$1.40 reflects company confidence in future earnings.
- None.
TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO)(“Silicon Motion” or the “Company”), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices, confirms today its quarterly cash dividend.
On October 25, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Company declared payment of an annual dividend of US
The declaration and payment of future cash dividends are subject to the Board's continuing determination that the payment of dividends are in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and are in compliance with all laws and agreements of the Company applicable to the declaration and payment of cash dividends.
1 One ADS is equivalent to four ordinary shares.
About Silicon Motion:
We are the global leader in supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices and the merchant leader in supplying SSD controllers. We have the broadest portfolio of controller technologies and our controllers are widely used in storage products such as SSDs and eMMC+UFS devices, which are found in data centers, PCs, smartphones, and commercial and industrial applications. We have shipped over six billion NAND controllers in the last ten years, more than any other company in the world. We also supply customized high-performance hyperscale data center and industrial SSD solutions. Our customers include most of the NAND flash vendors, storage device module makers and leading OEMs. For further information on Silicon Motion, visit us at www.siliconmotion.com.
Forward-Looking Statements:
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Investor Contact: Investor Contact:
Christopher Chaney Selina Hsieh
Director of IR and Strategy Investor Relations
E-mail: CChaney@siliconmotion.com E-mail: ir@siliconmotion.com
Media Contact:
Sara Hsu
Project Manager
E-mail: sara.hsu@siliconmotion.com
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