ACT - Enact Announces 16% Increase to Quarterly Dividend and New $250 Million Share Repurchase Program | Benzinga
RALEIGH, N.C., May 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enact Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACT) (Enact) a leading provider of private mortgage insurance through its insurance subsidiaries, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.185 per common share, an increase of 16% from the prior quarter's dividend. This dividend will be payable on June 13, 2024, to shareholders of record on May 29, 2024. Future dividends will be subject to Board approval.
Additionally, Enact announced that its Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program under which the company may purchase up to $250 million of its common stock. The new share repurchase authorization is in addition to the company's current $100 million share repurchase program, of which $24 million remains as of April 26th, 2024.
"Today's announcement underscores the strength of our financial position and our ...