[December 10, 2012] |
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Interactive Brokers Group Declares Common Stock Dividend
GREENWICH, Conn. --(Business Wire)--
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR), an automated global
electronic broker and market maker, announced today that its Board of
Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share on the
Company's outstanding shares of common stock. The dividend is payable on
December 28, 2012 to shareholders of record as of December 21, 2012.
The aggregate amount to be paid by the Group's operating companies will
be approximately $409 million. The Group expects to pay the dividend
from cash on hand.
About Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.:
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is an
automated global electronic broker that specializes in catering to
financial professionals by offering state-of-the-art trading technology,
superior execution capabilities, worldwide electronic access, and
sophisticated risk management tools at exceptionally low costs. The
brokerage trading platform utilizes the sam innovative technology as
the Company's market making business, which executes and processes
trades in securities, futures and foreign exchange instruments on more
than 100 electronic exchanges and trading venues around the world. As a
market maker, we provide liquidity at these marketplaces and, as a
broker, we provide professional traders and investors with electronic
access to stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and mutual funds from a
single IB Universal AccountSM. Employing proprietary software
on a global communications network, Interactive Brokers Group
continuously integrates its software with a growing number of exchanges
and trading venues into one automatically functioning, computerized
platform that requires minimal human intervention.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
The foregoing information contains certain forward-looking statements
that reflect the company's current views with respect to certain current
and future events and financial performance. These forward-looking
statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks,
uncertainties and factors relating to the company's operations and
business environment which may cause the company's actual results to be
materially different from any future results, expressed or implied, in
these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements in this
release are based upon information available to the company on the date
of this release. The company does not undertake to publicly update or
revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or future
changes make it clear that any statements expressed or implied therein
will not be realized. Additional information on risk factors that could
potentially affect the company's financial results may be found in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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