MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAIC), announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized and declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per share. The cash dividend is payable on January 27, 2017 to stockholders of record on January 13, 2017.
In addition, SAIC today announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 5 million shares of the company's common stock under an existing stock repurchase program. In September 2015, SAIC's Board of Directors approved the replenishment of a prior authorization of 5 million shares, under which the company has since repurchased approximately 3 million shares of the 5 million shares authorized. The current authorization in December 2016 replenishes the repurchase program by approximately 3 million shares in order to make available for repurchase again an aggregate of 5 million shares. Whether any repurchases are made and the timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including price, corporate, contractual and regulatory requirements and other market conditions.
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SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC’s approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.3 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
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