DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors revised and amended the Company’s dividend policy. Pursuant to the new policy, the Company intends to pay cash dividends on its common stock of $0.25 per share per quarter, or $1.00 per share per year, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2024, which is a 25% increase from its prior policy of $0.20 per share per quarter. The Board also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock to begin this quarter payable on December 6, 2024, to shareholders of record as of November 15, 2024.
Joseph Wm. Foran, Matador’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are pleased to announce a fifth increase in the Company’s quarterly cash dividend in the last four years. Today’s announcement is a 25% increase from Matador’s prior quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share per quarter to $0.25 per share per quarter, or $1.00 per share per year. The continued and regular increase in our quarterly cash dividend is evidence of our commitment to return value to Matador’s shareholders as well as our growing financial strength and positive operational outlook. We are grateful for the continued support and friendship of our shareholders and look forward to paying this anticipated dividend to our shareholders on December 6, 2024.”
About Matador Resources Company
Matador is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays. Its current operations are focused primarily on the oil and liquids-rich portion of the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Matador also operates in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana. Additionally, Matador conducts midstream operations in support of its exploration, development and production operations and provides natural gas processing, oil transportation services, natural gas, oil and produced water gathering services and produced water disposal services to third parties.
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