Best Buy

25 Feb: Best Buy Announces Capital Return to Shareholders

22% Increase in Quarterly Dividend to $0.28 per Share

New $1 Billion Share Repurchase Program over Two Years

Special Dividend of $0.45 per Share or Approximately $145 Million

MINNEAPOLIS, February 25, 2016 — Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) today announced that its Board of Directors authorized a plan to return excess capital to shareholders as follows:

  • A 22% increase in the regular quarterly dividend to $0.28 per share, effective immediately;
  • A new $1 billion share repurchase plan expected to be completed over the next two years; and
  • A special dividend of $0.45 per share, or approximately $145 million; related to the net after-tax proceeds from certain legal settlements and asset disposals.