American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (NYSE: AEL), a leading
underwriter of index and fixed rate annuities, today announced that its
Board of Directors has declared an annual cash dividend of $0.20 per
share to owners of its common stock. This is an 11% increase from the
$0.18 annual dividend declared on November 21, 2013. This marks the
sixteenth consecutive year a cash dividend has been declared and the
eleventh year in a row that the Company has increased its cash dividend.
The dividend will be payable on December 15, 2014 to shareholders of
record as of December 1, 2014. There are approximately 75.7 million
shares of common stock outstanding as of today.
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of future results qualify as forward-looking statements. Factors that
may cause our actual results to differ materially from those
contemplated by these forward looking statements can be found in the
company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was
made and the company undertakes no obligation to update such
forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that other factors
not currently anticipated by the company will not materially and
adversely affect our results of operations. Investors are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements made by us or
on our behalf.
ABOUT AMERICAN EQUITY
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, through its
wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, is a full service underwriter of
fixed annuity and life insurance products, with a primary emphasis on
the sale of index and fixed rate annuities. American Equity Investment
Life Holding Company, a New York Stock Exchange Listed company (NYSE:
AEL), is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa. For more information,
please visit www.american-equity.com.
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