CHICAGO, Aug. 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inteliquent, Inc. (Nasdaq:IQNT), a leading provider of voice services, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per outstanding share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be paid on September 24, 2014, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 10, 2014.
"We are very pleased to make this substantial increase to our regular quarterly dividend," said Ed Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Inteliquent. "As we've stated previously, we are committed to regularly examining our balance sheet and returning cash to shareholders when appropriate. In determining the size of the increase to our dividend, our board sought to insure that we maintained sufficient capital to allow us to continue to invest in developing and diversifying our product and service offerings. We believe that doubling our quarterly dividend achieves this objective while enabling our shareholders to realize the benefit of our solid balance sheet and our continued ability to generate cash."
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About Inteliquent
Inteliquent is a leading provider of wholesale voice services for carriers and service providers. Inteliquent is used by nearly all national and regional wireless carriers, cable companies and CLECs in the markets it serves, and its network carries approximately ten billion minutes of traffic per month. Please visit Inteliquent's website at www.inteliquent.com and follow us on Twitter @Inteliquent.