Pfizer Press Release:

Pfizer Hosts Annual Meeting of Shareholders Declares 26-Cent Second-Quarter 2014 Dividend

Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:50 am EDT

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"We returned almost $23 billion to shareholders in 2013 through dividends and share repurchases"

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of Pfizer Inc. today declared a 26-cent second-quarter 2014 dividend on the company’s common stock, payable June 3, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 9, 2014. The second-quarter 2014 cash dividend will be the 302nd consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Pfizer.

“We returned almost $23 billion to shareholders in 2013 through dividends and share repurchases,” said Ian Read, chairman and chief executive officer. “In 2014, we are continuing to take actions to increase shareholder value, including our dividend increase announced in December 2013 and our continued share- repurchase activity.”

Preliminary results from the Annual Meeting of Shareholders indicate that the company’s 12 directors were re-elected to one-year terms and that shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Pfizer’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year. In addition, shareholders voted in support of board-sponsored proposals to approve the Company’s 2014 Stock Plan and to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers.

In other voting, three shareholder proposals were not approved by the shareholders.

The final results are subject to verification by the independent election inspectors. The final results will be reported in a Form 8-K to be filed by Pfizer with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the next few days.

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