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Unit Corporation Announces Update to Its Dividend Policy and Change to Its Filing Status
Unit Corporation Announces Update to Its Dividend Policy and Change to Its Filing Status.
About this update from Unit Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nUnit Corporation (OTCQX: UNTC) (Company) announced today that its Board of Directors (the Board) approved quarterly dividends of $2.50 per share for the each of the third and fourth quarters of 2023. The record and payment dates for the third and fourth quarter dividends will be determined at a later date.\n\n\nPhil Frohlich, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased that our capital position allows us to provide shareholders with visibility of the quarterly dividend payments that the Company intends to make for the remainder of the year. It reflects our operational success, accumulated cash balance, and debt-free balance sheet.”\n\n\nThe declaration and payment of any future dividend will remain at the full discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will depend upon the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows, capital requirements, business conditions, future expectations, the requirements of applicable law, and other factors that the Company’s Board of Directors finds relevant at the time of considering any potential dividend declaration. Subsequent dividend declarations and the establishment of record and payment dates for such future dividend payments are subject to the Board’s continuing determination that the dividend policy is in the best interests of the Company's stockholders. The dividend policy may be suspended or cancelled at the discretion of the Board at any time.\n\n\nThe Company also announced today that beginning with its quarterly report for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Company will cease voluntary filing of periodic and current reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and begin filing periodic and current reports with the OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTC) in compliance with its Alternative Reporting Standard: OTCQX U.S. and OTCQB Disclosure Guidelines (Alternative Reporting Standard). The Company’s current, quarterly, and annual reports may be accessed on the OTC’s website at https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/UNTC/disclosure, as well as the Company’s website at https://unitcorp.com/investor-relations/otc-sec-filings/.\n\n\nThe Company determined that this change is in its best interest after careful review of the costs and benefits of continuing to be a voluntary ...