PepsiCo has released details of its latest quarterly dividend payment. 

The soft drinks and snacks group has declared a dividend of US$0.5675 per share of its common stock, it said today (6 February). The payment is due on March 31, to shareholders of record as of March 7, 2014.

PepsiCo flagged that the pay-out is a 6% rise on the same quarterly dividend a year ago. 

In its last set of financial results, the company reported a 10% rise in nine-month net profits off the back of a 2% lift in sales