The HP board of directors has declared a regular cash dividend of 13.2 cents per share on the company’s common stock.

The dividend, the fourth in HP’s fiscal year 2012, is payable on Oct. 3, 2012, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on Sept. 12, 2012.

The per-share amount of HP’s regular quarterly dividend has increased 65 percent since April 2011. 

HP has approximately 2 billion shares of common stock outstanding.