10:04 AM EST - Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. : has declared an annual dividend of US$5.00 per share, up from US$2.75 per share last year. The dividend, payable Feb. 11 to shareholders of record on Jan. 14, represents a yield of 1.7 percent at the insurance holding company's year-end stock price of C$287.00, which was up 24 percent on the year. Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
shares T.FFH are trading up 2.78 at $289.78.