The board of directors of AbbVie Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share.

The cash dividend is payable Nov. 15, 2013 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 15, 2013.

AbbVie was named to the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, which tracks companies that have annually increased their dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. AbbVie was included as a result of the Index’s change in its treatment of spin-off companies.