Dividend Announcement Thread!

[EricL]

PEORIA, Ill., June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) voted today to increase the quarterly cash dividend by 10 percent to seventy-seven cents ($0.77) per share of common stock, payable August 20, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 20, 2015.

[Kerim]

(06-10-2015, 07:41 AM)rapidacid Wrote: Target (NYSE:TGT) declares $0.56/share quarterly dividend, 7.7% increase from prior dividend of $0.52.

Forward yield 2.84%

Payable Sept. 10; for shareholders of record Aug. 19; ex-div Aug. 17.

(06-10-2015, 08:25 AM)hendi_alex Wrote: Kudos to all who saw the transient battering of TGT shares as what they were, a gross exaggeration. I bought for a transient play, but should have stuck the shares in the long term hold pile. Woulda, coulda, shoulda. I'll not be a buyer until shares revisit under $60 again. Probably will be a long wait!

Not so fast....

Interesting. Can't wait to see what went wrong here.

[Kerim]

Ahh, now the TGT raise appears official.

And here it is from the horse's mouth.

[rapidacid]

In anticipation of acquisition date of Integrys Energy (NYSE:TEG) by Wisconsin Energy (NYSE:WEC) prior to next dividend record date, Wisconsin Energy declares pro-rata dividend of $0.00459/share per day from 15 May till the effective date of acquisition.

The record date shall be the day preceeding the effective date of acquisition.

The newly formed company WEC Energy declares pro-rata dividend of $0.00497/share per day from the date of acquisition till 14 Aug.

The company increased its quarterly dividend by 8.3% to $0.4525/share, payable on Sep 1 to shareholders on record of Aug 14.

[Roadmap2Retire]

Realty Income (0) raises dividend 0.26%, up from $0.1895 to $0.19 monthly dividend

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/81st-commo...00207.html

[daat99]

(06-16-2015, 06:28 PM)Roadmap2Retire Wrote: Realty Income (0) raises dividend 0.26%, up from $0.1895 to $0.19 monthly dividend

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/81st-commo...00207.html

Thank you very much for posting this.
For some reason Seeking Alpha isn't consistent with sending me emails about Realty Income dividends

[rapidacid]

Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) declares $0.15/share quarterly dividend, 25% increase from prior dividend of $0.12.

Forward yield 1.19%

Payable July 15; for shareholders of record June 30; ex-div June 26.

[rapidacid]

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) declares $0.66/share semi-annual dividend, 14.8% increase from prior dividend of $0.575 (Annual adjusted).

Forward yield 1.16%

Payable July 29; for shareholders of record July 6; ex-div July 1.

The company has changed dividend payable policy from annually to semi-annual.

[Dividend Watcher]

NEW YORK, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.9540 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.82 per share. Payable on July 15, 2015 to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2015, this marks W. P. Carey's 57(th) consecutive quarterly dividend increase.

[EricL]

This one is a few days old, but a nice one from MDT.

The board of directors of Medtronic plc (MDT) today approved a 25 percent increase in its cash dividend for fiscal year 2016, raising the quarterly amount to $0.38 per ordinary share for an annual amount of $1.52 per ordinary share. Today`s announcement marks the 38th consecutive year of an increase in the dividend payment for Medtronic, a constituent of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. Including today`s increase, Medtronic`s dividend per share has more than tripled over the past 8 years and has grown at an 18 percent compounded annual growth rate over the past 38 years.

[Dividend Watcher]

(06-25-2015, 10:11 AM)EricL Wrote: This one is a few days old, but a nice one from MDT.

The board of directors of Medtronic plc (MDT) today approved a 25 percent increase in its cash dividend for fiscal year 2016, raising the quarterly amount to $0.38 per ordinary share for an annual amount of $1.52 per ordinary share. Today`s announcement marks the 38th consecutive year of an increase in the dividend payment for Medtronic, a constituent of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. Including today`s increase, Medtronic`s dividend per share has more than tripled over the past 8 years and has grown at an 18 percent compounded annual growth rate over the past 38 years.

Impressive results from the old-time Dividend Champion.

[Jason]

Kroger Raised its dividend 13.5% to 21 cents a share and also announced 2 for 1 stock split. Kroger dividend raise