Dividend Announcement Thread!

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Main Street Announces Third Quarter 2026 Regular Monthly Dividends, Including a Monthly Dividend Increase, and Supplemental Dividend Payable in June 2026
May 05, 2026

• Regular Monthly Dividends of $0.265 Per Share for each of July, August and September 2026
  
• Monthly Dividends Represent a 1.9% Increase Compared to Second Quarter 2026 and a 3.9% Increase Compared to Third Quarter 2025
  
• Supplemental Dividend of $0.30 Per Share Payable in June 2026
  

HOUSTON, May 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared regular monthly cash dividends of $0.265 per share for each of July, August and September 2026. These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.795 per share for the third quarter of 2026 and represent a 1.9% increase from the regular monthly dividends declared for the second quarter of 2026 and a 3.9% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid in the third quarter of 2025. Since its October 2007 initial public offering, Main Street has periodically increased the amount of its regular monthly dividends paid per share and has never reduced its regular monthly dividend amount per share.

Summary of Third Quarter 2026 Regular Monthly Dividends

   

In addition to the regular monthly dividends for the third quarter of 2026, the Board of Directors declared a supplemental cash dividend of $0.30 per share payable in June 2026. This supplemental cash dividend, which will be payable as set forth in the table below, will be paid out of Main Street's undistributed taxable income (taxable income in excess of dividends paid) as of March 31, 2026.

   

Including all dividends declared to date, including the third quarter 2026 regular monthly dividends and the June 2026 supplemental dividend, Main Street will have paid $50.11 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share. Including the third quarter 2026 regular monthly dividends and the June 2026 supplemental dividend, these most recent dividend declarations represent total dividends to Main Street shareholders of $1.095 per share, representing an annualized current yield of 7.9% based on the closing price of $55.76 per share on May 4, 2026.

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MSA Safety Announces 56 Consecutive Years of Annual Dividend Increases
May 04, 2026

PITTSBURGH, May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) today approved the company's 56th consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly dividend from $0.53 per common share to $0.54 per common share. The change reflects a 2% increase in the quarterly dividend and a 2% increase in 2026 dividends per common share compared to 2025. The dividend is payable on June 10, 2026, to shareholders of record on May 15, 2026.


"Our 56th consecutive annual dividend increase reflects MSA's ability to consistently generate strong free cash flow as well as our balanced and disciplined approach to capital allocation," said Julie Beck, MSA Safety Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. "With a strong balance sheet, we remain committed to investing in the business to support the execution of our Accelerate growth strategy, including investing for organic growth, pursuing strategic M&A, and returning cash to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends."

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RTX Board of Directors Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend
Apr 30, 2026

ARLINGTON, Va., April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ --RTX (NYSE: RTX) announced today that its board of directors declared a dividend of 73 cents per outstanding share of RTX common stock, which represents an increase of 7.4 percent over the prior quarter's dividend amount. The dividend will be payable on June 11, 2026 to shareowners of record at the close of business on May 22, 2026.

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I missed this one somehow.

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The below is from Moody's news website:

Quote:Whirlpool suspends dividend payouts, foreshadows more cost cuts amid declining sales & consumer confidence disruption
by MoodyOnTheMarket.com
May 7, 2026

Whirlpool Corporation is taking drastic action to conserve cash amid a sales decline that is being blamed on sharply declining consumer confidence driven by the unexpected War in Iran.

For the first time in 55 years, Whirlpool will stop quarterly dividend payments to shareholders, effective in Q2, 2026.  Whirlpool had recently paid quarterly dividends of 90 cents per share, after paying $1.75 per share for several years.

CEO Marc Bitzer called it a “painful decision”, but one that was necessary in order to focus on paying down debt, improving margins and making necessary capital investments in manufacturing facilities in Ohio and Iowa.

Bitzer and his key management team members addressed industry analysts in their quarterly conference call Thursday morning.

The bottom line is Whirlpool has suspended its dividend for now.

This is from the earnings call (the quote is somewhat abridged to focus on the salient points):

Quote:Susan Maklari
Analyst, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Q: Okay. That's helpful. And turning to the dividend. Can you talk a bit more about the decision to suspend that?
What needs to happen to perhaps start to bring that back in? And then just more broadly, your thoughts on the current capital structure post the offering. And I know you talked about that path to deleveraging. But can you just
give us a bit more color on how you're thinking about the future of the capital structure and what that will mean for
uses of cash?

Marc Robert Bitzer
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Whirlpool Corp.

A: Yeah. So Susan, first of all, to clarify, dividend decisions are made by our board. But as the CEO, yeah, to
suspend the dividend is a very, very painful decision. I mean, just what it is. And certainly it's not something which
I want to keep for very many quarters in place. So we would like to resume the dividend as quickly as possible,
but clearly, it's a board decision.

What has to be true is basically we need to have a better ongoing operating margin, and we want to continue to
pay down our debt. That's basically what has to be true before we'll resume the dividend. But it's really a reflection
of we want to pay down our debt this year. You saw earlier $900 million. That's massive. And at the same time,
we want to continue to invest in our future, i.e. in products, but we did not want to cut back our capital
investments. That's why we took the difficult decision. It's the right decision on capital allocation, and we will
reassess as the operating margins will improve. But again, it's ultimately a board decision.

Secondly, we are committed to reducing our debt levels, now more than ever. We expect to pay down more than
$900 million of debt in 2026, continuing our commitment to deleverage. Lastly, after careful consideration with a
focus on ensuring financial flexibility during this challenging operating environment, we have made the prudent
decision to pause our quarterly dividend starting in the second quarter. This decision is critical to ensure we
create the capacity on our balance sheet to pay down debt and fund organic growth

For the full story, search on the web or go to Whirlpool's website and look at the latest earnings call.