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Dividend/Distribution Increases 2017

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#1 ·
I'll start the 2017 thread (summary of change and link to further details):

January 05, 2017 - Enbridge Announces 10 Percent Quarterly Dividend Increase
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB)(NYSE:ENB) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.583 per common share, payable on March 1, 2017 to shareholders of record on February 15, 2017. The declared dividend represents a 10 percent increase from the prior quarterly rate and the twenty-second consecutive year in which the Company has increased its common share dividend.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/enbridge-announces-10-percent-quarterly-dividend-increase-tsx-enb-2186621.htm
 
#64 · (Edited)
I read the Telus release here:
http://about.telus.com/community/en...reports-strong-results-for-first-quarter-2017

I do not see how they claim a 7% increase in the dividend. They went from $0.48 to $0.4925. This is $0.0125 more, which is 2.6% of the $0.48 prior amount. A 7% increase would have gotten us an extra $0.0336 or $0.5136.

EDIT: if you go back in their dividend history to the same Q last year, it was $0.44 and we have a 7% boost against that at this point. Seems fishy though since they already announced the intervening increases to various levels of fanfare.
 
#82 ·
Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (NYSE: MO) today announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase Altria’s regular quarterly dividend by 8.2% to $0.66 per common share versus the previous rate of $0.61 per common share. The quarterly dividend is payable on October 10, 2017, to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2017. The ex-dividend date is September 14, 2017.
 
#84 ·
EMERA (TSX:EMA) increases dividend 8.13%

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On September 29, 2017 the Board of Directors of Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA, EMA.PR.A, EMA.PR.B, EMA.PR.C, EMA.PR.E, and EMA.PR.F) approved an increase in the annual common share dividend rate to $2.26 from $2.09 per common share. The first quarterly payment of $0.565 per common share is payable on and after November 15, 2017 to common shareholders of record at the close of business on November 1, 2017.

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#91 ·
Shame on them. Excessive yield, excessive payout, and dumb considering they are paying that on subscription receipts that may have to be bought back if the WGL acquisition does not go through.
 
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