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FWF'ers do an amazing job tracking down and reporting on dividend and distribution hikes. Thank you.

Please use this topic for 2018 hikes. Your fellow FWF'ers would appreciate if you could post a link to the announcement.
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Not a permanent hike, but Keg Royalties Income fund (KEG-UN) announced a special dividend of $0.03 per share, payable at the end of January. Interestingly, according to the news release it will be counted as a 2017 disbursement for tax purposes.
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MTY Increases its Quarterly Dividend by 30%
MONTREAL, Jan. 15, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - MTY Food Group Inc. ("MTY" or the "Company") (TSX: MTY), franchisor and operator of multiple concepts of restaurants worldwide, announces an increase of 30% of its quarterly dividend payment, which increases from 11.5¢ per share to 15¢ per share. The 15¢ dividend will be payable on February 15, 2018 to shareholders registered in the Company's records at the end of the business day on February 5, 2018.

"We are excited by this significant increase to our quarterly dividends, which demonstrates the confidence we have in our ability to generate solid cash flows in the future. This increase will in no way affect our ability to aggressively to pursue our growth strategy, whether it is organic or via acquisitions" says Stanley Ma. "Following last year's pause in annual dividend increases, which at that time our board deemed prudent in order to assess the full impact of the acquisitions of Kahala, Baja and La Salsa, we now feel comfortable restoring a payout to our shareholders that is more in line with our distribution target."
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Omega Healthcare (OHI) raises dividend by 0.01 to $0.66 per quarter. They have raised their dividend by 1 cent every quarter for quite a while.
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Realty Income (NYSE:O) Announces Dividend Increase Of 4%
...to $0.219 per share from $0.2125 per share. The dividend is payable on February 15, 2018 to shareholders of record as of February 1, 2018. This is the 95th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994.
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Equitable Group ... Increases Common Share Dividend
dividend of $0.25 per common share, payable on January 4, 2018 to common shareholders of record at the close of business December 15, 2017. This represents a 14% increase over the dividend declared in November 2016
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Norfolk Southern (NSC) has increased their dividend 18%, from 0.61 to 0.72 per quarter.
Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) declares $0.72/share quarterly dividend, 18% increase from prior dividend of $0.61.

Forward yield 1.91%

Payable March 10; for shareholders of record Feb. 2; ex-div Feb. 1.
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CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) announces 10 per cent dividend increase
A quarterly dividend of forty-five and a half cents (C$0.455) per common share will be paid on March 29, 2018, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 8, 2018.
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Crius Energy Trust (KWH.UN) has increased their distribution 2%

Missed it from 2 weeks ago.

http://www.criusenergytrust.ca/For-Inve ... fault.aspx
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Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Increases Dividend and Expects to Repurchase at Least $5 Billion of Stock in 2018
...increased its dividend by 21% to $0.76 per share on an annualized basis. In accordance with the increase, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 a share on the company’s common stock, payable on April 25, 2018 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 4, 2018.
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I might be one of the few that follows this name, Richelieu posts solid growth for 2017 (TSX:RCH)
press release wrote:5.8% increase in the dividend, which rose from 5.67¢ to 6.00¢ for the first quarter of 2018.

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On January 25, 2018, the Board of Directors approved the payment of a quarterly dividend of 6¢ per share to shareholders of record as at February 8, 2018, payable on February 22, 2018. The declared dividend is designated as an eligible dividend within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
For those (other than Taggart) unfamiliar with this company, check out Richelieu Hardware (Symbol-RCH) or your local decorative knobs section of Lowes or Home Depot.
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Peculiar_Investor wrote: 25 Jan 2018 11:11 I might be one of the few that follows this name, Richelieu posts solid growth for 2017 (TSX:RCH)
press release wrote:5.8% increase in the dividend, which rose from 5.67¢ to 6.00¢ for the first quarter of 2018.

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On January 25, 2018, the Board of Directors approved the payment of a quarterly dividend of 6¢ per share to shareholders of record as at February 8, 2018, payable on February 22, 2018. The declared dividend is designated as an eligible dividend within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada).
For those (other than Taggart) unfamiliar with this company, check out Richelieu Hardware (Symbol-RCH) or your local decorative knobs section of Lowes or Home Depot.
As usual, PI knows too much. :thumbsup:

Still own shares.
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Somewhat expected based on their published dividend policy*, from METRO Reports 2018 First Quarter Results
On January 29, 2018, the Corporation's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per Common Share payable on March 13, 2018, an increase of 10.8% over the dividend declared for the same quarter last year. On an annualized basis, this dividend represents approximately 27% of 2017 net earnings.
* Metro's Dividend policy
The Company has a policy of paying dividends representing 20 to 30% of its net earnings from the previous year before extraordinary items.
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"On what principle is it, that when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?"
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Will shareholders stand for a dividend increase by Anthem? ;)
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Methanex US$0.30 -> 0.33.
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Unilever (US ADR: UL) declared $0.4452 dividend on their ADR, a 4.2% increase over past quarter.
Unilever (NYSE:UL) declares $0.4452/share quarterly dividend, 4.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.43.

Forward yield 3.15%

Payable March 21; for shareholders of record Feb. 16; ex-div Feb. 15.
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IdOp wrote: 31 Jan 2018 11:56 Will shareholders stand for a dividend increase by Anthem? ;)
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westcoastfella wrote: 01 Feb 2018 17:57 Unilever (US ADR: UL) declared $0.4452 dividend on their ADR, a 4.2% increase over past quarter.
Unilever (NYSE:UL) declares $0.4452/share quarterly dividend, 4.2% increase from prior dividend of $0.43.

Forward yield 3.15%

Payable March 21; for shareholders of record Feb. 16; ex-div Feb. 15.
This isn't an actual increase from UL, but caused by currency fluctuations. The dividend is unchanged at €0.3585 from the previous quarter. They will likely increase (in €) next quarter.
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Visa increases dividend 7.7%

For some reason, there doesn't seem to be a special news release, but in the quarterly results, Visa declared a 7.7% dividend increase ($0.21 vs. $0.195 in the previous quarter). This is on top of an 18% raise in the previous quarter.
In January 2018 , the Company’s board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per share of class A common stock
(determined in the case of class B and C common stock and UK&I and Europe preferred stock on an as-converted basis). The cash dividend will be
paid on March 6, 2018 , to all holders of record of the Company's common and preferred stock as of February 16, 2018 .
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Dunkin' Brands (NASDAQ:DNKN) Announces Dividend Increase in 2018 First Quarter
The dividend of $0.3475 per share of common stock is payable on March 21, 2018, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 12, 2018. This represents a 7.75 percent increase over the prior quarter's dividend.
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Intact Financial (IFC), up 9% to 0.70 / quarter

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-i ... slug=C3824

A little more of THAT will lift these market crash blues :)
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