Metro (MRU.A) - Declared dividend of $0.125 per share, up 8.7%
"On what principle is it, that when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?"
Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1830
scomac wrote:Metro (MRU.A) - Declared dividend of $0.125 per share, up 8.7%
Actually, Metro announced this increase in its dividend in February (Lado posted on Feb 4). Note that the press release says the dividend is an 8.7% increase "over the same quarter last year". Tricky, eh?
Husky Energy (HSE) raises dividend 21% from $.33/share to $.40/share.
"On what principle is it, that when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?"
Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1830
Baytex Energy Trust.......(BTE.UN) Annual distribution increased by 11.1% from $2.16 to $2.40
Canadian Resources Income Trust (RTU.UN) Annual distribution increased by 24.6% from $1.308 to $1.63
Matrikon Inc.................(MTK) Declared first quarterly dividend of $0.03
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 10.8% increase in the quarterly dividend rate, from $.415 per share to $.46 per share.
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Atco Ltd...................(ACO.X) Annual dividend increased from $0.88 to $0.94
Husky Energy Inc.............(HSE) Annual dividend increased from $1.32 to $1.60
Nexen Inc. (NXY) posted record first-quarter earnings on solid production, attractive commodity prices and high operating margins, leading it to double its quarterly dividend to 5 Canadian cents a share.
"On what principle is it, that when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?"
Thomas Babington Macaulay in 1830
Davis + Henderson also announced its intent to increase its distributions for the month of May 2008, payable on June 30, 2008, to $0.1533 per unit (equivalent to $1.84 per unit annualized), subject to normal course regulatory requirements. This represents a 7.2% increase over distributions declared for the month of April 2008, which were equivalent to $1.72 per unit annualized. This increase in distributions recognizes the recent performance of the business, expectations of future performance and the need for the Fund to pay distributions sufficient to ensure the Fund itself is not taxable.
...declared a semi-annual dividend of 10 cents Canadian (C$0.10) per share on the Company's common shares. This represents a 14% increase from the previous semi-annual dividend the Company paid on its common shares. The dividend will be paid on June 30, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 6, 2008.
Algoma Central Corp..........(ALC) Annual dividend increased by 28.6% from $1.40 to $1.80
Canadian Oil Sands Income Trust.(COS.UN) Annual distribution increased by 33.3% from $3.00 to $4.00
Nexen Inc....................(NXY) Annual dividend increased by 100% from $0.10 to $0.20
Talisman Energy Inc..........(TLM) Annual dividend increased by 11.1% from $0.18 to $0.20
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 6, 2008) - Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) today announced that its Board of Directors has increased its June dividend to US20 cents per share from US15 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 16, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 30, 2008.
CML HealthCare Income Fund raised its annual distributions 3.5 per cent on Wednesday to just over to $1.07 per unit as it reported a 23.1 per cent rise in first-quarter revenues.
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The Board of Directors also declared a quarterly dividend of 33.5 cents
per share on the Corporation's common shares payable August 1, 2008 to
shareholders of record June 30, 2008. This represents an increase of
2.25 cents or 7.2% over the previous quarterly dividend of 31.25 cents.
The Board of Directors also declared a dividend of 29 cents on the
Participating Preferred and Subordinate Voting Shares of the Corporation,
payable June 30, 2008 to shareholders of record June 9, 2008. This represents
an increase of 4.875 cents or 20.2% over the previous quarterly dividend of
24.125 cents.
Barrick Gold Corp...........(ABX) Annual dividend increased by 33.3% from $0.30 to $0.40
Calian Technologies.........(CTY) Annual dividend increased by 25% from $0.48 to $0.60
Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund(CGX.UN) Annual distribution increased by 5% from $1.20 to $1.26
Clairvest Group.............(CVG) Special dividend of $0.10
Finning Int'l Inc...........(FTT) Annual dividend increased by 10% from $0.40 to $0.44
Freehold Royalty Income Fund.(FRU.UN) Annual distribution increased by 20% from $1.80 to $2.16
McGraw-Hill Ryerson.........(MHR) Annual dividend increased by 6.7% from $0.90 to $0.96
Melcor Developments.........(MRD) Annual dividend increased by 25% from $0.40 to $0.50
Methanex Corporation.........(MX) Annual dividend increased by 10.7% from $0.56 to $0.62
Power Financial Corp........(PWF) Annual dividend increased by 7.2% from $1.25 to $1.34
Seamark Asset Management.....(SM) Annual dividend decreased by 12.5% from $0.32 to $0.28
Wajax Income Fund........(WJX.UN) Annual distribution increased by 3.0% from $3.96 to $4.08
TORONTO, May 27 /CNW/ - Scotiabank today increased the dividend on its common shares by 2 cents to 49 cents per common share for the quarter ending July 31, 2008.
Bonterra Energy Incm Trust(BNE.UN) Annual distribution increased from $3.00 to $3.24
CAE Inc......................(CAE) Annual dividend increased from $0.03 to $0.12
CML Healthcare Income Fund(CLC.UN) Annual distribution increased from $1.04 to $1.07
Davis + Henderson Incm Fnd(DHF.UN) Annual distribution increased from $1.72 to $1.84
Enbridge Income Fund......(ENF.UN) Annual distribution increased from $0.96 to $1.032
Phoenix Technology Incm Fd(PHX.UN) Annual distribution increased from $0.78 to $1.02
Trilogy Energy Trust......(TET.UN) Annual distribution increased from $0.84 to $1.20