Dividend and Distribution Hikes - 2012

[m1ax]

CI Financial reports 2011 financial results: Earnings per share increase 15%; dividend raised 7%

The Board of Directors declared monthly cash dividends of $0.08 per share payable on each of March 15, April 13 and May 15, 2012 to shareholders of record on February 29, March 31 and April 30, 2012, respectively. The monthly dividend represents a yield of 4.4% on CI's closing share price of $21.90 on February 15, 2012.

[Peculiar_Investor]

Posting, then ducking, Enbridge Reports 2011 Unaudited Results

Quarterly dividend increased by 15% to $0.2825 per common share effective March 1, 2012
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Enbridge's Board of Directors also approved a 15% increase to the 2012 dividend. Enbridge has increased its dividend by an average of 13% per year over the last five years."

P.S. Is it really necessary to post with large text to highlight dividend increases? By definition, this topic is about dividend increases, so just being included in the topic is good news.

[m1ax]

Brookfield Asset Management Announces Year End-2011 Financial Results and Dividend Increase


$3.7 Billion of Consolidated Net Income, $2.0 Billion for Brookfield Shareholders


Dividend Increased 8% to Annualized 56 Cents Per Share

BTW, I agree that it is not necessary to use bigger fonts for the headlines; I simply thought that it was easier to read, particularly for those of us who don't see as well as they used to.

[Bylo Selhi]

P.S. Is it really necessary to post with large text to highlight dividend increases? By definition, this topic is about dividend increases, so just being included in the topic is good news.

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[Shakespeare]

The .2825 Enbridge is already in my spreadsheet, so it was announced previously.

[Peculiar_Investor]

The .2825 Enbridge is already in my spreadsheet, so it was announced previously.

Technically this is the first payment of the new rate, Enbridge Increases Dividend by 15% and Announces 2012 Earnings Guidance --December 7, 2011

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2011) - Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.2825 per common share, payable on March 1, 2012 to shareholders of record on February 15, 2012. The dividend reflects a 15% increase from the prior quarterly rate. Enbridge also announced its 2012 guidance for adjusted earnings of $1.58 to $1.74 per share.

Still, the ought to be a law against misleading wording like the today's press release.

[Webber22]

Enbridge is really slick in marketing their stock - start a few rumours about a dividend increase, announce the increase two or three times before implementing it, then announce it again with the earnings report
Once the stock has skyrocketed - time for another stock split. Eventually this will catch up with them

[ThinkDividends]

Boardwalk REIT (BEI) increased its distribution by 3% from an annualized $1.80 per unit to $1.86 per unit.

[theoldtimer]

P.S. Is it really necessary to post with large text to highlight dividend increases? By definition, this topic is about dividend increases, so just being included in the topic is good news.

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[Peculiar_Investor]

Double checked this one before posting, Abbott Announces 40th Consecutive Annual Increase in Quarterly Dividend: February 17, 2012

Abbott Park, Illinois (NYSE: ABT) — The board of directors of Abbott today increased the company's quarterly common dividend from 48 cents per share to 51 cents per share.

This marks the 40th consecutive year that Abbott has increased its dividend payout and the 353rd consecutive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1924. The cash dividend is payable May 15, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 13, 2012.

[Sensei]

Hi,

Did we miss this one?

Diageo DEO announced a 7% increase to the interim dividend payable on April 13.

Sorry if it is a double post.

[Michael D]

Coca Cola (KO) raises 8.5%

Thursday 12:16 PM Coca-Cola (KO) increases its quarterly dividend 8.5% to $0.51/share, the 50th consecutive annual bump. The stock now yields 2.96%, roughly 100 basis points more than the 10-year obligations of the U.S. government, with a more adaptive leadership thrown in for free.

[ThinkDividends]

Waste Management (WM) increased the dividend by 4% to $1.42 per share on an annual basis.


LINK

[ThinkDividends]

Telus (T) increased dividend by 5% to $0.61

This new quarterly dividend is a three cent or 5.2 per cent increase from the $0.58 quarterly dividends paid on January 3 and to be paid on April 2, 2012 and 10.9 per cent increase from the $0.55 quarterly dividend paid in July 2011.

[Sensei]

Hi,

Not sure if anyone else owns this or not. Also, excellent share price appreciation over the last four years.

Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today a 10% increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend for 2012. The Board of Directors of the Company, at its February 20, 2012 board meeting, increased the cash dividend payable to an annual rate of $1.98 per share compared with the previous dividend of $1.80 per share. The quarterly cash dividend of forty-nine and one-half cents ($.495) per share is payable April 2, 2012 to shareholders of record March 9, 2012. GPC has paid a cash dividend every year since going public in 1948, and 2012 marks the 56th consecutive year of increased dividends paid to shareholders.

[scomac]

Hi,

Not sure if anyone else owns this or not. Also, excellent share price appreciation over the last four years.

I do. I believe that i got into it sometime around the time that you did, Sensei.

It is the best performing foreign stock I have owned and ranked 6th in total return since inception.

[Peculiar_Investor]

More of my wireless bill is now recovered, ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. | Rogers Communications Board Increases and Declares Dividend

TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Rogers Communications Inc. ("Rogers") announced that its Board of Directors has approved an 11% increase to the annualized dividend rate from $1.42 to $1.58 per Class A Voting and Class B Non-Voting share. Effective immediately, the new quarterly dividend rate will be 39.5 cents per share.

They also announced a renewal of $1.0B Normal Course Issuer Bid to Repurchase Class B Shares on Open Market.

[ThinkDividends]

Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI-N) plans to raise its dividend by 150%

Gannett said it will be able to return more than $1 billion to shareholders by 2015.

LINK

[kjmcrae]

Tim Hortons Inc. (TSX:THI) increases quarterly dividend by 23.5% and declares a dividend of $0.21 per common share

[Arby]

CCL Industries "has declared an increase in the quarterly dividend of 11.4% or $0.02 per share. The new quarterly dividend of $0.195 per Class B non-voting share and $0.1825 per Class A voting share will be payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2012, to be paid on March 30, 2012. CCL has delivered dividends to shareholders without omission or reduction for over 30 years."

[ThinkDividends]

Yamana Gold (YRI) Increases Dividend by 10%

[ThinkDividends]

Magna International (MG) is raising its dividend by 10% to $0.275 per quarter.

LINK

[Sensei]

Hi,

Perhaps not very widely owned, but just to be thorough...

{Westar Energy a] Kansas-based utility, raised its quarterly dividend rate by a penny (3.1%) to $0.33 a share, giving the stock a current yield of 4.7% at week's end. This matched the penny-a-share quarterly hikes in each of the last four years and marked an ninth straight year of dividend increases since growth resumed in 2004.

I've done pretty well with it over the last 3 years.

[Shine]

Jovian Capital (JOV-T)


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-in ... le2349567/

[ThinkDividends]

T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) raised its quarterly dividend by 10% to $0.34 per share.

T. Rowe has raised its dividend for 25 years in a row.