Caterpillar (CAT) voted to increase the quarterly cash dividend by 10 percent to seventy-seven cents ($0.77) per share of common stock, payable August 20, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 20, 2015.
Target Corporation (TGT) has declared a quarterly dividend of 56 cents per common share, a 7.7 percent increase from the prior quarterly dividend of 52 cents. The dividend is payable Sept. 10, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business Aug. 19, 2015.
Microsoft announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share. The dividend is payable September 10, 2015 to shareholders of record on August 20, 2015. The ex-dividend date will be August 18, 2015.
MasterCard declared a cash dividend of $0.16 per share, payable on August 10, 2015, to holders of record of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock as of July 9, 2015.
Patterson Companies (PDCO) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share. The dividend will be payable on, or about, July 31, 2015, to shareholders of record as of July 17, 2015.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB) has declared, a quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per common share of beneficial interest, to be paid on July 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of June 30, 2015.
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