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Johnson Controls (JCI) has authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per common share. In connection with the pending Tyco merger, this quarterly dividend will be accelerated and payable on August 19, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 5, 2016.

The HP (HPQ) board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.124 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend, the fourth in HP's fiscal year 2016, is payable on October 5, 2016, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 14, 2016.

Waste Connections (WCN) has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.145 U.S. per common share of the Company. The dividend will be paid on August 15, 2016, to shareholders of record on the close of business on August 2, 2016.

EPR Properties (EPR) has declared its monthly cash dividend to common shareholders. The dividend of $0.32 per common share is payable August 15, 2016 to shareholders of record on July 29, 2016. This dividend represents an annualized dividend of $3.84 per common share, an increase of 5.8% over prior year and the Company's sixth consecutive year with an annual dividend increase.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.