Boston Properties (BXP) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per share of common stock for the period October 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 payable on January 30, 2017 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 30, 2016. This represents an increase of 15.4%, or $0.10 per share, over the most recent quarterly cash dividend of $0.65 per share.
Choice Hotels International (CHH) has approved a 5 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock from $0.205 per share to $0.215 per share, effective with the dividend payable on January, 18, 2017, to shareholders of record on January 4, 2017. This increase will result in a projected annual dividend rate of $0.86 per annum.
The Board of Directors of U.S. Bancorp (USB) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.28 per common share, payable January 17, 2017, to stockholders of record at the close of business on December 30, 2016.
PG&E Corporation (PCG) declared its fourth-quarter 2016 regular cash dividend of 49 cents per share on the Corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2017, to shareholders of record on December 30, 2016.
The board of directors of Sempra Energy (SRE) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.755 per share of common stock. The current dividend is payable Jan. 15, 2017, to shareholders of record on Dec. 29, 2016.
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