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Franklin Resources (BEN) announced a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.23 per share payable on January 10, 2018 to stockholders of record holding shares of common stock at the close of business on December 26, 2017. The quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share represents a 15% increase over the dividends paid for the prior and the same quarter last year.

WD-40 Company (WDFC) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.54 per share reflecting an increase of 10 percent over the previous quarter's dividend. This increase represents the eighth consecutive year the Company has raised its annual dividend, over which time the dividend has increased 116 percent. The quarterly dividend is payable January 31, 2018 to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 19, 2018.

Realty Income Corporation (O) has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2125 per share from $0.212 per share. The dividend is payable on January 12, 2018 to shareholders of record as of January 2, 2018. The ex-dividend date for January's dividend is December 29, 2017.

DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0875 per share of common stock, an indicated annual rate of $0.35 per share. The dividend is payable on January 12, 2018 to holders of record on December 29, 2017.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.