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The Allstate board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.81 cents on each outstanding share of the corporation's common stock, payable in cash on April 1, 2021, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 4, 2021. This represents a 50% increase from the dividend declared in the previous quarter.

The board of directors of Abbott today declared a quarterly common dividend of 45 cents per share. This marks the 389th consecutive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1924. The cash dividend is payable May 17, 2021, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2021. Abbott has increased its dividend payout for 49 consecutive years and is a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, which tracks companies that have increased dividends annually for at least 25 consecutive years.

The Board of Directors of Westlake Chemical declared today a regular dividend distribution of $0.2700 per share for the fourth quarter of 2020. This dividend will be payable on March 16, 2021, to stockholders of record on March 2, 2021. This is the 66th successive quarterly dividend that Westlake has declared since completing its initial public offering in August 2004.

Chemed announced today that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 34-cents per share on the Company's capital stock, payable on March 19, 2021, to shareholders of record as of March 1, 2021. This is equal to the dividend paid in December 2020. This represents the 199th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by Chemed in its 49 years as a public company.

Leidos Holdings today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34 per outstanding share of common stock of Leidos Holdings, Inc. The cash dividend is payable on March 31, 2021 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 15, 2021.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.