DE, Deere & Co., from $0.30 to $0.35, quarterly; yield = 1.8%; +16.7%
DIS, Walt Disney Company, from $0.35 to $0.40, annually; yield = 1.1%: +14.0%
ECL, Ecolab, from $0.155 to $0.175, quarterly; yield = 1.5%; +13.0%
EMN, Eastman Chemical, from $0.44 to $0.47, quarterly; yield = 2.3%; +7.0%
FKYS, First Keystone, from $0.23 to $0.24, quarterly; yield = 5.6%: +4.3%
HI, Hillenbrand, Inc., from $0.1875 to $0.19, quarterly; yield = 3.9%; +1.3%
LECO, Lincoln Electric, from $0.28 to $0.31, quarterly; yield = 1.9%; +11.0%
MAA, Mid-America Apts., from $0.615 to $0.6275, quarterly; yield = 2.5%; +2.0%
OGE, OGE Energy, from $0.3625 to $0.375, quarterly; yield = 3.4%; +3.4%
TTC, Toro Company, from $0.18 to $0.20, quarterly; yield = 1.3%; +11%
Also, the Canadian company Gildan Active Wear (GIL) initiated a dividend of C$0.30, annually. And National Bank of Canada became the first of the large Canadian banks, since 2007, to raise its quarterly dividend; in this case from C$0.62 to C$0.66.