Awilco Drilling Q3 dividend

Awilco Drilling reported strong Q3 results and dividend information for Q4.

The Board approved a dividend distribution payable in Q4 2015 of USD 0.50 per share.  The share will trade ex-dividend on 24 November 2015, the record date is 25 November 2015 and the payment date is on or around 18 December 2015.

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Main Street Announces First Quarter 2016 Regular Monthly Dividends

HOUSTON, Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") announced that its Board of Directors declared regular monthly cash dividends of $0.18 per share for each of January, February and March 2016.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.54 per share for the first quarter of 2016, which is consistent with the regular monthly dividends declared for the fourth quarter of 2015 and represents a 6% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid for the first quarter of 2015.  Since its October 2007 initial public offering, Main Street has periodically increased the amount of its regular monthly dividends paid per share, and has never reduced its regular monthly dividend amount per share.  Including all dividends declared to date, Main Street will have paid $16.42 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Summary of First Quarter 2016 Regular Monthly Dividends
Declared	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount Per Share
11/3/2015	12/28/2015	12/30/2015	1/15/2016	$0.18
11/3/2015	1/20/2016	1/22/2016	2/17/2016	$0.18
11/3/2015	2/18/2016	2/22/2016	3/15/2016	$0.18
		Total for First Quarter 2016:		$0.54

New purchase : Main Street Capital Corporation

New position started in portfolio. Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN). Purchased 20 shares of MAIN at 30.60$ per share.

MAIN

Main Street Capital Corporation (MSCC), incorporated on March 9, 2007, is a principal investment firm. MSCC provides customized debt and equity financing to lower middle market (LMM) companies and debt capital to middle market (Middle Market) companies. The Company’s portfolio investments are made to support management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings, refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in various industry sectors. MSCC partners with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides financing alternatives within its LMM portfolio. The Company invests primarily in secured debt investments, equity investments, warrants and other securities of LMM companies based in the United States and in secured debt investments of Middle Market companies generally headquartered in the United States. The Company’s investment portfolio includes its investments in LMM portfolio companies, investments in Middle Market portfolio companies, Private Loan portfolio investments, Other Portfolio investments, and the investment in MSC Adviser I, LLC (the External Investment Manager). The Company’s investments include debt investments, warrants and direct equity investments.

Main Street Capital Corporation pays dividends monthly with starting yield at 7.11%. In addition Main Street Capital has paid two extra dividends in June and December for the last two years. Hopefully same tradition continues...

Realty Income Corporation December dividend

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 545^th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.1905 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.286 per share, is payable on December 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2015.

Orchid Island Capital Inc. November Dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of November 2015. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid November 30, 2015, to holders of record on November 24, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of November 20, 2015.

TAL International and Triton Container International announced merge

HAMILTON, Bermuda & PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Container International Limited (“Triton”) and TAL International Group, Inc. (NYSE:TAL) (“TAL International”) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, will create the world’s largest lessor of intermodal freight containers with a combined container fleet of nearly five million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and revenue earning assets of $8.7 billion.

Under the terms of the transaction agreement, Triton and TAL International will combine under a newly-formed holding company, Triton International Limited (“Triton International”), which will be domiciled in Bermuda and is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Triton shareholders will own 55% of the equity of the combined company and TAL International shareholders will own 45%. TAL International shareholders will receive one common share of Triton International for each share of TAL International stock owned. TAL International shareholders will also receive a special dividend of $0.54 per share upon closing of the transaction

Transaction Highlights

• A merger of Triton and TAL International will create the world’s largest and most efficient intermodal container leasing company with a container fleet of 4.8 million TEU, resulting in industry cost leadership and an enhanced container supply capability.
• The combined company expects to realize $40 million per year in annual SG&A synergies, by aligning infrastructure and creating a best-in-class systems environment. The cost savings are expected to be fully implemented by the end of 2016.
• The transaction is expected to be approximately 30% accretive to net income per share for TAL International’s existing shareholders when cost savings are fully realized.
• The regional and product line strengths of Triton and TAL International are highly complementary. The combined company will offer its customer base a broad range of container types and will maintain close customer relationships across all major geographic locations.
• Consummation of the transaction will not require any incremental leverage and existing debt facilities at Triton and TAL International will largely remain in place.
• The new company expects to implement an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and intends to adopt a share repurchase plan of up to $250 million following the close of the transaction. The planned share repurchase program will be completed using the company’s existing liquidity, and will supplant TAL International’s recently announced $150 million buyback program.

Telus Corp Q4 dividend increase

The TELUS Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 44 cents ($0.44) Canadian per share on the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company payable on January 4, 2016 to holders of record at the close of business on December 11, 2015.

This fourth quarter dividend represents a four cent or 10.0 per cent increase from the $0.40 quarterly dividend paid on January 2, 2015.

Status update : October 2015

Dividends received in October :

• 2.18€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
• 4.34€ from Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR)
• 4.84€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
• 33.97€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
• 12.45€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
• 4.14€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)

This makes it a total of 61.92€ in dividends in October. Last year I did not receive dividends in October. This is a huge increase in dividends.

Goals

• 154.8% of monthly goal reached
• 41.3% of quarterly goal reached
• 121.2% of yearly goal reached