Main Street Announces Semi-Annual Supplemental Cash Dividend Payable in June 2017

HOUSTON, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared its semi-annual supplemental cash dividend of $0.275 per share payable in June 2017.  This supplemental cash dividend is in addition to the previously announced regular monthly cash dividends that Main Street declared for the second quarter of 2017 of $0.555 per share, or $0.185 per share for each of April, May and June 2017, and is consistent with the previous semi-annual supplemental cash dividends paid in June and December 2016.

New purchase : Enterprise Products Partners LP

Started new position in portfolio : Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD).

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise), incorporated on April 9, 1998, is a provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals and refined products in North America. The Company's segments include NGL Pipelines & Services; Crude Oil Pipelines & Services; Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. The Company owns and operates certain NGLs related businesses of Enterprise Products Company (EPCO). The Company's midstream energy operations include natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage, and import and export terminals, including liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage, export and import terminals, and related services, and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems.

EPD pays dividend with 2-5-8-11 schedule and my starting yield is at 5.73%

Southern Company raises dividend rate 16th straight year

Southern Company also announced today a regular quarterly dividend – including the increase of 2 cents per share over the prior quarter – of 58 cents per share, payable June 6, 2017, to shareholders of record as of May 15, 2017. This marks 278 consecutive quarters – dating back to 1948 – that Southern Company will have paid a dividend to its shareholders that is equal to or greater than the previous quarter.

Since I own 29 shares of SO, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $2.32

Omega Announces Nineteenth Consecutive Increase in Its Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

HUNT VALLEY, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.63 per share, increasing the quarterly common dividend by $0.01 per share over the previous quarter. The common stock dividend is payable Monday, May 15, 2017 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on Monday, May 1, 2017.

Since I own 32 shares of OHI, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $1.28

Orchid Island April dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., April 12, 2017 (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 April 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid May 10, 2017 to holders of record on April 28, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of April 26, 2017.

Realty Income Corp May dividend

SAN DIEGO, April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 562^nd consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.211 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.532 per share, is payable on May 15, 2017 to shareholders of record as of May 1, 2017. The ex-dividend date for May's dividend is April 27, 2017.

New purchase : Stora Enso

Added 15 shares of Stora Enso at 11.34€ per share. I now hold 145 shares of Stora Enso.

LTC dividend for Q2 / 2017

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE:LTC) announced today that it had declared a monthly cash dividend on its common stock for the second quarter of 2017.

The Company declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share per month for the months of April, May and June 2017, payable on April 28, May 31 and June 30, 2017, respectively, to stockholders of record on April 20, May 23 and June 22, 2017, respectively.

Summary Q1 / 2017

During Q1 / 2017 this portfolio collected following dividends

• Jan: 130.32€     (2016: 60.25€,   2015: 2.05€)

• Feb: 161.34€     (2016: 99.95€,    2015: 18.50€)

• Mar: 328.55€    (2016: 175.40€,  2015: 113.25€)

Total of 620.27€          (2016: 335.60€   2015: 133.80€)

Quarterly target was 600€ which was achieved and passed.

Progress update : March

Progress update for March

Quote	2016	2017	Change %
Southern Company	5.90	15.33	+158.9%
Vanguard Natural Resources	2.49	0	-100%
Realty Income Corporation	2.31	2.55	+10.4%
Main Street Capital	3.25	10.35	+218.5%
Prospect Capital Corporation	6.72	16.99	+152.8%
Awilco Drilling PLC	19.72	16.24	-17.6%
Triton International	37.95	40.43	+6.5%
Nordea	44.80	126.75	+182.9%
Orava Residents	5.94	0	-100%
Chimera Investment	34.25	-	special
Orchid Island	12.05	12.85	+6.6%
Ship Finance Limited	-	53.75
Emerson Electric	-	6.74
Chatham Lodging Trust	-	4.04
LTC Properties	-	8.91
VF Corporation	-	13.62
Total	175.40	328.55	+87.3%

Status update : March 2017

Dividends received in March :

Annually:

•  126.75€ from Nordea (NDA1V)

Quarterly:

•  15.33€ from Southern Company (SO)
•    6.74€ from Emerson Electric (EMR)
•  13.62€ from VF Corporation (VFC) 
•  16.24€ from Awilco Drilling (AWDR.OL)
•  40.43€ from Triton International (TRTN)
•  53.75€ from Ship Finance Limited (SFL)

Monthly:

•     2.55€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   12.85€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   10.35€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   16.99€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
•     4.04€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•     8.91€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 328.55€ in dividends in March. Last year I received 175.40€ dividends in March. This is a 87% increase in dividends. Great improvement

New purchase : Verizon Communications

Added 12 shares of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) at $48.74 per share. I now hold 23 shares of Verizon Communications.