VF Corporation Completes Separation of Kontoor Brands, Inc.

GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC), a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, announced today that it has completed the previously announced separation of VF’s Jeanswear organization into an independent, publicly traded company. The new company, named Kontoor Brands, Inc., will include the Wrangler^®, Lee^® and Rock & Republic^® brands, and the VF Outlet^TM business. The separation was achieved through the distribution to VF’s shareholders of one share of Kontoor Brands common stock for every seven shares of VF stock held at the close of business on the record date of May 10, 2019.
Kontoor Brands common stock will begin regular-way trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “KTB.”

New purchase : Dominion Energy

Added 5 shares of Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) at $76.38 per share. I now hold 33 shares of Dominion Energy.

New purchase : Enbridge Inc.

Started new position in portfolio with Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB.TO).

Enbridge Inc., incorporated on December 15, 1987, is an energy transportation and distribution company. The Company is engaged in delivering energy. It operates through five segments: Liquids Pipelines, Gas Distribution, Gas Pipelines and Processing, Green Power and Transmission, and Energy Services. Liquids Pipelines consists of common carrier and contract crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and refined products pipelines and terminals, in Canada and the United States, including Canadian Mainline, Lakehead Pipeline System (Lakehead System), Regional Oil Sands System, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast, Southern Lights Pipeline, Bakken System, and Feeder Pipelines and Other. Gas Distribution consists of its natural gas utility operations, the core of which is Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (EGD). Green Power and Transmission consists of its investments in renewable energy assets and transmission facilities. Renewable energy assets consist of wind, solar, geothermal and waste heat recovery facilities and are located in Canada primarily in the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, and in the United States primarily in Colorado, Texas, Indiana and West Virginia. Energy Services undertake physical commodity marketing activity and logistical services, and oversee refinery supply services.

Enbridge pays dividend with 3-6-9-12 schedule my starting yield on cost is at 6.02%

Telus increases dividend

Telus reported Q1/2019 results and announced quarterly dividend increased to $0.5625 per share, 17th dividend increase since 2011. This is a 3.2% increase over the previous quarter's dividend.

Telus also announced the extension of their multi-year dividend growth program from 2020 through 2022, targeting annual growth of 7 to 10 per cent.

Oasis Midstream Partners increases dividend

Declared the quarterly cash distribution for the first quarter of 2019 of $0.47 per unit, an approximate 5% increase from the cash distribution declared for the fourth quarter of 2018, in line with the Partnership's 20% annualized distribution growth target.

Main Street Announces Regular Monthly Dividend Increase

HOUSTON, May 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared regular monthly cash dividends of $0.205 per share for each of July, August and September 2019.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.615 per share for the third quarter of 2019 and represent a 7.9% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid for the third quarter of 2018 and a 2.5% increase from the regular monthly dividends declared for the second quarter of 2019. 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 $26.285 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share. 

As previously discussed by Main Street, it is Main Street's current intention to fully absorb its semi-annual supplemental dividends into its regular monthly dividends, and in the process maintain and grow its total combined dividends, by gradually reducing its semi-annual supplemental dividends while increasing its regular monthly dividends over multiple years beginning in 2019.  

Summary of Third Quarter 2019 Regular Monthly Dividends

Declared	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount Per Share
5/6/2019 5/6/2019 5/6/2019	6/27/2019 7/17/2019 8/19/2019	6/28/2019 7/18/2019 8/20/2019	7/15/2019 8/15/2019 9/16/2019	$0.205 $0.205 $0.205
		Total for Third Quarter 2019:		$0.615

New purchase : Lazard Ltd

Added 15 shares of Lazard Ltd (NYSE:LAZ) at $38.41 per share. I now hold 30 shares of LAZ

Progress update : April 2019

Progress update for April

Quote	2018	2019	Change %
Technopolis	119.00	-	-100%
Nordea (paid in March last year)	(156.40)	207.00	+32.35%
Fortum	116.60	123.20	+5.66%
Stora Enso (paid in March this year)	65.60	(92.50)	+41.01%
Sampo Group (paid in May last year)	(54.60)	88.35	+61.81%
Telia Company	48.31	58.14	+20.35%
Realty Income Corp	4.98	7.60	+52.61%
The Coca-Cola Company	16.77	18.94	+12.94%
Telus Corporation	11.77	20.09	+70.69%
Orchid Island	7.12	-	-100%
Chimera Investment Corp	32.19	43.81	+36.10%
Main Street Capital	13.17	15.21	+15.49%
Prospect Capital Corporation	10.69	11.71	+9.54%
Bank of Nova Scotia	15.28	16.79	+9.88%
W.P. Carey Inc.	28.34	35.90	+26.68%
Chatham Lodging Trust	11.21	13.60	+21.32%
LTC Properties	11.76	12.74	+8.33%
8point3 Energy Partners LP	16.38	-	-100%
New Residential Investment Corp	43.96	67.56	+53.69%
EPR Properties	3.46	8.15	+135.55%
AGNC Investment Corp		14.30
Altria Group		28.83
Iron Mountain Inc.		25.21
UPM-Kymmene		13.00
Total	576.59	830.13	+43.97%

Status update : April 2019

Dividends received in April :

Annually:

•  207.00€ from Nordea (NDA-FI)
•  123.30€ from Fortum (FORTUM)
•    58.14€ from Telia Company (TELIA) 
•    13.00€ from UPM-Kymmene (UPM) 
•    88.35€ from Sampo Group (SAMPO)

Quarterly:

•  20.09€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
•  43.81€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
•  16.79€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 
•  35.90€ from W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) 
•  18.94€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
•  67.56€ from New Residential Investment Corp (NRZ)
•  28.83€ from Altria Group (MO)
•  25.21€ from Iron Mountain Inc. (IRM)

Monthly:

•     7.60€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   14.30€ from AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC) 
•   15.21€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   11.71€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)  
•   13.60€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•   12.74€ from LTC Properties (LTC)
•     8.15€ from EPR Properties (EPR)

This makes it a total of 830.13€ in dividends in April. Last year I received 576.59€ dividends in April. This is a 43.97% increase in dividends. Reason for for big improvement is that Nordea switched payment from March to April.