Dividend Scan: HNZ, MCK, OCR, OB, FPTB

As the US stocks struggle for direction, several companies declared their future plans. Some notable dividend payers are discussed here.
HJ Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) said Thursday that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividends on both common and preferred stock. The Heinz common stock dividend will be increased from 45.0 cents to 48.0 cents quarterly for all shareholders of record as of June 24, 2011, payable July 10, 2011.
McKesson Corporation's (NYSE: MCK) board of directors declared a regular dividend of twenty cents per share on Common Stock, a two cent increase from the prior quarter resulting from the previously announced change in the Corporation's dividend policy. The dividend will be payable on July 1, 2011, to stockholders of record on June 10, 2011. MCK was down 0.56 percent to $83.73.
Omnicare Inc. (OCR) said that its board of directors has approved a 23% increase to the quarterly cash dividend and an additional $100 million of share repurchase authorization. Omnicare's quarterly cash dividend was approved at $0.04 per share on its common stock, as compared with the previous quarterly cash dividend rate of $0.0325 per share.  The dividend, which is payable on June 20, 2011 to stockholders of record on June 10, 2011, represents the second authorized increase to the Company's quarterly cash dividend within the past year. OCR was down 0.45 percent to $31.12 a share.
Shares of OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. (NYSE: OB) were trading higher by 5.35 percent to $14.38 a share, after the company said that its board of directors declared a combined regular and special dividend of $1.21 per share, payable in cash on June 30, 2011, to holders of record of Common Shares as of the close of business on June 17, 2011. The company will distribute approximately $114 million through this dividend.
Shares of First Pactrust Bancorp Inc. (FPTB) were trading lower by 3.30 percent to $14.93, despite the company's announcement that its board of directors   declared a quarterly cash dividend of eleven cents ($0.110) per share on its outstanding common stock. The dividend will be payable on July 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of June 10, 2011.... Read more