CRH PLC: CRH Plc 2010 Interim Dividend

17 September 2010 CRH plc (the "Company") 17th September 2010 Letter to shareholders and scrip entitlement form regarding the Company's Scrip Dividend Offer in respect of the 2010 interim dividend of 18.5 cent per share to be paid on 29th October 2010: Copies of the above documents have been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange and the UK's National Storage Mechanism. The documents will shortly be available for inspection at: Companies Announcement Office The Irish Stock Exchange 28 Anglesea Street Dublin 2 Tel no. + 353 1 677 8808 and at: http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do (Documents will usually be available for inspection within six normal business hours of this notice being given). Enquiries: Contact Neil Colgan Company Secretary Tel: 00 3531 6344 340... more

Toshiba Corp.: Dividend Plan

September 17, 2010 Norio Sasaki President & CEO Toshiba Corporation 1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Contact: Naoto Hasegawa, General Manager Corporate Communications Office Tel: 81 3 3457 2096 Notice on Plan for Dividend (Interim Dividend) TOKYO-Toshiba Corporation has announced that its Board of Directors, meeting today, has provisionally decided to pay an interim dividend of 2 yen per share to shareholders recorded in the shareholder registry as of September 30, 2010. Dividends per share Record date End of 2Q, FY2010 (September 30) Year-end (March 31) Full year Previous forecast Not decided Not decided Not decided Updated plan (as of Sept.17) 2 Yen Not decided Not decided Actual dividends for FY2009 ended March 2010 0 Yen 0 Yen 0 Yen 2. Reasons for decision The business... more

Kier Group PLC: Dividend Declaration

17 September 2010 Kier Group plc announces that the final dividend in respect of the year ended 30 June 2010 of 39.5 pence per share declared in its results announcement yesterday will, subject to shareholder approval at its Annual General Meeting on 12 November 2010, be paid on 26 November 2010 to ordinary shareholders on the register at 24 September 2010. The ex-dividend date will be 22 September 2010 and a scrip dividend alternative will be offered. For further information please contact: Deborah Hamilton Deputy Company Secretary Kier Group plc Tempsford Hall Sandy BEDFORDSHIRE SG19 2BD Tel: (01767) 640-111... more

INVESCO Leveraged High Yield: Dividend Declaration

Invesco Leveraged High Yield Fund Limited HEADLINE: 2nd Interim Dividend The Directors of the Company are pleased to announce the 2nd interim dividend, in respect of the period from 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2010, of 2.5 pence per Ordinary share. This dividend will be paid on 29 October 2010, to shareholders on the register on 15 October 2010. Issued for and on behalf of Invesco Leveraged High Yield Fund Limited Contacts: Invesco Asset Management Limited Tim Mitchell Angus Pottinger Chris Cordrey Telephone: 020 7065 4000... more

Graco (GGG) Declares $0.20 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield

Graco Inc. (NYSE: GGG) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.20 per common share, $0.80 annualized. The dividend is payable on November 3, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 18, 2010. The ex-dividend date is October 14, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.9%.... more

Texas Instruments Increases Dividend and Buyback: An Appealing Investment?

Texas Instruments (TXN) shares were up some 4% after hours Thursday because of an announcement to increase the existing buyback by $7.5B and increase the dividend by 8%.This is another example of why Net Payout Yield stocks provide very compelling investments. A company with an expensive stock or one that has very little cash flow could never provide this much money back to shareholders. Also, it's very compelling to own a stock that increases the dividend by 8% a year, which alone is much better then Treasury yields, as the 10-year is below 3%.... more

NGP Capital Resources (NGPC) Declares $0.17 Quarterly Dividend; 7.7% Yield

NGP Capital Resources Company (NGPC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend to stockholders in the amount of $0.17 per common share, $0.68 annualized.
The expected dividend payment date is October 8, 2010 to stockholders of record on September 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 7.7%.... more

Globe Specialty Metals (GSM) Declares $0.15 Annual Dividend

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (Nasdaq: GSM) declared an annual dividend of $0.15 per common share. The dividend is payable October 29, 2010, to stockholders of record as of October 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is October 13, 2010.... more

First Business (FBIZ) Declares $0.07 Quarterly Dividend; 3% Yield

First Business Financial Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: FBIZ) announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.07 per share, $0.28 annualized. The cash dividend is payable on October 15, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3%.... more

What a 2% Dividend Yield Would Look Like at Five Big Techs

It seems there comes a time in every big, successful company's life when at least some shareholders start clamoring for a dividend. Cisco (CSCO) CEO John Chambers started talking about initiating a dividend about two years ago, and this week his company finally pulled the trigger. The world's biggest maker of networking equipment said it plans to begin paying an annual dividend with a yield of 1% to 2% by the end of next July.... more