Activity this week

Increased dividends Altria Grp .80 from .70 Avnet .20 from .19 BancFirst .30 from .21 Capital City Bank Group .09 from .07

Carolina Financial .07 from .06

Farmers National Banc .08 from .07

Greif A .44 from .42 Greif B .66 from .63 Harris .685 from .57 Intuit .47 from .39 Kewaunee Scientific .19 from .17

Kimball Intl Cl B .08 from .07

Ladenburg Thalmann .0125 from .01

Martin Marietta .48 from .44

Meta Financial Group .15 from .13

Newtek Business Services .48 from .42

Northrim Bancorp .27 from .24

Pacific Coast Oil Tr .04063 from .03879

Pope Resources .80 from .70

SS&C Technologies .08 from .07

Saratoga Investment .52 from .51

Weyerhaeuser .34 from .32

Special dividends

Amer Cap Senior Floating 8.80

Amerco .50 Evergy .46

Itau Unibanco Hldg ADR .00389

Navigant Consulting .05

Stock dividends Arrow Financial 3pc Vector Group 5pc

Stock splits this week Gravity ADR 2-for-1 Perion Networks 1-for-3 reverse split

Acquisitions and mergers Cotiviti Holdings-Verscend Technologies (4.1B)

New stock listings NYSE Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp units Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets

Brookfield Property REIT Cl A

Brookfield Property 6.375pc Series A pfd

Energy Services Holdings Inc when issued

KLX when issues

Stocks removed from trading NYSE Hugoton Royalty Trust Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets Farmers Capital Bank Gladstone Investment Cp 6.75pc pfd ser B

Gladstone Investment Cp 6.5pc pfd ser C due 2022

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