Activity this week

Increased dividends

Capital Bank Financial .12 from .10

Carolina Finl .04 from .03

Cass Information Systems .23 from .22

Green Plains Partners .42 from .41

Hope Bancorp .12 from .11

Huntington Bancshrs .08 from .07 Idacorp .55 from .51 Lincoln Electric Holdings .35 from .32

Magellan Midstream Ptnr .8375 from .82

Northern Trust .38 from .36

Penske Automotive Grp .29 from .28

Phillips 66 Partners .531 from .481

Pinnacle West Capital .655 from .625

Sensient Tech .30 from .27 Sonic .14 from .11 South State .32 from .31 Stepan from .205 from .19

Universal Forest Products .45 from .42

g- Canadian funds

Reduced dividends

Martin Midstream Ptnr .50 from .8125

Stock splits this week

Apricus Biosciences 1 for 10 reverse split.

Globus Maritime 1-for-4 reverse split

XOMA 1-for-20 reverse split

Acquisitions and mergers Minimum value $100 million ITC Hldgs-Fortis (11.3B)

New stock listings NYSE Adient pld when issued Alcoa when issued Arconic when issued

Chimera Investment 8pc pfd A DTE Energy units Eagle Point Credit 7.75pc pfd B

Great Plains Energy 7pc pfd B HCP when issued Johnson Controls Intl when issued

Public Storage 4.9pc pfd E

Quality Care Properties when issued

Yum Brands when issued

Yum Brands China Holdings when issued Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets CRISPR Therapeutics Forterra iRhythm Technologies Medgenics (from NYSE MKT)

Stocks removed from trading NYSE Monmouth Real Estate Investment 7.625pc pfd A Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets Xtera Communications

Corporate name changes

Interval Leisure Group to ILG