EasyResearch Weekly Dividends Update

Money March continues with more special dividends marching into shareholders' accounts!

Main Street Capital Corporation is preparing to pay the second dividend payment for March. Spark New Zealand Limited will be paying a special dividend along with an ordinary dividend.

Main Street Capital Corporation is among the companies that pay monthly dividends; other monthly dividend stocks in this list are Gladstone Investment Corporation and Gladstone Land Corp.

Moving on to other corporate actions taking place:

• Adcorp Holdings Limited, a workforce solutions company, has implemented an odd-lot offer where it will be buying shares from shareholders with less than 100 at a premium.
• Transaction Capital Limited (TCP), the owner of WeBuyCars, SA Taxi, and Nutun, will proceed with the unbundling of WeBuyCars (WBC), whereby shareholders of TCP will also receive WBC shares at a ratio once it’s listed on the JSE. Here are the important dates. 
• Valor Resources, a new energy explorer seeking high-grade unconformity-related Uranium, will be consolidating its shares at a ratio of 25 for 1, where 25 shares will be consolidated into one share; the last day to buy shares that will participate in this event is within the week.

United Kingdom

British American Tobacco PLC will be paying £0.58 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 02 May 2024

Schroders PLC will be paying £0.15 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 02 May 2024

Beazley PLC will be paying £0.14 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 03 May 2024

Pearson PLC will be paying £0.15 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 03 May 2024

South Africa

Bid Corporation Limited will be paying R5.25 per share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Truworths International Ltd will be paying R3.32 per share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Northam Platinum Holdings Limited will be paying R1.00 per share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Bowler Metcalf Limited will be paying R0.24 per share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Cashbuild Limited will be paying R3.25 per share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Santam Limited will be paying R9.05 per share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Capitec Bank Holdings Limited will be paying R4.88 per preference share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Discovery Limited will be paying R5.92 per preference share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

Spur Corporation Limited will be paying R0.95 per share. 

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 25 March 2024

British American Tobacco p.l.c.  will be paying R14.08 per share.

• Last trading date – 18 March 2024
• Payment date – 02 May 2024

America

Main Street Capital Corporation will be paying $0.30 per share.

• Last trading date - 18 March 2024
• Payment date - 27 March 2024

Broadcom Inc will be paying $5.25 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 29 March 2024

NXP Semiconductors N.V. will be paying $1.01 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 10 April 2024

Gladstone Investment Corporation will be paying $0.08 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 29 March 2024

Philip Morris International Inc will be paying $1.30 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 09 April 2024

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC will be paying $0.70 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 04 April 2024

Gladstone Land Corp will be paying $0.04 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 29 March 2024

Medtronic Plc will be paying $0.69 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 12 April 2024

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc will be paying $0.40 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 10 April 2024

Altria Group Inc will be paying $0.98 per share.

• Last trading date - 21 March 2024
• Payment date - 30 April 2024

Australia 

Seek Ltd will be paying AU$0.19 per share.

• Last trading date - 18 March 2024
• Payment date - 03 April 2024

Credit Corp Group Ltd will be paying AU$0.15 per share.

• Last trading date - 18 March 2024
• Payment date - 29 March 2024

Kelsian Group Limited will be paying AU$0.08 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 17 April 2024

Macmahon Holdings Ltd will be paying AU$0.004 per share.

• Last trading date - 19 March 2024
• Payment date - 11 April 2024

Spark New Zealand Ltd will be paying NZ$0.15 (NZ$0.13 ordinary & NZ0.02 special dividend) per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Exchange rate date - 28 March 2024
• Payment date - 05 April 2024

Service Stream Limited will be paying AU$0.02 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 05 April 2024

Cochlear Ltd will be paying AU$2.00 per share.

• Last trading date - 20 March 2024
• Payment date - 15 April 2024

Perenti Limited will be paying AU$0.02 per share.

• Last trading date - 21 March 2024
• Payment date - 12 April 2024

Cedar Woods Properties Limited CWP will be paying AU$0.08 per share.

• Last trading date - 21 March 2024
• Payment date - 26 April 2024

NRW Holdings Ltd will be paying AU$0.06 per share.

• Last trading date - 21 March 2024
• Payment date - 11 April 2024

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd will be paying AU$0.10 per share.

• Last trading date - 25 March 2024
• Payment date - 17 April 2024

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