COCONUT CREEK, Fla., May 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC”), the leading lessor of commercial aircraft engines and global provider of aviation services, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a one-time special dividend of $1.00 per share on WLFC’s common stock. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 30, 2024, and is expected to be paid on June 7, 2024. “I believe that this special dividend provides a small thank you to our shareholders that have been with us for many years,” said Charles F. Willis, Executive Chairman. “Our ability to pay this dividend, continue to grow our lease portfolio, and further diversify our services offering, all while making significant progress in the de-levering of our balance sheet, speaks...

Dallas, Texas, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE:  NL) announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of eight cents ($0.08) per share on its common stock, payable on June 25, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 10, 2024. NL Industries also announced that at its 2024 annual shareholder meeting held today its shareholders had:elected each of Loretta J. Feehan, John E. Harper, Kevin B. Kramer, Meredith W. Mendes, Cecil H. Moore, Jr., Courtney J. Riley and Michael S. Simmons as a director for a one-year term; and adopted a resolution that approved, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2024 annual shareholder meeting.NL Industries, Inc. is engaged in the component products...

BATON ROUGE, La., May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: HEES) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on May 16, 2024, to be paid to its stockholders. The Company announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.275 per share of common stock to be paid on June 14, 2024, for stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 30, 2024. About H&E Equipment Services, Inc. Founded in 1961, H&E Equipment Services, Inc. is one of the largest rental equipment companies in the nation. The Company’s fleet is among the industry’s youngest and most versatile with a superior equipment mix comprised of aerial work platforms, earthmoving, material handling, and other general and specialty lines. H&E serves a diverse set of end markets in many high-growth...

TORONTO, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (“SmartCentres”) (TSX: SRU.UN) announced today that the trustees of SmartCentres have declared a distribution for the month of May 2024 of $0.15417 per unit, representing $1.85 per unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be payable on June 17, 2024 to unitholders of record as at May 31, 2024. About SmartCentres SmartCentres is one of Canada’s largest fully integrated REITs, with a best-in-class and growing mixed-use portfolio featuring 193 strategically located properties in communities across the country. SmartCentres has approximately $11.9 billion in assets and owns 35.1 million square feet of income producing value-oriented retail and first-class office properties with 97.7% in place and committed occupancy, on 3,500 acres of owned...

TORONTO, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AGF Investments Inc. (AGF Investments) today announced the final distributions for AGF Global Opportunities Bond ETF (ticker: AGLB), AGF Systematic Canadian Equity ETF (ticker: QCD) and AGF Systematic Emerging Markets Equity ETF (ticker: QEM) (each an “AGF Investments ETF” and collectively, the “AGF Investments ETFs”). These final distributions are the result of the previously announced termination of AGF Investments ETFs effective at the close of business on or about May 28, 2024 (the “ETF Termination Date”). Unitholders of record of an AGF Investments ETF on May 24, 2024 will receive notional distributions payable in respect of that AGF Investments ETF on May 24, 2024. The final distributions will not be paid in cash but will be reinvested in the form of a notional distribution and reported...

ATHENS, Greece, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp. (“OET” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ECO / OSE: OET), announced today that the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has declared a dividend on its common shares, which is classified as a return of capital for accounting purposes (the “Dividend”). Due to implementation of the Central Securities Depository Regulation (“CSDR”) in Norway, shareholders who hold shares registered in Euronext Securities Oslo, the central securities depository in Norway (“VPS”) should please note the information on the payment date to the shares registered in VPS below. Effective as of May 28, 2024, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) will settle its trades on a T+1 basis, while the Oslo Stock Exchange (“OSE”) will continue to settle its trades on a T+2 basis. As a result,...

ALTAVISTA, Va., May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pinnacle Bankshares Corporation (“Pinnacle” or the “Company”) (OTCQX: PPBN), the one-bank holding company for First National Bank (the “Bank”), announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per share on May 14, 2024, payable June 7, 2024, to shareholders of record as of May 24, 2024. The $0.25 per share cash dividend is equal to the $0.25 dividend paid last quarter and marks the forty-seventh consecutive quarter that a dividend has been declared. “Pinnacle is pleased to provide a cash dividend of $0.25 per share to our shareholders this quarter,” stated Aubrey H. Hall, III, President and Chief Executive Officer for both the Company and the Bank. Mr. Hall further commented, “This return on investment is consistent with our prior cash dividend, despite...

TORONTO, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (“CAPREIT”) (TSX: CAR.UN) announced today its May 2024 monthly distribution in the amount of $0.12083 per Unit (or $1.45 on an annualized basis). The May 2024 distribution will be payable on June 17, 2024 to Unitholders of record at the close of business on May 31, 2024. CAPREIT is Canada’s largest publicly traded provider of quality rental housing. As at March 31, 2024, CAPREIT owns approximately 64,200 residential apartment suites, townhomes and manufactured home community sites well-located across Canada and the Netherlands, with approximately $16.7 billion of investment properties in Canada and Europe. Since its Initial Public Offering in May 1997, CAPREIT has grown monthly cash distributions per Unit by 103%. For more information...

TORONTO, May 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the May 2024 cash distributions for the iShares ETFs listed on the TSX or Cboe Canada which pay on a monthly basis, as well as iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF (XIU) and iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETF (XRB). Unitholders of record of a fund, with exception of XRB, on May 23, 2024 will receive cash distributions payable in respect of that fund on May 31, 2024. Unitholders of record of XRB on June 3, 2024 will receive cash distributions on June 6, 2024. Details regarding the “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:Fund Name Fund Ticker Cash Distribution Per Unit ($)iShares 1-10 Year Laddered Corporate Bond Index ETF CBH 0.046iShares...

  AS Harju Elekter Group (HAE1T, ISIN EE3100004250) will close the list of shareholders for dividend payment on 21 May 2024 at the end of the working day of the Nasdaq CSD Estonian settlement system. Proceeding from the above, the day of change of the rights related to the shares (the ex-date) is 20 May 2024. From that date the new owner of the shares is not entitled to dividends for the year 2023. AS Harju Elekter Group will pay dividend 0.13 euros per share on 28 May 2024. Priit Treial CFO and Member of the Management Board +372 674 7400