CHICAGO, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NASDAQ: REFI), a commercial mortgage real estate investment trust, announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.47 per share for the first quarter of 2024. The regular quarterly dividend, which equates to an annualized rate of $1.88 per common share, is payable on April 15, 2024, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 28, 2024. About Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc.Chicago Atlantic Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NASDAQ: REFI) is a market-leading commercial mortgage REIT utilizing significant real estate, credit and cannabis expertise to originate senior secured loans primarily to state-licensed cannabis operators in limited-license states in the United States. REFI is...

Not for distribution to U.S. newswire services or dissemination in the United States. TORONTO, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (the “REIT”) (TSX:MHC.U; MHC.UN) announced today a cash distribution of US$0.0492 per REIT unit for the month of March 2024, representing US$0.59 per REIT unit on an annual basis. Payment will be made on or about April 15, 2024 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on March 31, 2024. Distributions paid to Canadian unitholders (and other non-U.S. unitholders) generally will be subject to U.S. withholding tax. Unitholders should consult their own tax advisors for advice with respect to the tax consequences of receiving a distribution from the REIT in their own circumstances. About Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust Flagship...

TORONTO, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guardian Capital LP announces the following regular cash distributions for the period ending March 31, 2024, in respect of the ETF series of the Guardian Capital funds listed below (the “Guardian Capital ETFs”). In each case, the distribution will be paid on March 28, 2024 to unitholders of record on March 22, 2024. The ex-dividend date in each case is anticipated to be March 21, 2024, with the exception of Guardian Ultra-Short Canadian T-Bill Fund and Guardian Ultra-Short U.S. T-Bill Fund which are money market funds and which are anticipated to have an ex-dividend date of March 22, 2024.Guardian Capital ETFs Series of ETF Units DistributionFrequency TradingSymbol Exchange Distribution Amount(per ETF Unit)Guardian Directed Equity Path Portfolio Hedged ETF Units Monthly GDEP TSX CAD$0.0770Guardian...

BEIJING, March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KE Holdings Inc. (“Beike” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BEKE and HKEX: 2423), a leading integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services, today announced that its board of directors (the “Board”) approved a final cash dividend (the “Dividend”) of US$0.117 per ordinary share, or US$0.351 per ADS, to holders of ordinary shares and holders of ADSs of record as of the close of business on April 5, 2024, Beijing/Hong Kong Time and New York Time, respectively, payable in U.S. dollars. The aggregate amount of the Dividend to be paid will be approximately US$0.4 billion, which will be funded by cash surplus on the Company’s balance sheet. For holders of ordinary shares, in order to qualify for the Dividend, all valid documents for the transfer of shares accompanied by the...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Keg Royalties Income Fund (the “Fund”) (TSX: KEG.UN) today announced that its March 2024 distribution of $0.0946 per unit has been declared and is payable to unitholders of record as at March 21, 2024. The March 2024 distribution will be paid on March 29, 2024. The Fund is a limited purpose, open-ended trust established under the laws of the Province of Ontario that, through The Keg Rights Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of the Fund, owns certain trademarks and other related intellectual property used by Keg Restaurants Ltd. (“KRL”). In exchange for use of those trademarks, KRL pays the Fund a royalty of 4% of gross sales of Keg restaurants included in the royalty pool. With approximately 10,000 employees, over 100 restaurants and annual system sales exceeding...

Furthering its transition to a pure-play Canadian industrial REIT through strategic acquisitions Industrial Net Operating Income weighting grows to 93% TORONTO, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nexus Industrial REIT (the “REIT”) (TSX: NXR.UN) announced today its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. “In our fourth quarter, we continued to benefit from our strategy as a Canada-focused pure-play industrial REIT, delivering another quarter of solid results, said Kelly Hanczyk, CEO of Nexus Industrial REIT. “We acquired a 336,000 sq. ft. industrial property in London, Ontario, and entered into a purchase agreement for another 82,500 sq. ft. property in Rocky View, Alberta. In total, we acquired $378 million of high-quality income producing industrial assets in the year. “Looking forward to 2024, we...

ABSECON, N.J., March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Absecon Bancorp (the “Company”) (OTC, trading as ASCN), the bank holding company of First National Bank of Absecon, an Atlantic County New Jersey based community bank, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.75 per share, payable on March 28, 2024 to shareholders of record as of March 14, 2024. The First National Bank of Absecon, a nationally chartered bank headquartered in Absecon, New Jersey, has a long history of serving the community since its establishment in 1916. The company is a community bank focused on providing deposit and loan products to retail customers and to small and mid-sized businesses from its primary market area in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and secondary markets consisting of portions of Burlington,...

NEW YORK, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYMT) (the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share on shares of its common stock for the quarter ending March 31, 2024. The dividend will be payable on April 25, 2024 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 25, 2024. In addition, the Board declared cash dividends on the Company’s 8.000% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”), 7.875% Series E Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”), 6.875% Series F Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series F Preferred Stock”) and 7.000% Series G Cumulative Redeemable...

DISTRIBUTION OF A DIVIDEND OF 1.20 EURO PER SHARE The Board of Directors of Rexel has decided to submit to the Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on April 30, 2024, the payment of a dividend of 1.20 euro per share, by deduction from the results. The right to this dividend shall be detached from the share on May 150F1, 2024. The dividend shall be paid on May 17th, 2024. ABOUT REXEL GROUP Rexel, worldwide expert in the multichannel professional distribution of products and services for the energy world, addresses three main markets: residential, commercial, and industrial. The Group supports its residential, commercial, and industrial customers by providing a tailored and scalable range of products and services in energy management for construction, renovation, production, and maintenance. Rexel operates through a network of more than 1,950...

Represents a $0.15 Per Share Increase Over 2023 Special Dividend NEW YORK, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SIGA Technologies, Inc. (SIGA) (NASDAQ: SIGA), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company, today announced that its board of directors declared a special cash dividend of $0.60 per share on the company’s common stock. This represents an increase of $0.15 per share, or 33%, over the cash dividend paid in June 2023. The dividend is payable on April 11, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 26, 2024. “Our operating performance, strong cash resources, and continued confidence in SIGA’s business position us to declare a special cash dividend for our shareholders,” said Diem Nguyen, Chief Executive Officer. “The significant increase in the dividend compared with the prior-year dividend reflects our active...