DELAWARE, Ohio, Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Franchise Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRG) (“Franchise Group” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors approved a 40% increase to its quarterly cash dividend to common stockholders of $0.625 per share. The cash dividend will be paid on or about January 15, 2022 to holders of record of the Company’s common stock on the close of business on December 31, 2021. About Franchise Group, Inc.Franchise Group is an owner and operator of franchised and franchisable businesses that continually looks to grow its portfolio of brands while utilizing its operating and capital allocation philosophy to generate strong cash flow for its shareholders. Franchise Group’s business lines include Pet Supplies Plus, American Freight, The Vitamin Shoppe, Badcock Home Furniture & more, Buddy’s...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES TORONTO, Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caldwell Investment Management Ltd., the manager of Caldwell U.S. Dividend Advantage Fund (the “Fund”) announces the estimated annual special year-end distribution for the 2021 tax year for the actively-managed ETF Series of the Fund (TSX Ticker: UDA) to unitholders of record as indicated below. Please note that this is an estimated amount as of December 6, 2021 and includes certain forward-looking information, which may cause the Special Distribution to change before the Fund’s tax year-end on December 15, 2021. The estimated amount is for the Special Distribution only and does not include the ongoing, regular monthly distribution amounts which were either previously announced, or which are...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) announced today that its Board of Trustees has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share and OP Unit payable on January 19, 2022, to holders of record on January 5, 2022. The quarterly dividend is equivalent to an annual rate of $0.76 per share. Conference Call and Audio Webcast We will hold our fourth quarter 2021 earnings conference call on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-833-818-6810 and providing conference ID: 9178364. Beginning two hours after the conference call, a taped replay of the call can be accessed through Thursday, February 17, 2022, by calling 1-855-859-2056 and entering access code 9178364. The conference call can also be accessed via a webcast on...

ZEELAND, Mich., Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), the Zeeland, Michigan-based supplier of digital vision, connected car, dimmable glass, and fire protection technologies, today announced that its Board of Directors recently declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 (12 cents) per share that will be payable January 19, 2022, to shareholders of record of the common stock at the close of business on January 7, 2022. About the CompanyFounded in 1974, Gentex Corporation (The NASDAQ Global Select Market: GNTX) is a supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and electronics to the automotive industry, dimmable aircraft windows for aviation markets, and fire protection products to the fire protection market. Visit the Company’s websites at www.gentex.com, fulldisplaymirror.com, and gentextech.com. Contact...

Victory Square shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 17, 202 will be entitled to receive the Second Tranche Dividend of Immersive shares. Victory Square to dividend out approximately 4,500,000 common shares in Fantasy 360 Technologies Inc. dba Immersive Tech (“Immersive”) to its shareholders. The Dividend represents the second tranche of Immersive shares to be issued by way of dividend pursuant to Victory Square’s news release dated August 12, and December 3, 2021. Victory Square already Issued a special common share dividend of its portfolio companies GameOn Entertainment Technologies Inc. (CSE:GET) and Fantasy 360 Technologies Inc (CSE:VRAR) earlier in the year.Not for distribution to United States newswire services or for dissemination in the United States VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 07, 2021 (GLOBE...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (NASDAQ:ROIC) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a special cash dividend of $0.07 per share payable on January 14, 2022 to stockholders of record on December 23, 2021. This special dividend is a result of gain on sale realized in connection with ROIC’s property disposition initiative during 2021. The Board of Directors did not make any change in the Company’s policy with respect to regular quarterly dividends. ABOUT RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS CORP. Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (NASDAQ: ROIC), is a fully-integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in the acquisition, ownership and management of grocery-anchored shopping centers located in densely-populated, metropolitan markets across...

NEW YORK, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets, today announced monthly trading volume for November 2021 of $653.4 billion consisting of $212.4 billion in credit volume and $440.9 billion in rates volume. November highlights included:Wider credit spreads and higher volatility in the second half of November led to increased trading activity on the platform; estimated U.S. high grade market share of 20.9%, up from 19.6% in October. Record monthly portfolio trading volume in November; quarter-to-date portfolio trading reached $10.3 billion, exceeding the full third quarter of $8.9 billion. U.S. Treasury bond volume of $432.7...

TORONTO, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AGF Investments Inc. (TSX:AGF.B) (AGFI) today announced the final cash distributions for AGFiQ Global Balanced ETF Portfolio (ticker: QMA) and AGFiQ Global Income ETF Portfolio (ticker: QMY) (each an “AGF ETF” and collectively, the “AGF ETFs”). Unitholders of record of the AGFiQ ETFs on December 13, 2021 will receive cash distributions payable on December 22, 2021. Details regarding the final “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:Fund Name Fund Ticker Exchange Cash Distribution Per Unit ($)AGFiQ Global Balanced ETF Portfolio QMA Toronto Stock Exchange $0.35AGFiQ Global Income ETF Portfolio QMY Toronto Stock Exchange $0.30As previously announced on October 15, 2021, the AGFiQ ETFs will be terminated effective at the close of business on or about December 15, 2021...

The Hague, December 6, 2021 – The Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“RDS”) today announced the pounds sterling and euro equivalent dividend payments in respect of the third quarter 2021 interim dividend, which was announced on October 28, 2021 at US$0.24 per A ordinary share (“A Share”) and B ordinary share (“B Share”). Dividends on A Shares will be paid, by default, in euros at the rate of €0.2121per A Share. Holders of A Shares who have validly submitted US dollars or pounds sterling currency elections by November 26, 2021 will be entitled to a dividend of US$0.24 or 18.06p per A Share, respectively. Dividends on B Shares will be paid, by default, in pounds sterling at the rate of 18.06p per B Share. Holders of B Shares who have validly submitted US dollars or euros currency elections by November 26, 2021 will be entitled to a dividend...

TORONTO, Dec. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guardian Capital LP (“Guardian Capital”) announces the estimated annual special year-end distributions (the “Special Distributions”) for the 2021 tax year for the ETF series of the Guardian Capital funds listed below (the “Guardian Capital ETFs”). Please note that these are estimated amounts as of November 19, 2021 and include certain forward-looking information, which may cause the Special Distributions to change before the Guardian Capital ETFs’ tax year-end on December 15, 2021. These estimated amounts are for the Special Distributions only and do not include the ongoing, regular monthly, quarterly or annual cash distribution amounts which are expected to be announced in a separate press release on or before December 16, 2021.Guardian Capital ETFs Series of...