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Watsco, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.05 on each outstanding share of its Common and Class B common stock. The cash dividend is payable on April 28, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 14, 2017. Watsco has paid dividends to shareholders for more than 40 consecutive years.

American Financial Group announced that it has declared a regular dividend of $0.3125 per share of American Financial Group Common Stock. The dividend is payable on April 25, 2017 to holders of record on April 14, 2017.

U.S. Physical Therapy, announced today that it is increasing its quarterly dividend per share by 18% to $0.20 per quarter in 2017 from $0.17 per quarter in 2016. The first quarterly dividend of 2017 will be paid on May 5, 2017 to shareholders of record as of April 17, 2017. The Company initiated paying quarterly dividends in 2011 and has increased the amount each year since.

LTC Properties, announced today that it had declared a monthly cash dividend on its common stock for the second quarter of 2017. The Company declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share per month for the months of April, May and June 2017, payable on April 28, May 31 and June 30, 2017, respectively, to stockholders of record on April 20, May 23 and June 22, 2017, respectively.

US Ecology, today declared that stockholders of record on April 21, 2017 will receive a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per common share, payable on April 28, 2017. The Company currently has 21.7 million shares outstanding and estimates that approximately $3.9 million in cash will be paid out for the declared quarterly dividend. The Company has paid quarterly dividends continuously since 2005. The Company's current annual dividend yield approximates 1.5%.

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