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The Board of Directors of Hershey today announced quarterly dividends of $1.370 on the Common Stock and $1.245 on the Class B Common Stock, an increase of 15% or $0.178 and $0.162 per share, respectively. The dividends were declared February 7, 2024, and are payable March 15, 2024, to stockholders of record as of February 20, 2024. It is the 376th consecutive regular dividend on the Common Stock and the 157th consecutive regular dividend on the Class B Common Stock.

The Disney Board declared on February 7, 2024 a cash dividend of $0.45 per share - an increase of 50% versus the last dividend paid in January - payable July 25, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 8, 2024.

The Board of Directors of Sun Life Financial today announced that a dividend of $0.78 per share on the common shares of the Company has been declared, payable March 28, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2024. This is the same amount as paid in the previous quarter.

The Board of Directors of PepsiCo today declared a quarterly dividend of $1.265 per share of PepsiCo common stock, a 10 percent increase versus the comparable year-earlier period. Today's action is consistent with PepsiCo's previously announced increase in its annualized dividend to $5.06 per share from $4.60 per share, which began with the June 2023 payment. This dividend is payable on April 1, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2024. PepsiCo has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends since 1965, and 2023 marked the company's 51st consecutive annual dividend increase.

Today, McDonald's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.67 per share of common stock payable on March 15, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2024.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.