📅 On This Day
Alexandria Real Estate and Hanover Insurance Declare Mid-Year Dividends
June 2, 2026 brings a tidy pair of dividend declarations spanning real estate and insurance. Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) announces a Q2 2026 quarterly dividend of $0.72 per common share, payable July 15, while The Hanover Insurance Group (THG) declares $0.95 per share, payable June 26. Two very different businesses, one shared commitment to putting cash in shareholders' hands at mid-year.
ARE and THG remind investors that dividend season never really has an off week.
🇺🇸 US
Source: dividendchannel.com, June 2, 2026
🌍 Around the World
Italy's 26% Withholding Tax Quietly Erodes Dividend Income for Foreign Investors
Italy applies a 26% withholding tax on dividends to most foreign investors — taking more than a quarter of every gross payment before a single euro reaches your account. A U.S.-Italy tax treaty can reduce that rate to 15%, but accessing the lower rate often requires documentation and a reclaim process with the Agenzia delle Entrate that can stretch two to four years. In tax-advantaged accounts like IRAs, the withheld amount is simply gone.
For high-yielders like ENI, Italy's withholding gap between headline and cash-in-hand is hard to ignore.
🇮🇹 IT
Source: PwC Tax Summaries
🔥 Dividend Streak
Procter & Gamble Has Paid Dividends Every Year Since 1890
Procter & Gamble began distributing dividends the year after it incorporated in 1890, and hasn't missed a beat since. Beyond mere continuity, P&G has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years, placing it among a rare cohort of Dividend Kings. Only a handful of S&P 500 companies can claim an annual increase streak of comparable length.
Surviving two world wars, the Great Depression, and countless product cycles — P&G's dividend record is quietly remarkable.
PG — Procter & Gamble Company
🇺🇸 US
Source: Procter & Gamble investor relations
💡 Did You Know
Fewer Than 30 U.S. Companies Have Paid Dividends for a Full Century
By one commonly cited screen, roughly 27 out of more than 6,000 U.S.-listed stocks have paid dividends continuously for 100 years or more — about 0.4% of the market. The short list includes York Water (paying since 1816), Stanley Black & Decker (since 1877), and P&G (since 1890). Earning a place in this club means outlasting depressions, wars, industry upheaval, and the ever-present temptation to cut when earnings disappoint.
A century of unbroken payments is less a financial metric than a statement of institutional character.
🇺🇸 US
Source: Sure Dividend; company investor relations filings
🌍 Around the World
Norway's Dividends Ride the Waves of Oil, Shipping, and Salmon
Few markets tie dividend income so directly to commodity fortunes as Norway. Energy giant Equinor, a constellation of shipping firms, and seafood producers can deliver outsized payouts when oil prices, freight rates, and salmon prices align — but those same dividends can shrink just as dramatically when cycles turn. Companies like Orkla, with roots tracing to 17th-century mining, and Norsk Hydro, founded in 1905, anchor a market that is as much a commodity story as an equity one.
In Norway, a bumper salmon harvest and a strong oil price can do more for your dividend than any boardroom decision.
🇳🇴 NO
Source: Oslo Børs; Equinor investor relations