Waste Connections (WCN) Raises Quarterly Dividend 14.3% to $0.16; 0.9% Yield

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Waste Connections Announces 14.3% Increase In Regular Quarterly Dividend

October 29, 2018 4:05 PM EDT

TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 14.3% increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend on the Company's common shares.  The regular quarterly cash dividend, which increases from $0.14 U.S. per common share to $0.16 U.S. per common share, will be paid on November 27, 2018, to shareholders of record on the close of business on November 13, 2018.  The Board intends to review the regular quarterly dividend each October, with a long-term objective of increasing the amount of the dividend.

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