For the first two months of 2021, 28% of our portfolio holdings have announced dividend increases of 10% on average. For the same timeframe in 2020, 18% of our portfolio had announced dividend increases of 7.5% on average. Both the breadth and average increase have picked up in 2021 versus last year.

While seven sectors have seen some representation, the Industrials sector has seen the largest average increases so far this year.

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