Dividends

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Dividends [Abstract]

Dividends

Dividends — Following is a summary of our common and preferred share dividends that were declared and/or paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:

(millions, except per share amounts)			Amount
Dividend Type	Declared	Payable	Per Share		Accrued1
Common - Quarterly	August 2019	October 2019	$	0.10	$	58.5
Preferred - Semi-annual	August 2019	September 2019	26.875		13.4
Common - Quarterly	May 2019	July 2019	0.10		58.4
Preferred - Semi-annual	February 2019	March 2019	26.875		13.4
Common - Quarterly	February 2019	April 2019	0.10		58.4
Common - Annual Variable	December 2018	February 2019	2.5140		1,467.9
Preferred - Semi-annual	August 2018	September 2018	27.024		13.5
Common - Annual Variable	December 2017	February 2018	1.1247		655.1

¹ Based on an estimate of shares outstanding as of the record date.

See Note 14 – Dividends in our 2018 Annual Report to Shareholders for a discussion of our common share dividend policies in effect during 2019 and 2018 and prior, and a discussion of our Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Perpetual Serial Preferred Share dividends.