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dividends per share | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
dividends per share |
dividends per share | 13 dividends per share (a) Dividends declared
Six-month periods ended June 30 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
(millions except per share amounts) |  | Declared |  | Paid to |  |  |  |  | Declared |  | Paid to |  |  |
Common Share dividends |  | Effective |  | Per share |  | shareholders |  | Total |  | Effective |  | Per share |  | shareholders |  | Total
Quarter 1 dividend |  | Mar. 11, 2019 |  | $ | 0.5450 |  | Apr. 1, 2019 |  | $ | 329 |  | Mar. 9, 2018 |  | $ | 0.5050 |  | Apr. 2, 2018 |  | $ | 299
Quarter 2 dividend |  | Jun. 10, 2019 |  |  | 0.5625 |  | Jul. 2, 2019 |  |  | 339 |  | Jun. 8, 2018 |  |  | 0.5250 |  | Jul. 3, 2018 |  |  | 315
|  |  |  | $ | 1.1075 |  |  |  | $ | 668 |  |  |  | $ | 1.0300 |  |  |  | $ | 614
On August 1, 2019, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.5625 per share on our issued and outstanding Common Shares payable on October 1, 2019, to holders of record at the close of business on September 10, 2019. The final amount of the dividend payment depends upon the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding at the close of business on September 10, 2019. (b) Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan We have a Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan under which eligible holders of Common Shares may acquire additional Common Shares by reinvesting dividends and by making additional optional cash payments to the trustee. Under this Plan, we have the option of offering Common Shares from Treasury or having the trustee acquire Common Shares in the stock market. We may, at our discretion, offer Common Shares at a discount of up to 5% from the market price under the Plan. Through August 2, 2019, we opted to have the trustee acquire the Common Shares in the stock market with no discount offered; effective with the dividend to be paid October 1, 2019, we will offer Common Shares from Treasury at a discount of 2%. In respect of Common Shares whose eligible shareholders have elected to participate in the plan, dividends declared during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2019, of $15 million (2018 – $14 million) and $28 million (2018 – $27 million), respectively, were to be reinvested in Common Shares acquired by the trustee from Treasury, with no discount applicable.

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