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dividends per share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
dividends per share |
Dividends per share |
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

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