final dividend investment & finance definition
The final dividend payment from a firm that is liquidating.
The last dividend of a firm's fiscal year.
Final Dividend - The dividend paid by a company at the end of its financial year, recommended by the directors but authorized by the shareholders at the company's annual general meeting.
Final Dividend
This is the dividend paid by a company to its shareholders out of profits at the end of the financial year.
First Quantum Minerals to Pay Final Dividend of Cdn $0.1277 Per Share
Publish Date: Mar 06, 2012 05:00 PM
Staples, Inc. Announces 10 Percent Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend
Publish Date: Mar 06, 2012 04:31 PM ...
These payments can be the same size or of different amounts. If the interim and final dividend are for different amounts though, it is usually the final which is the larger sum.
But NGG's final dividend, paid out at the start of the year, can be as twice as high as its interim dividend, paid in August. So sometimes on these public sites the yield looks extra high, while other times it looks too low.
 See also: Dividend, Final, Share, Investment, Shareholder
  
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