Special dividend
Definition:
Also referred to as an extra dividend. Dividend that is unlikely to be repeated. ...
Special Dividend See extra dividend.
Spin-Off A newly created company that used to be part of a parent company. Parent company shareholders receive a pro rata ownership in the new company.
Special dividends should be excluded when calculating the yield. So if the company in the example above had also paid a 100p special dividend during the year, its yield would still be 4%.
Special dividend
Also referred to as an extra dividend. Dividend that is unlikely to be repeated.
The special dividend was announced and they paid out a one time dividend of $3.00 which attracted a lot of interest from investors.
Extra or special dividends
A dividend that is paid in addition to a firm's established or expected quarterly dividend.
Extraordinary positive value
A positive net present value.
The public companies either pay dividends on a fixed schedule basis or announce special dividends at any given time. The joint stock companies fix the amount of payable dividends to the number of shares held by the shareholders.
I will go back to my original thesis that the bank will want to issue a special dividend to avoid becoming a takeover target by converting those assets into cash at some later point in time.
They can use the funds to reduce debt, increase dividends (or declare a special dividend), buy back common shares, or make acquisitions.
- Dividend per share = (Sum of all dividends - special dividends) / total number of outstanding shares
Dividends per share exclude special dividends because they are considered one-time events and not indicative of general company performance.
The news and details of an upcoming merger or special dividend that have not yet been announced are two examples of insider information. Once information has been made public by the company, it is no longer considered "insider" information.
An extra dividend may be issued when a firm in a cyclical industry has an especially profitable period and wishes to distribute some extra funds to its stockholders. Also called extra, special dividend.
amount, payable date, and record date are established by the issuer. The exchange that the issue is listed on sets the ex-dividend/distribution (ex-d) date for entitlement. Extra dividends/distributions are sometimes referred to as special ...
(This doesn't apply to unscheduled (special) dividends since the strike prices of options are typically adjusted to reflect the amount of the special dividend.) Finally, ...
special dividend A nonrecurring dividend that is exceptional in terms of either size or date issued. Special Drawing Right Abbreviated as SDR. An artificial currency unit based upon several national... Special Drawing Rights SDR.
 See also: Dividend, Stock, Share, Shares, Market
  
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