Session 11: Corporate Finance Reading 47: Dividends and Share Repurchases: Basics
LOS b: Describe dividend payment chronology, including declaration, holder-of-record, ex-dividend, and payment dates, and indicate when a dividend is reflected in the share price.
What is the earliest day on which an investor can currently purchase Amex, Inc., if the investor wants to avoid receiving a dividend and thereby avoid paying tax on the distribution, if the date of record is Thursday, October 31?
The ex-dividend date is now two business days prior to the date of record. Counting back two business days identifies Tuesday, October 29 as the date when the shares can be purchased without the dividend. |