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Re: Nate19 post# 15157

Thursday, 08/20/2015 12:38:52 AM

Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:38:52 AM

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Although the wording is slightly different, the meaning is the same.
This can be very confusing, having the ex-dividend date after the payment date. To further confuse things, in such circumstances, any shareholders of record who sell their shares before a deferred ex-dividend date also sell the right to receive the dividend. This is not optional to the seller, it is mandatory. The right to receive the dividend is contained in an attachment to the sold shares and that attachment is called a due bill.
The payment of a dividend via due bills is quite unlike a normal dividend payment. Shares that are purchased after the record date but before the deferred ex-date (the due bill period) are traded with a due bill attached. The chain of events that begins on the payment date works like this: The dividend is first paid to the shareholder of record, then, on the due bill settlement date, which is commonly two trading days after the ex-date, the dividend is withdrawn from the account of the shareholder of record who sold the shares during the due bill period and is then paid to the shareholder who bought the shares during the due bill period.