That's the "A Team" you are dealing with there. These are the people they assign when you threaten to take action and file a complaint with FINRA. Their job is to try and get you to not file a complaint. Very aggressive people.
eMail is the best way to communicate with them. You want a paper trail.
but it opened more questions for me than it answered.
...."When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. Companies also use this date to determine who is sent proxy statements, financial reports, and other information"
that's fine, if the record date occurs AFTER the ex-date.
..."Once the company sets the record date, the stock exchanges or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. fix the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or after, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend."
What does normally mean? Does that mean that record dates can be set weeks BEFORE the ex-date in some circumstances?
Posted by: SSP In reply to: PelagicMariner who wrote msg# 164941 Date:1/23/2008 3:17:14 PM Post #of 172092
ok - it went something like this, can't find the original,
When you buy a cat that's pregnant (carrying due-bills) and it gives birth (Ex-Date), you can then sell the cat, the kittens are yours. Sell the cat before Birth-date (Ex-Date) and the buyers gets them
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Posted by: bob41 In reply to: krznate who wrote msg# 564894 Date:4/3/2006 3:16:49 PM Post #of 1227542
A PR doesn't cut it: SEC Rule 10b-17
Rule 10b-17 -- Untimely Announcements of Record Dates --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It shall constitute a "manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance" as used in Section 10(b) of the Act for any issuer of a class of securities publicly traded by the use of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce or of the mails or of any facility of any national securities exchange to fail to give notice in accordance with paragraph (b) hereof of the following actions relating to such class of securities:
A dividend or other distribution in cash or in kind, except an ordinary interest payment on a debt security, but including a dividend or distribution of any security of the same or another issuer;
A stock split or reverse split; or
A rights or other subscription offering.
Notice shall be deemed to have been given in accordance with this section only if:
Given to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., no later than 10 days prior to the record date involved or, in case of a rights subscription or other offering if such 10 days advance notice is not practical, on or before the record date and in no event later than the effective date of the registration statement to which the offering relates, and such notice includes:
Title of the security to which the declaration relates;
Date of declaration;
Date of record for determining holders entitled to receive the dividend or other distribution or to participate in the stock or reverse split;
Date of payment or distribution or, in the case of a stock or reverse split or rights or other subscription offering, the date of delivery;
For a dividend or other distribution including a stock or reverse split or rights or other subscription offering:
In cash, the amount of cash to be paid or distributed per share, except if exact per share cash distributions cannot be given because of existing conversion rights which may be exercised during the notice period and which may affect the per share cash distribution, then a reasonable approximation of the per share distribution may be provided so long as the actual per share distribution is subsequently provided on the record date,
In the same security, the amount of the security outstanding immediately prior to and immediately following the dividend or distribution and the rate of the dividend or distribution,
In any other security of the same issuer, the amount to be paid or distributed and the rate of the dividend or distribution,
In any security of another issuer, the name of the issuer and title of that security, the amount to be paid or distributed, and the rate of the dividend or distribution and if that security is a right or a warrant, the subscription price,
In any other property (including securities not covered under paragraphs (b)(1)(v)(b) through (d) of this section) the identity of the property and its value and basis for assigning that value;
Method of settlement of fractional interests;
Details of any condition which must be satisfied or Government approval which must be secured to enable payment of distribution; and in
The case of stock or reverse split in addition to the aforementioned information;
The name and address of the transfer or exchange agent; or
The Commission, upon written request or upon its own motion, exempts the issuer from compliance with paragraph (b)(1) of this section either unconditionally or on specified terms or conditions, as not constituting a manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance comprehended within the purpose of this section; or
Given in accordance with procedures of the national securities exchange or exchanges upon which a security of such issuer is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Act which contain requirements substantially comparable to those set forth in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
The provisions of this rule shall not apply, however, to redeemable securities issued by open-end investment companies and unit investment trusts registered with the Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Are there any filing requirements with the Pink Sheets for the issuers?
Issuers are not required to register securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or be current in their reporting requirements to be quoted on the Pink Sheets. Nor are issuers required to file financial or other company information with the Pink Sheets. SEC Rule 10b-17 requires all issuers of publicly traded securities, including Pink Sheets securities, to notify the NASD at least 10 calendar days prior to the record date of any dividend or other distribution, stock split, reverse split, or rights or subscription offering.
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