It very well could be that what the PR meant is that you have buy it by Friday, but what it actually SAYS is "company has chosen Friday the 12th as the record date." To have shares actually settled is 2 or 3 days before that. My point is the "opinion" is that the PR MEANT you have to buy Friday, but what the PR actually says is the record date is friday, so 2-3 days before is when you need to buy in order to have shares settled. Im long with 3.7 million shares, not selling, not flipping, not bashing. The company completely botched the communication of this dividend. You and I both know that. There should not be any doubt what the record date or ex dividend date are. My concern is that people buying this thinking they'll get a divi won't get it, and dump. That hurts the trustworthiness of this stock long term, being a long on vdsc that's what I'm concerned about.