A special dividend is a payment made by a company to its shareholders, that the company declares to be separate from the typical recurring dividend cycle...

special dividend to distinguish it from the regular dividends. (more usually a special dividend is paid at the same time as the regular dividend, but for...

The dividend yield or dividend–price ratio of a share is the dividend per share divided by the price per share. It is also a company's total annual dividend...

The dividend payout ratio is the fraction of net income a firm pays to its stockholders in dividends: Dividend payout ratio = Dividends Net Income for...

The ex-dividend date (coinciding with the reinvestment date for shares held subject to a dividend reinvestment plan) is an investment term involving the...

cover, the more unlikely it is that the dividend will fall the following year. Liquidating dividend Special dividend Stevenson, David; Mladjenovic, Paul (2012)...

The retailer declared £296m in profit and as a result issued a £250m special dividend despite having received £38m in business rates relief and £3.7m in...

agreed to pay a special dividend to shareholders. The special dividend is meant to sway voters away from Maple Group's rival bid. The dividend was valued at...

shares go ex-dividend, call option holders always lose whereas put option holders benefit. This does not apply to unscheduled (special) dividends since the...

declared £296 million in profit and as a result issued a £250 million special dividend despite having received £38 million in business rates relief and £3...