Please help with the following For the Date section the option are : 1. Declarat
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Please help with the following
For the Date section the option are :
1. Declaration date
2. Payment Date
3. Ex - Dividend date
4. Holder of Record date
Then for the next part it goes On the : holder of records, declaration, ex - dividend, and payment
Than for recorded as a: fixed asset, current asset, current liability, and long term liability
Then for retained earning are : increased, decreased
When a company pays a dividend, it isn't as simple as getting a paycheck from your employer. There are several critical dates in the dividend payment process. Identify each of the critical dividend dates in the table below.Explanation / Answer
Definition of 'Holder Of Record'
The name of the person who is the registered owner of a security and who has the rights, benefits and responsibilities of ownership. The holder of record for a stock typically has shareholder voting rights and receives dividend payouts if there are any. The holder of record for a bond owns the bond and receives the principal and interest payments. When the owner sells the security, he or she ceases to be the holder of record.
Investopedia Says
Investopedia explains 'Holder Of Record'
Securities can be issued in either "registered" or "bearer" form. Registered form means the issuing firm keeps records of a security's owner and mails out payments to him/her. Bearer form means the security is traded without any record of ownership; physical possession of the security is the sole evidence of ownership. Presently, securities are mostly issued in registered form.
Different Types of Dividends
The decision to distribute a dividend is made by a company's board of directors. There is nothing requiring a company to pay a dividend, even if the company has paid dividends in the past. However, many investors view a steady dividend history as an important indicator of a good investment, so most companies are reluctant to reduce or stop their dividend payments. (For more information on buying dividend paying stocks, see the articles How Dividends Work for Investors and The Importance of Dividends.)
Dividends can be paid in various different forms, but there are two major categories: cash and stock. The most popular are cash dividends. This is money paid to stockholders, normally out of the corporation's current earnings or accumulated profits.
For example, suppose you own 100 shares of Cory's Brewing Company (ticker: CBC). Cory has made record sales this year thanks to an unusually high demand for his unique peach flavored beer. The company therefore decides to share some of this good fortune with the stockholders and declares a dividend of $0.10 per share. This means that you will receive a check from Cory's Brewing Company for $10.00 ($0.10*100). In practice, companies that pay dividends usually do so on a regular basis of four times a year. A one-time dividend such as the one we just described is referred to as an extra dividend.