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So most people will ask when is the last date you can buy a stock and also enjoy the dividend that comes with it? Usually the dividend announcement comes with 3 dates. See example below on the recent dividend payout by L&G (Land & General) , a property developer that for the 1st time in many years (after successfully business turnaround) started to distribute dividends to shareholder.
L&G - NOTICE OF BOOK CLOSURE
| LAND & GENERAL BERHAD |
LISTING'S CIRCULAR NO. L/Q : 71404 OF 2014
Single Tier Final Dividend of 2.0 sen per ordinary share of RM0.20 each.
Kindly be advised of the following :
1) The above Company's securities will be traded and quoted [ "Ex - Dividend" ]
as from : [ 23 September 2014 ]
2) The last date of lodgement : [ 25 September 2014 ]
3) Date Payable : [ 16 October 2014 ]
1) Ex- Dividend Date
Means the date that the stock price will be adjusted after the dividend is paid out. Yes, the price will DROP. This is some very expected. See here for some funny fallacy that I encountered recently this year by a unit trust agent. http://www.knowthymoney.com/2014/08/unit-trust-misconceptions.html
AND to get the dividend, you must buy/hold the stock until the last trading hour of the day before the ex-dividend. Example, if i buy the stock on 22 Sept 2014 at 4.59.59pm, I still able to get the dividend.
And on the Ex-Date itself, 23 September I can start selling the stock and STILL get the dividend.
It is very easy and common sense also to determine the expected opening value of the stock price after the Ex-date.
For this example, L&G price closed at RM0.66 on 22 September. And the opening price on Ex-date aka 23 September will be RM0.66 - RM0.02 (dividend payout) = RM0.64. Simple right?
2) Lodgement Date
This is just a formality. It not important to determine when is the last date you must buy/hold a stock to ensure you get the dividend.
3) Date Payable
This is the date that the dividend or $$$ will be paid to you. You get the dividend in terms of a cheque (used to be in the past) or directly banked into your stock trading account. My broker help me setup everything for my latest trading account. See here for the Edividend details.
And because the dividend is single-tiered (as most dividends do now), the dividend attributed to shareholder (aka me in this case) is not taxable. This simplifies things, as I no longer need to claim back the dividend taxes thru income tax filing.
I find it a hassle to claim back dividends in the past due to the fact that you need to do proper book-keeping record of the dividend vouchers/statements. (at least for 7 years, least you got 'lucky picked' for tax audit!!! yikes!. See here)
How much you will get:
In L&G's case, for every 1000 unit of share, you will get 1000 x 0.02 = RM20 of dividend.
There are reasons why I opened a new trading account. Maybe I will explain in the next coming posts.
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