Special Dividend
Written for sgstocksbrief.com.
A one-off dividend paid outside the issuer's usual interim and final cycle, typically after a specific event such as selling a business or an unusually strong year. It is announced as special precisely to signal that it is not a commitment to pay again, so it should not be read as a permanent increase in the ordinary dividend.
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