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equalizing dividend

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Equalizing dividend
Special dividends received by investors of a firm for income the investor lost because the firm altered the dividends payment schedule.
equalizing dividend
A dividend payment that is intended to compensate for a change in regular dividend dates. For example, a firm may move back its dividend payment dates by one month and compensate its shareholders with a one-time equalizing dividend to account for the four-month, instead of the normal three-month, interval before the first payment under the new schedule.


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