year-end dividend

Year-end dividend

A special dividend declared at the end of a fiscal year that usually represents distribution of higher-than-expected company profits.

Year-End Dividend

A final dividend declared toward the end a given fiscal year. A company announces a year-end dividend especially if revised estimates show a greater than expected profit; it waits until the end of the year to revise and attempt to verify these estimates before declaring the dividend. More broadly, it may refer to the last dividend declared in a year.

year-end dividend

See final dividend.

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The board also authorised a special year-end dividend of USD0.

RPC declares regular and special year end dividends of USD0.07 per share

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Bowers, president and CEO, remarked, 'We are pleased to declare a special year-end dividend in addition to an increase in the amount of our 48th consecutive quarterly dividend.

Malaga Financial declares special dividend, quarterly dividend

The firm said it will pay a year-end dividend of 15 yen per share, bringing its annual dividend for the current year to 30 yen.

Dentsu posts 52.4% rise in group net profit

Mitsubishi Electric reports year-end dividend of JPY7 per share

Mazda said it will skip a dividend payout for the year, although it paid a year-end dividend of 3 yen per share the previous year.

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said Tuesday it will pay a year-end dividend of 2,400 yen per share for fiscal 2003, twice as much as it projected in January, due to the brisk mobile phone business.

KDDI to double year-end dividend on brisk mobile phone business

The company said it plans to pay a year-end dividend of 5 yen per share thanks to stronger-than-expected orders since the start of this year.

Alps Electric revises upward earnings projection

said Tuesday it will slash its group workforce by 900 jobs to 10,900 by the end of March 2004 as the rapidly deteriorating business climate has forced it to skip year-end dividend payments for the year to March 2002.

Ube Industries to cut 900 jobs over 2 years

The memorial payment will bring the year-end dividend payment to 4.

Teikoku Oil to pay 1.50 yen commemorative dividend

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