Dolby has never declared or paid any cash dividend on its capital stock. Dolby intends to retain any future earnings and does not expect to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.

Yes. NACCO has paid quarterly dividends to its shareholders and has increased its dividend to shareholders every year since its inception in 1986. The compound annual growth rate for the dividend from 1990 through 2006 was 7.3%. In the past, dividends have had payable dates occurring on or around March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 each year. However, there can be no assurance that the company will continue to pay quarterly dividends in the future.

One of the two ways to make money through stocks is dividend. The company whose stock you own may have made huge profits which it will have to share with all stockholders. Such shared profits are called dividends. Being ordinary shareholders, as we told you, you may or may not get dividends, hence, this bit of earning through stocks is not assured. Though dividends can be a good fat earning, more so because they are non-taxable, yet shareholders sometimes prefer to do away with it.

GigaMedia does not currently have plans for a stock dividend split or stock split. The board of directors will review this policy periodically and changes are subject to further announcement.

The Company normally pays dividends four times a year, usually April 1, July 1, October 1 and December 15. Dividends may be direct deposited to a U.S. bank account, paid by electronic funds to non-U.S. residents or paid in international currency. To enroll, please contact Computershare Trust Company at the following address:

If high risk food is kept too long, even under favourable conditions, harmful bacteria may multiply. Stored food may become contaminated by food handlers, pests and the catering environment. Longer shelf life foods, whether dried, canned or frozen, may deteriorate if kept for too long.

Key Technology does not currently issue dividends or have a DRIP plan. Key Technology reinvests profits back into the business in order to develop new products, maintain technology leadership and increase market share.

Since inception in 1997, ST Engineering has declared first and final dividends every year. Ex-dividend date for dividends declared for the preceding financial year is usually in early May and payment date is usually later in May. From 2007, the Group will start to distribute interim dividends on its ordinary dividends. This means that the Group will start paying dividends twice a year from 2007.

The stock dividend ratio is the average of the high and low price of the Wolters Kluwer stock on the determination date (see dividend calendar).

If you own a stock as of the ex-div date and later sell it before the dividend is paid, you'll still get the dividend.

If the stock was purchased on or after the ex-dividend date (the first day the stock trades without the dividend), then you will not be entitled to receive this dividend payment.

The basis of the Australian dividend imputation system is that when Australian resident shareholders receive dividends from Rio Tinto Limited, they may be entitled to a credit for the tax paid by the company in respect of that income, depending on the tax status of the shareholder. The application of the system results in the tax paid by the Company being allocated to shareholders by way of imputation credits attaching to the dividends they receive.

It is anticipated that most of the total returns of the Orbis funds will be earned from capital appreciation on their investments rather than from dividends or other income. As a result, investors should expect that in most years, after deduction of a fund's expenses, the fund might not have any net income available for dividends.

Union Pacific pays quarterly dividends on its common stock on or about the first business day of January, April, July and October, when declared by the board of directors to shareholders of record approximately three weeks earlier. Our last quarterly declaration of dividends was $0.35 per share.

For DRI you use the Add Dividend button, and enter the number of DRI Shares and their cash value. The system will then automatically do a buy in your Portfolio and also work out the effective buy price per DRI share. From a TAX perspective a DRI is treated as if you have received the cash value and then went and bought more shares with the cash (with no Brokerage, GST & Stampduty).

Applied Materials declared a quarterly cash dividend since March, 2005. Please see Dividend page in the Applied Materials Investors section for a complete history of Applied Materials dividend. Currently, we are investigating and will determine a course of action regarding any dividend reinvestment program. Yes, please see Splits and Offerings in the Applied Materials Investors section for a complete history of Applied Materials stock splits.

Yes, if this is an earning divident and you held the undelying stock long enough. To ensure that the dividend qualified for a lower 5% or 15% tax rate, the IRS requires you to hold the stock for at least 60 consecutive days within a 121-day larger window, spanning 60 days before and after the ex-dividend date. Otherwise, the dividend is taxed as regular income.

Addax Petroleum has a policy of declaring quarterly cash dividends on the common shares. The payment and the amount of the dividends declared in any fiscal quarter will depend on the Company’s earnings, financial requirements and other conditions existing which Addax Petroleum’s Board of Directors may consider relevant at such time. Subject to these factors, Addax Petroleum intends to pay its quarterly dividend for the second quarter of 2007 on September 13th, 2007.

Friday, August 3, 2007 will be the last day to purchase in order to allow the required time for the trade to settle.

Through a direct credit by the AMC in your Saving's Bank Account mentioned in Investment Services Account opening form.