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.

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.

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.

Depending on the number of shares that you have, you will either receive a whole amount of shares via American Stock Transfer & Trust, the company’s transfer agent, or a whole amount of shares plus a check representing the sale of any fractional share. A credit for your additional stock dividend share(s) will be posted to your dividend reinvestment account. The account statement will confirm that the stock split shares were credited to your account.

The dividend is the amount that directors of a company propose to pay out of the profits to its shareholders. Dividends can be thought of as the income that shareholders receive from their investment. Dividends are quoted on a per share basis.

Dividends are what members receive from the surplus of the Credit Union. This is paid on the members’ shares once per year.

Rio Tinto pays dividends twice a year, as an 'interim' dividend and a 'final dividend'. When the financial results for the half year and full year are announced, the level of dividend to be paid to shareholders is also announced. The dividend is usually paid in April and September and is paid to everyone who holds shares on the 'record date'.

Any dividends earned on your shares shall be paid to your cash account. To aid with your tax responsibilities we will retain all tax vouchers on your behalf and a composite tax voucher will be forwarded to you following the end of the tax year. Alternatively, you can have your dividends paid to your bank account by BACS or automatically reinvested into the highest value stock in your portfolio. Please contact the customer services team on 0800 SHARES (0800 742 737) for further information.

Kindly head to Misr for Clearing, Settlement, and Central Depository Company at 70, El Gomhoria Street, second floor, downtown.

Dividends received by the fund will be re-invested in the scheme. However, the fund may also decide to re-distribute dividends to the investors.