Each year the directors have to decide how much to recommend, if any, of its profits to be reinvested in Northern Rock plc and how much, if any, will be paid out to its shareholders. Once they have decided to recommend what proportion, if any, of the profits will go to shareholders, the amount is divided equally by the number of company shares in issue, to give a dividend per share figure.

It is the policy of the Manager to distribute 100% of the distributable income. The first distribution will include the distribution for the period from Listing Date to 31 December 2005 and the first six months of 2006, total distribution per unit of HK$0.0808.

It will automatically be transferred to the account registered as the shareholder's securities account. Questions and changes regarding the shareholder's securities account must be addressed to the account manager.

To obtain your total number of miles earned to date, visit usairways.com. If you have specific questions about mileage earned using your US Airways Visa Business Card, call Bank of America Commercial Card Services at 1.888.449.2273. The miles shown on the US Airways Visa Business Card statement are the miles earned for that month's billing cycle for purchases made to your US Airways Visa Business Card.

VIA's general dividend policy is to allocate a portion of the distributable year's unappropriated earnings to shareholders as dividends. In general, a portion of the dividends will be distributed in the form of cash, and some in the form of stock dividend. Stock dividend shall be no more than 50% of shares distributed.

you may know, Welsh Water is a single purpose company, run exclusively for the benefit of customers like you. We have no shareholders. Our energy and efforts go into giving you a reliable service and value for money. Because we have no shareholders, any profit we make is reinvested back into the business. So instead of paying dividends to shareholders, we pay a dividend to you and deduct it from your bill.

We determine the dividend per share after considering numerous factors including our consolidated business results, financial circumstances, and demand for capital. We are committed to distributing a stable dividend to our shareholders, and our provisional target dividend rate for consolidated shareholders' equity is 2.0%.

The next dividend will be paid out on the first working day after the next scheduled Annual General Meeting, Wednesday, July 27, 2007.

The dividend will be based on the prevailing Bank interests rates and on the investment income of the Fund. The dividends will be decided by the delegates i.e. your elected representatives.

Dividend is paid to the shareholders included in the register of shareholders as of the record date (when the list of shareholders entitled to participate in the AGM on which the decision on dividend payment to be taken is composed).

Dividend charges or credits are very similar to interest charges, because they are used to ensure that CFDs mirror the value of their underlying stocks. If a trader holds a long CFD on a stock during a dividend payment period, they will receive payment for that dividend on the ex-dividend date, from the brokerage company. If a trader holds a short position on a stock, they will be charged for the dividend on the ex-dividend date.

During the registration process, you will be required to select how you want to receive dividends - either in cash or where appropriate, as shares (scrip/stock dividends). The latter option means you are effectively being offered shares of the equivalent dividend value in the same stock. We will add these to your existing holding.

Yes, a Dividend Re-investment Plan is operated by Capita Registrars. You can request an Application pack by telephoning 0870 162 3181, or if calling from overseas +(44) 20 8639 3404, alternatively you may email shares@capitaregistrars.com.

You must hold the stock on the ex-dividend date to be entitled to its cash dividend. You can sell the stock during that day, but you must own it at market opening to be elligeable to receive its dividend. In smartdividend.com, the Ex-Dividend date is always in the blue title of each entry, and in the black text is referred to as: "to holders as of date." More info.

It depends on what kind of dividend this is. Earning dividends are reported as part of your income and are taxed at either your normal tax rate or the lower qualified dividend tax rate, depending on how long you held the shares. Interest Dividends are always taxed as regular income, and do not qualify to the lower dividend tax rate. Return of capital dividends are taxed as a capital gain at the time you sell.