The ex-dividend date is three business days before the record date. Ex-dividend means without the dividend. The ex-dividend date convention assigns the dividend to the buyer or seller as follows: A buyer in a transaction that occurs before the ex-dividend date is entitled to receive the dividend and the seller is not; a seller in a transaction that occurs on or after the ex-dividend date is entitled to keep the dividend.

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That June-day, / Too deeply sunk in craterous sunsets now / For you or me to dig it up alive […]

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