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special dividend

American  

noun

  1. a dividend paid to stockholders in addition to the regular dividend.


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Costco Wholesale is one, and she sees its ongoing strong comparable sales and the potential it will issue a special dividend supporting the shares near-term.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

BOQ flagged the capital return when selling its A$3.7 billion equipment finance book to Challenger, but didn’t specify whether it would pursue a special dividend or share buyback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Morgan Stanley views Bank of Queensland’s planned whole-of-loan sale, on-market buyback and special dividend as positive, analysts Richard Wiles and Sally Hong say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The new bid values BlueScope at about $11 billion, or 34 Australian dollars a share before payment of an interim and special dividend.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Immediately after this, the Union Pacific management, seeing no particular advantage in retaining an interest in the Baltimore and Ohio, gave the shares to its own stockholders in a special dividend.

From The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states by Moody, John

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