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CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 18 Dividends and Dividend Policy I. DEFINITIONS DIVIDENDS a 1. Payments made out of a firm’s earnings to its owners in the form of cash or stock are called: a. dividends. b. distributions. c. share repurchases. d. payments-in-kind. e. stock splits. DISTRIBUTIONS b 2. Payments made by a firm to its owners from sources other than current or accumulated earnings are called: a. dividends. b. distributions. c. share repurchases. d. payments-in-kind. e. stock splits. REGULAR CASH DIVIDENDS c 3. A cash payment made by a firm to its owners in the normal course of business is called a: a. share repurchase. b. liquidating dividend. c. regular cash dividend. d. special dividend. e. extra cash dividend. SPECIAL DIVIDENDS d 4. A cash payment made by a firm to its owners as a result of a one-time event is called a: a. share repurchase. b. liquidating dividend. c. regular cash dividend. d. special dividend. e. extra cash dividend. LIQUIDATING DIVIDENDS a 5. A cash payment made by a firm to its owners when some of the firm’s assets are sold off is called a: a. liquidating dividend. b. regular cash dividend. c. special dividend. d. extra cash dividend. e. share repurchase. DECLARATION DATE e 6. The date on which the board of directors passes a resolution authorizing payment of a dividend to the shareholders is the _____ date. a. ex-rights b. ex-dividend c. record d. payment e. declaration EX-DIVIDEND DATE b 7. The date before which a new purchaser of stock is entitled to receive a declared dividend, but on or after which she does not receive the dividend, is called the _____ date. a. ex-rights b. ex-dividend c. record d. payment e. declaration DATE OF RECORD c 8. The date by which a stockholder must be registered on the firm’s roll as having share ownership in order to receive a declared dividend is called the: a. ex-rights date. b. ex-dividend date. c. date of record. d. date of payment. e. declaration date. DAT