A quarterly dividend of $0.5 per share will be paid with a record date of September 22, 2023, and an ex-dividend date of September 12, 2023. The last dividend of $16 was paid on November 22, 2006. The ex-dividend date is usually set several business days before the record date. If a stock is purchased on its ex-dividend date or after, the next dividend payment will not be received. Instead, the dividends are repossessed by to the seller. If the stocks are purchased before the ex-dividend date, the buyer will receive the dividends.