DIVIDENDS (ex dividend dates)

The article lists upcoming ex-dividend items grouped by day. Entries include: TODAY — Billabong ord (18, 50 per cent franked), BlueScope Steel ord (5, 100 per cent franked), Macq Radio ord (4, 100 per cent franked), Macarthur Coal ord (17, 100 per cent franked), Primary Health Care ord (10, 100 per cent franked), REA ord (16, 100 per cent franked), Webjet ord (5.5, 100 per cent franked). TOMORROW — The Reject Shop ord (28, 100 per cent franked). FRIDAY — Cabcharge Aust ord (17, 100 per cent franked), Gunns Forests (172.43, 100 per cent franked), Prime Infr stapled sec (7.5, unfranked), Prime Media ord (1.4, 100 per cent franked), Transpacific SPS non-cum set-up pref (287, 100 per cent franked).

The article groups ex-dividend items by timing headings (TODAY, TOMORROW, FRIDAY), showing which companies are going ex-dividend within those time buckets rather than listing specific calendar dates.

Companies shown as 100 per cent franked in the article include BlueScope Steel, Macq Radio, Macarthur Coal, Primary Health Care, REA, Webjet, The Reject Shop, Cabcharge Aust, Gunns Forests, Prime Media and Transpacific SPS.

Billabong is listed as 50 per cent franked, and Prime Infr stapled sec is listed as unfranked in the article.

The article uses shorthand in entries such as 'ord' (ordinary), 'stapled sec' (stapled security) and 'non-cum set-up pref' (a non-cumulative preference-style security) to indicate the type of security tied to each dividend listing.

Gunns Forests is the largest single amount shown in the list, at 172.43 and noted as 100 per cent franked.

No. The content presents companies, dividend amounts and franking percentages grouped by TODAY/TOMORROW/FRIDAY, but it does not provide specific record dates or payment dates.

Everyday investors can use the list to quickly see which companies are going ex-dividend, the headline dividend amounts shown and the franking status (for example 100 per cent franked or unfranked). The article’s grouping by TODAY/TOMORROW/FRIDAY makes it easy to spot near-term ex-dividend events and the security types involved.