The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend. It is important that your broker settles your trade before the ex-dividend date.
Here is the table of stocks with Ex-Dividend Date on 2012-04-18:
| Symbol | Company | Yield | Last | Dividend | Ex Date | Pay Date |
| AWK | American Water Works Company | 2.78% | 33.07 | 0.23 | 4/18 | 6/1 |
| AZZ | AZZ Inc | 2.12% | 47.2 | 0.25 | 4/18 | 5/4 |
| BUSE | First Busey Corp | 3.51% | 4.56 | 0.04 | 4/18 | 4/27 |
| CBRL | Cracker Barrel | 1.82% | 54.8 | 0.25 | 4/18 | 5/7 |
| CMTL | Comtech Telecommunications | 3.41% | 32.26 | 0.28 | 4/18 | 5/22 |
| HLM- | Hillman Group Capital Trust Tr Pfd Secs 11.60% | 9.47% | 30.61 | 0.24 | 4/18 | 4/30 |
| IEX | Idex Corp | 2.00% | 39.94 | 0.20 | 4/18 | 4/30 |
| KED | Kayne Anderson Energy Development Co | 6.51% | 23.96 | 0.39 | 4/18 | 4/26 |
| LTC | LTC Properties | 5.66% | 31.09 | 0.15 | 4/18 | 4/30 |
| MAIN | Main Street Capital Corp | 7.16% | 23.48 | 0.14 | 4/18 | 5/15 |
| MTT | Western Asset Municipal Term Trust Inc. | 4.40% | 22.93 | 0.08 | 4/18 | 4/27 |
| PKI | PerkinElmer, Inc. | 1.08% | 25.99 | 0.07 | 4/18 | 5/11 |
| PPW- | Pacificorp 5.00% pfd | 5.10% | 97.98 | 1.25 | 4/18 | 5/15 |
| REXI | Resource America | 1.88% | 6.39 | 0.03 | 4/18 | 4/30 |
| RRD | RR Donnelley | 9.07% | 11.47 | 0.26 | 4/18 | 6/1 |
| SNN | Smith & Nephew PLC | 1.62% | 48.17 | 0.52 | 4/18 | 5/9 |
| TK | Teekay Corp | 3.72% | 34 | 0.32 | 4/18 | 4/30 |
| UBP-C | Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc Sr Pfd Stk Ser C % | 8.13% | 104.5 | 2.13 | 4/18 | 4/30 |
| UBP-D | Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc 7.5% Sr Pfd Stk Ser D | 7.10% | 26.4 | 0.47 | 4/18 | 4/30 |
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| Average | | 4.55% | | | | |
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AWK,AZZ,BUSE,CBRL,CMTL,HLM,IEX,KED,LTC,MAIN,MTT,PKI,PPW,REXI,RRD,SNN,TK,UBP.C,UBP.D
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