IPSU ex-dividend on 12/21 (11%, special)
Imperial Sugar will pay a special dividend of $3.00 on January 5 to holders as of Thursday, December 21. That’s 10.9% of the share price of $27.480. Like many commodities, Sugar seems to be a good business those days: gross-profit margin sweetened to 15.5 percent in the latest quarter from 4.7 percent last year, in spite of rising energy cost and raw cane. This rise alone will more than pay for the special dividend.

December 18th, 2006 at 8:19 am
the date to be a shareholder is dec 26 not 21 according to what i read thanks
December 18th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Yahoo Finance has the ex-dividend date as Dec 21 which may account for the confusion. To be safe, one might want to buy on the 21st before holiday weekend?
December 20th, 2006 at 7:56 am
Buy today if you’re going to, although the stock has gone up about 8% past two days. Remember ex-divi and date to be a shareholder are two different animals, and the difference is market days which causes a confusion over a holiday weekend.
December 20th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Yes, the stock has surged significantly since the official announcement (12/12 - I believe). According to AP, the dividend is to be paid to holders as of the 26th rather than the 21st (as Bruce stated initially).
December 20th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Jump is mostly due to their stellar Q4 results. Ex-div date is 12/21 as posted.
December 21st, 2006 at 7:26 am
I just confirmed with the company that it went ex today (12/21)