TOPT ex-dividend on 3/28 ($5.00)
The oil shipper will pay a special dividend of $5 to holders as of Tuesday, March 28. The payment date is unclear. The Company expects to declare an additional special dividend in the amount of $2.50. The declaration of that dividend is expected to be announced towards the end of March 2006.

March 19th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
It appears you have until March 21 to buy this. According to the company’s website www.toptankers.com:
Statement by TOP Tankers
ATHENS, Greece, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TOP Tankers Inc (Nasdaq: TOPT) announced today that the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD(R)) has set the date of March 28, 2006 as the Ex-dividend date for the Company’s recently announced special dividend of $5.00 per share payable on March 27, 2006, to shareholders of record as of March 22, 2006.
March 20th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
Dear Sir, I am working with TOP Tankers Incorporated, and I am please to confirm that the Ex-Dividend date for US shareholders is March 28, 2006.
Respectfully,
Dimitri.