SWS ex-dividend on 6/13 (5%, special)
SWS Group, a financial holding company, will pay a special dividend of $1.08 on July 2 to holders as of Wednesday, June 13. That’s 4.7% of the share price of $22.740. $1 of this is a special dividend. As it happens, SWS already paid a $1 cash exactly one year before. In both cases, SWS cited upcoming tax changes as the reason for paying a special dividend. More likely, SWS is trying to support its stock following a disappointing Q1.

June 4th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Where the June 13th X-date comes from, the company announcement seem to have record and payment dates but not the X-date?