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1.
"Old stock," or stock that already exists, is issued to DRIP owners _______.
At market price. No discount is applied.
2.
With a dividend reinvestment plan, the shares you purchase can be new, or they can be already-existing shares. If they are already existing, how do they get to you?
A trustee outside the company buys them on the market. After doing this, the trustee hands them to the company, which issues them to you.
3.
In most cases, before you can participate in a dividend reinvestment plan, you must purchase your original shares _________.
From a broker. Most, but not all, companies require this.
4.
Dividend reinvestment plans benefit only employees of companies that have these plans.
False. Dividend reinvestment plans benefit corporations and individuals who take advantage of them.
5.
What is a dividend reinvestment plan?
A plan through which a shareholder can reinvest dividends in additional shares of stock. These shares are bought from the company.