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Bought in December for dividends but might not receive them

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There's a change that long-time investors in Korean dividend stocks might easily miss. In the past, the rules were simple. If you were on the shareholder registry on the record date at the end of December, you'd receive dividends. The actual dividend amount was decided at the shareholders' meeting in March of the following year. This meant you had to buy first without knowing the dividend amount. In 2023, the Financial Services Commission reversed this order. The new method involves confirming the dividend amount first, and then setting the record date. They even changed the legal interpretation of the Commercial Act to pave the way. The issue lies in the execution rate. According to KDI data, only 23.8% of KOSPI-listed companies amended their articles of incorporation, and only about half of those actually implemented the new procedure. For KOSDAQ companies, 36.0% amended their articles, but only 9.5% actually implemented the new process. Consequently, the market currently has a mix of both methods. Some companies set the dividend amount in February-March and the record date in March-April, while others still use the end-of-December record date. This difference exists even within the same industry. The rule of buying in December for dividends now yields different answers depending on the stock. If you only heard the news about the system improvement and assumed everything had changed, you might miss the record date. Conversely, if you stick to the old method and buy in December, that company might have already shifted its record date to April. There's only one way to confirm: check the company's official disclosures directly. You can look up the dividend record date for each stock on Save-ro, and when a company sets its record date, a disclosure is issued. It's also helpful to check if the articles of incorporation include a clause allowing the board of directors to set the dividend record date. This overlaps with settlement cycles. To be on the shareholder registry by the record date, settlement must be complete. Domestic stock settlement takes 2 business days, including the transaction day. Buying on the record date itself is too late. In years with holidays, you need to account for several days earlier than you might think.
제도는 바뀌었는데 시장은 절반만 따라왔다 배당액을 먼저 정하고 기준일을 나중에 잡도록 길을 터줬지만, 실제로 그렇게 하는 회사는 소수다 코스피 정관 개정 코스닥 정관 개정 코스닥 실제 시행 근거 조항을 넣은 회사 근거 조항을 넣은 회사 실행까지 한 회사 23.8% 36.0% 9.5% 0% 40% 놓치기 쉬운 것: 코스피는 정관을 고친 23.8% 중에서도 실제 시행은 절반 수준이다. 출처: KDI 경제정보센터, 배당기준일 제도 변경 현황과 향후 과제
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