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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for General Electric (NYSE: GE) is tomorrow, February 21, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 19 cents per share. At a price of $23.75 as of 9:31 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.3%.
ex-dividend date. Definition. The first day of the ex-dividend period. The ex-dividend date was created to allow all pending transactions to be completed before the record date. If an investor does not own the stock before the ex-dividend date, he or she will be ineligible for the dividend payout. Further, for all pending transactions that have not been completed by the ex-dividend date, the exchanges automatically reduce the price of the stock by the amount of the dividend.