This e-mail will contain "Ex: mm/dd Last: $$.$$" in the "Subject" line. It will contain "(frequency) Dividend $.$$" in the body.

Ex: mm/dd – Ex-dividend date established by the paying company; a person must complete a trade purchasing this paying company’s stock BEFORE this date to receive the cash dividend

Last: $$.$$ - The most recent price per share

(frequency) Dividend $.$$ - Quarterly, Special, or Liquidating frequency cash dividend amount

Some subscribers have expressed concerns about the "short" period between the date of a TPD E-mail Notify and the paying company’s ex-dividend date. The paying company establishes the ex-dividend date when it makes the dividend announcement. TPD has no control over what the paying company decides for the ex-dividend date. There are no legal requirements for a paying company regarding the period between the dividend announcement date and the ex-dividend date. TPD sends an E-mail Notify to its subscribers within 24-48 hours of the dividend announcement date. Recently a paying company announced a dividend on Thursday, October 23, 2003 and the ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 30, 2003 giving a TPD subscriber only four (4) business days to complete a purchase.

There have been incidents where scammers have sent "fake" e-mails purporting to be from TPD. These contained stock symbols of securities where there was an attempt to manipulate that stock’s market price.