Fill in each blank with a dividend related date. Choose from the following: announcement, record, ex-dividend, payment.

1. The dividend payment procedure is often spread out over a number of weeks and follows a certain sequence. The date the board of directors meet and make public the firms intent to pay a dividend is the ___________ use it normally takes three business days after stock is sold to record the name and address of the new owner on the company official list, the two business day prior to the __________ date is known as the __________ date. Dividend payments are mailed to the shareholders about two weeks after the date, known as the __________ date.