Albertsons announced today that the payment date for its previously specified $6.85 per common share special dividend, originally scheduled to be paid November 7, 2022, will be paid tomorrow, January 20, to stockholders.
The payment follows the discontinuation of a temporary restraining order by Washington’s Supreme Court, which had previously prevented the dividend from being paid out.
The payment totals $4 billion and occurs ahead of a proposed merger with Kroger, which is still under review.
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