Options for the drops are ex-dividend date, payment date, date of record, declaration date

(Terminology) Define each of the following dates and place them in their proper order with respect to the payment and receipt of cash dividends: date of record, ex-dividend date, declaration date, and payment date. The is the date upon which stock brokerage companies have uniformly decided to terminate the right of ownership to the dividend, the is the date upon which a dividend is formally declared by the board of directors, the is the date on which the company mails a dividend check to each investor of record, and the is the date at which the stock transfer books are to be closed for determining the investors to receive the next dividend payment. (Selct from the drop-down menus.) Which of the following shows the proper order of the dates during the dividend payment procedures? (Select the best choice below.) O A. Date of record, Declaration date, Payment date, Ex-dividend date B. Ex-dividend date, Payment date, Declaration date, Date of record O C. Payment date, Date of record, Ex-dividend date, Declaration date OD. Declaration date, Ex-dividend date, Date of record, Payment date