Dividends Service 101: Introduction to Dividends

• Key components of DTC's Dividends Service
• Benefits of DTC's Dividends Service
• Products available in DTC's Dividends Service
• Key functionality within each of the Dividends Service products
• Purpose of the Dividends Service products

• Why it is necessary to monitor your transactions
• Types of inquiries available within DTC's Dividends Service
• PTS and PBS announcement functions
• Viewing new announcements
• Viewing additions and changes to announcements
• Viewing the Books Closing report using
• Viewing corporate and equity issues carrying due bills

• PTS functions and PBS applications used to manage allocations
• Viewing dividend payment details
• Viewing payment summaries
• Viewing activity balances

• Interim accounting
• Viewing adjustments in PTS and PBS
• Viewing cash/stock adjustments
• Viewing CMO adjustments
• Entering a stock loan adjustment

• PTS and PBS inquiry functions
• Sending an inquiry
• Viewing your security positions
• Tracking a dividend payment
• Determining the cause of a debit to your account

• Purpose of the Elective Dividends System (EDS)
• Optional dividend elections
• Foreign currency payment elections
• Dividend reinvestement elections

• Products and services of Global Tax Services
• Using TAXI
• Using EDS
• Using U.S. Withholding Service

• Purpose of the Domestic Tax Reporting Service (DTAX)
• Navigating DTAX
• Working in DTAX