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Old 09-21-2015, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MPM IV View Post
Hey gentlemen, I received my 1st dividend from Shell today, which was nice to see, but I'm a little confused. I bought RDS.B, and when I looked today I now own a few shares of RDS.A. I'm just curious if anyone knows why that is or what effect it might have, if any. Thanks in advance.


Good question --- I couldn't find an answer. A and B both pay the exact same dividend (.94 a quarter)... and the two shares mirror each other. Sometimes A shares are voting and B shares are Non Voting.... but I wasn't going to spend the time to research it.
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