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Summarise a Dividend Reinvestment Plan Statement
You are in a dividend reinvestment plan and the statement showing recent activity reads like a riddle. This sets out the dividends you were due, how many new shares they bought and at what price, and what your position looks like now. Good for anyone running a DRIP who wants to know whether it is quietly working as intended.
<context> You participate in a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) and have received a statement showing recent activity. You want to understand exactly what has happened to your dividends and how it affects your position. </context> <task> **Summarise the DRIP statement in plain language:** 1. Dividends received: the total cash dividends declared and the amount you were entitled to 2. Shares acquired: how many new shares were purchased, at what price, and on what date 3. Updated holding: your total holding before and after the reinvestment 4. Cost basis implications: how the new shares affect your average cost per share for tax purposes 5. Cumulative reinvestment value: the total additional shares acquired through reinvestment over the history of your participation </task> <output_format> - Five clearly labelled sections in plain English - A running total table: period, dividend, shares acquired, total holding </output_format>
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