If you can't attend, you can vote by proxy with the cards included in the meeting announcement. If you don't receive your dividend check within three days of the payable date, you should contact your transfer agent for a replacement. If your dividend check is missing, contact the transfer agent immediately. After you authorize a stop payment order against the original check, the transfer agent will issue a replacement. Obviously, the original check is no longer valid.
Many companies offer direct deposit of dividends to the shareholder's bank account.
Dividend Reinvestment Plans offer shareholders a convenient and simple method for buying more shares with minimal service fees. Typically, you reinvest all or part of your cash dividends, and you may have the option of making additional purchases by check or automatic withdrawal from your bank account. Participants receive periodic statements of account for tracking share transactions and a ccount balances.