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On and after the ex-dividend date, a buyer of the share

Agets a double dividend
Bgets the dividend
Cmisses the dividend
Dgets extra shares
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. misses the dividend
From the ex-dividend date shares trade without the right to the most recently declared dividend, so the buyer misses it.
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