A corporation declares a cash dividend on Friday, December 5th, payable to holders of record on Friday, December 19th. The local newspaper publishes the announcement on Monday, December 8th, while Standard and Poor's reports the dividend on Friday, December 12th. The ex date for regular way trades will be set at:

Thursday December 18

Explanation:

The ex date for regular way trades will be set at Thursday December 18. The ex date for regular way trades is typically set a day before the record date.

In this case, we are told that the corporation declares a cash dividend on Friday, December 5th, which was payable to the holders of record on Friday, December 19th.

Since the record date is the question is Friday, December 19th, then the ex date for the regular way trades will be set at Thursday December 18 which is a day before the 19th.

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