Shenandoah Telecom Declares Special Dividend On Closing Wireless Asset Sale

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co’s SHEN board declared a special dividend of $18.75 per share, leading to the total shareholder payout of $936.6 million.
The special dividend is payable on Aug. 2 to shareholders of record on Jul. 13. The ex-dividend date will be Aug. 3.
Shenandoah expects $19.6 million of the special dividend to be reinvested in shares under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The reinvested dividends will help to purchase shares.
Shenandoah recently divested its Wireless assets and operations to T-Mobile US Inc TMUS for $1.94 billion. It repaid debt worth $684 million with the sales proceeds. The sale marked the company’s transition from mobile wireless services provider to mobile wireless services via cable, fiber, and fixed wireless broadband networks.
Price action: SHEN shares traded higher by 11.80% at $54.97 in the premarket session on the last check Friday.