# AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (ARB) — Dividends

ARB · NYSE · Fund

Canonical page: https://www.lighthorse.io/tickers/arb/dividends

## Dividend summary

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Frequency | annual |
| Trailing 12 months | $0.13 |
| Forward yield | 0.42% |
| Growth streak | — |

AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF pays distributions once a year at most. Its most recent distribution was $0.13 per share, with an [ex-date](/instructions/learning/ex-dividend-date) of December 18, 2025 and a pay date of December 19, 2025. That payment is also the fund's trailing-twelve-month total, a [yield](/instructions/learning/dividend-yield) of 0.42% at a share price of $30.01.

The record is irregular. The table lists four distributions, in December 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025. No distribution is listed for 2021 or 2023. Every one of them went ex-distribution in mid-December, with payment one to four days later.

The amounts have varied widely. The fund paid $0.73 per share in 2020 and $1.08 in 2022, the largest in the table. The 2024 distribution was $0.31, and the 2025 one was $0.13, about 58% less than a year earlier and the smallest shown. Because some years had no distribution at all, the source lists no growth streak, and the table does not show a steady pattern in the size of the payments. If a distribution is made in 2026 and the December timing holds, it would go ex-distribution in mid-December and be paid within a few days.

## Payment history

| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.13 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Dec 19, 2022 | $1.08 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | $0.73 |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Does AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF (ARB) pay a distribution?

Yes. AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF pays a annual distribution; the most recent payment was $0.13 per share.

### What is ARB's distribution yield?

AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF paid $0.13 per share over the trailing twelve months, a yield of 0.42% at the last price of $30.07. [Click here to learn more](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/dividend-yield)

### When is ARB's most recent ex-distribution date?

AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF's most recent ex-distribution date is Dec 18, 2025, payable on Dec 19, 2025.

### What is the difference between ex and payment dates?

An ex-date is the cutoff day for ownership, the payment date is when the distribution actually happens. [Click here to learn more](https://www.lighthorse.io/instructions/learning/ex-dividend-date)

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Dividend amounts and dates are supplied by third parties and may be revised. Declaring, raising, cutting or suspending a dividend is entirely at the issuer’s discretion, and scheduled dates are estimates until declared. A past record of payments does not mean future payments will be made. Nothing here suggests trading around a distribution.

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