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StocksMedium•23 October 2026•
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AI OKTO Announces Special $3.50-a-Share Distribution, With Cash or Stock Option

Key Facts

1AI OKTO announced a one-time special distribution of $3.50 per common share, payable in cash or company stock.
2The distribution is payable to shareholders of record on November 2, 2026, with payment expected on November 25 or around that date.
3The distribution’s value exceeds 25% of the stock’s current trading price, and the shares will trade with due bills.
4AIOK shares closed at $4.25 on October 22, 2026.
5Vessel revenue was $4,205,437 in the first half of 2026, compared with $7,528,174 in the corresponding period of 2025.

AI OKTO’s board on October 23 announced a one-time special distribution of $3.50 per common share, with shareholders able to choose cash or company stock, according to a statement the company published via GlobeNewswire. The distribution is payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 2, 2026, with payment expected on November 25 or around that date. The company said the distribution’s value exceeds 25% of the stock’s current trading price. Nasdaq consequently informed the company that the shares would trade with due bills. The measure puts the record and payment dates, and the method of settling the distribution, at the center of the announcement for shareholders.

Due bills apply to large distributions, and Nasdaq rules set the ex-distribution trading date for a cash distribution worth 25% or more of a security’s value as the first business day after the payment date. According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, special rules apply to distributions that reach or exceed this threshold. During the due-bill period, the seller is obligated to deliver the distribution to the buyer. As a result, determining who receives the distribution does not end with the record date alone, since settlement is also linked to the period when the stock trades with due bills. These rules apply in the context of the company’s announcement that the distribution’s value exceeds a quarter of the stock’s current trading price.

The company is allowing shareholders to receive the amount in cash or as common shares, according to the statement. AI OKTO described itself as an international ship-owning company providing energy transportation services worldwide. This overview provides context on the company’s business, which is tied to the shipping and energy sectors, while the current announcement concerns a one-time special distribution. The statement did not specify, among the details provided here, any additional terms for choosing between cash and shares. Eligible shareholders will need to track the dates announced by the company, starting with the November 2 record date and ending with the payment date expected on November 25 or around that date.

AIOK shares closed at $4.25 on October 22, 2026, according to EL7 data. Daily closes were $4.20 on October 16 and $3.98 on October 19, before reaching $4.93 on October 20 and $4.84 on October 21. The close then fell to $4.25 on October 22. The announced distribution is $3.50 per share, while closing-price data alone do not include the stock’s session high or low. These prices show the stock’s trading context before the October 23 announcement, without establishing that the daily move was a response to the announcement.

Preliminary financial data for the business that became AI OKTO show divergent trends in revenue, net income and operating cash flow in the first half of 2026. Vessel revenue was $4,205,437 for the six months ended June 30, compared with $7,528,174 in the corresponding period of 2025. Net income, by contrast, rose to $187,798 from $70,734. Net cash from operating activities fell to $981,393, compared with $2,301,846 in the first half of 2025. These comparisons provide financial context for the company ahead of the distribution announcement, with the indicators moving in different directions across revenue, income and cash flow.

In a disclosure concerning the company’s separation, AI OKTO said approximately $18.7 million in amounts due from the parent company was outstanding as of October 8, 2026, and that it received $17.9 million of that amount on that day. It expected to collect the remaining balance by the end of the fourth quarter of 2026. The company also said lenders released two subsidiaries from credit facility obligations and released related guarantees on September 9. The company said it no longer had access to the facility and had no outstanding debt thereafter. These disclosures add details on receivables and financing to the company’s background, while the October 23 statement set out the distribution’s terms and timing for shareholders.