On 12/29/14, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.'s 6.45% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.4031, payable on 1/15/15. As a percentage of ARE.PRE's recent share price of $25.70, this dividend works out to approximately 1.57%, so look for shares of ARE.PRE to trade 1.57% lower - all else being equal - when ARE.PRE shares open for trading on 12/29/14.