2 people die in this world every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year! It's adds up to 85,000,000 people a year.
They are the record date or date of record and the ex-dividend date or ex-date.. When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend.hey are the record date or date of record and the ex-dividend date or ex-date.. When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend.
The holders of record then receive the dividend on the date of payment. The stock will trade ex-dividend two business days before that date, meaning anyone buying the stock will not get the pending dividend. Instead, the seller receives the dividend because they owned the stock on the date of record.