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 record date is not the same as the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without the right to the dividend. Any day the stock exchanges are closed is not a business day for purposes of calculating ex-dividend dates.