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.
A security which no longer carries the right to the most recently declared dividend; or the period of time between the announcement of the dividend and the payment. A security becomes ex-dividend on the ex-dividend date (set by the NASD), which is usually two business days before the record date (set by the company issuing the dividend). For transactions during the ex-dividend period, the seller, not the buyer, will receive the dividend.