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 ex-dividend date is the date after the dividend has been paid and processed and any new buyers would be eligible for future dividends.) For certain preferred stock, the security must be held for 91 days out of the 181-day period, beginning 90 days before the ex-dividend date.