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.
If you follow this correctly then you will receive your dividends on the 'Date Payable' date (02/07/08) Ok, so now you know all about dividends, the ex-dividend dates, you might be thinking, what if I buy the shares before the ex-dividend date, keep it till the Record Date and then sell the shares.