what is proprietorship business? Proprietorship or sole proprietorship which is also known as sole trader, is a type of business entity owned and operated by one person. It is also like a individual giving business name for himself to perform business activities professionally.
Consider an example. Assume company Alpha has declared a dividend of $1 payable on May 1, 2015 to shareholders of record as of April 10, 2015. The record date is therefore April 10, 2015 and the ex-dividend date is two business days before the record date, or April 8, 2015.
For VOD ex dividend date is 6/6/07 but the record date is 8/6/07. A: You can ignore the record date to all intents and purposes it is irrelevant. The difference is that if you are on the shareholders' register on the record date you will get the dividend from the registrars.