Ex-date

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Record dateThe date on which a company looks at its register and decides who gets the bonus, dividend, rights or split — you must be holding the shares in your demat account at the end of that day.