The date on which a corporation uses its list of stockholders to mail a dividend check. It is usually two days after the ex-dividend date. Also called record date.
Ex-rights refers to the period in which a stock is trading without the value of its newly issued rights attached. This typically happens after the record date for the rights issue, when new shares are offered to existing shareholders.
A holder of record is the owner of a company's securities as recorded on the books of the issuing company or its transfer agent as of a particular date.
The record date, also known as the date of record, is a critical date set by a company upon which shareholders must be on the corporation's books in order to receive the benefits of a corporate action, such as a dividend payout or stock split.
A common or preferred stockholder whose name is registered on the books of a corporation as owning shares as of a particular date. Dividends and other distributions are made only to shareholders of record.
