On July 27, 2020, Company X declared a dividend payable on September 10, 2020 to shareholders on record (declaration date). Company X also announced that shareholders who were on the company books on/before August 10, 2020 were entitled to the dividend (record date). The stock ex-dividend date is one business day before the record date. More @Wikipedia
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