The 'dividend holding date' is the date that you will be required to enter when declaring a Dividend.
The 'dividend holding date' refers to who the shareholders were on this date and how many shares were they holding. It is a snapshot of the shareholder register on that day.
Note: The holding date must be on or before the date the dividend is declared. It cannot be in the future.
In the example below, the dividend is declared on the 10th of January and will be payable to every shareholder who held shares on the 1st of January. They will receive their dividend on the 1st of February.
Note: Often the dividend holding date, the dividend payment date and dividend declared date are all the same.