Data & methodology

Source. Every record on ExDate comes from corporate action disclosures published by the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). The database currently holds 7,986 dividend events across 1,446 companies, covering 2021-01-05 to 2026-07-08, last updated 2026-07-09.

What counts as a payout here. We include equity dividend announcements (NSE's EQ series) and trust distributions — REITs are the RR series (Embassy, Mindspace, Brookfield, Nexus, Knowledge Realty), InvITs are the IV series. Government-security interest payments and non-payout corporate actions (AGMs, bonus issues, rights, splits) are excluded.

How trust distributions are counted. A REIT or InvIT distribution is a single payout bundling components taxed differently: interest, dividend, return of capital and sometimes other income. Counting each component as a separate dividend would multiply the same rupee two or three times, so we record the total per unit — using the total NSE states in the announcement where it gives one, otherwise summing the components. Each row on a trust's page shows the component split beneath the payout type. Where NSE's rounded headline differs slightly from the components (three cases in the current data), we keep NSE's stated total.

Why some dividends say "Final" when NSE doesn't. NSE rarely uses the word "final" in its disclosures — a final dividend usually appears simply as "Dividend", often alongside the AGM notice. ExDate classifies any dividend that isn't marked interim or special as Final. Interim and special labels are taken directly from the disclosure text.

Amounts. The per-share amount is parsed from NSE's disclosure text (for example, "Interim Dividend - Rs 5 Per Share"). When one disclosure carries two payouts — a regular plus a special dividend — we record them as two events. In the rare case an amount can't be parsed, we show "—" rather than guess; the original disclosure text is always preserved.

Payment dates. NSE's corporate action file does not include payment dates. Under SEBI norms, payment must follow within 30 days of declaration, so as a rule of thumb the money lands within a month of the record date. We don't display estimated payment dates as if they were facts.

Yields. A dividend yield needs a share price, which this dataset doesn't carry. Rather than show stale or wrong yields, company pages show per-share amounts and trailing-12-month totals; use the yield-on-cost calculator with your own purchase price.

Updates. New NSE data is imported regularly; the "Updated" date in the footer is exact. Ex-dates occasionally get revised by companies after announcement — always verify with the exchange before acting on a date.

Corrections. Spotted an error? It matters to us — accuracy is the whole product. Reach out and we'll trace it back to the disclosure.

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