Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - D
Dividends Per Share - Extra - Declaration Date - First, Second, Third and Fourth
Quarter
Stock Data, Annual Items; Fields 05935, 05936, 05937, 05938, respectively
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - EXTRA - DECLARATION DATE - FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH
QUARTER represent the updating source and source date for extra dividends declared by the company.
Data for these fields is generally not available prior to 1992. This item is also available at the security level for
1992 and subsequent years.
Refer to the definition of DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - DECLARATION DATE - FIRST SECOND, THIRD
AND FOURTH QUARTER for a list of source codes and sources.
Dividends Per Share - Extra - Ex-Dividend Date - First, Second, Third and Fourth
Quarter
Stock Data, Annual Items; Fields 05947, 05948, 05949, 05950, respectively
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - EXTRA - EX-DIVIDEND DATE - FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH
QUARTER represent the date on or after which a buyer will no longer be entitled to the extra dividend
declared on a share.
Data for these fields is generally not available prior to 1992. This item is also available at the security level for
1992 and subsequent years.
Dividends Per Share - Extra - Payable Date - First, Second, Third and Fourth Quarter
Stock Data, Annual Items; Fields 05953, 05954, 05955, 05956, respectively
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - EXTRA - PAYABLE DATE - FIRST, SECOND THIRD AND FOURTH
QUARTER represent the date the declared extra dividend is scheduled to be paid.
Data for these fields is generally not available prior to 1992. This item is also available at the security level for
1992 and subsequent years.
Dividends Per Share - Extra - Record Date - First, Second, Third and Fourth Quarter
Stock Data, Annual Items; Fields 05941, 05942, 05943, 05944, respectively
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - EXTRA - RECORD DATE - FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH
QUARTER represent the date on which a stockholder must officially own the shares in order to be entitled
to the extra dividend.
Data for these fields is generally not available prior to 1992. This item is also available at the security level for
1992 and subsequent years.
Dividends Per Share - First, Second, Third and Fourth Quarter
Stock Data, Annual Items; Fields 05121, 05122, 05123, 05124, respectively
All Industries:
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER represent dividends per
share declared in each of the respective four quarters during the year.
Interim periods are determined on a calendar basis for U.S. corporations and on a fiscal basis for non-
U.S. corporations.
For companies with more than one type of common/ordinary share, dividends per share is shown for the
share type identified in field 6005 - Type of Share.
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