Dividends and Corporate Actions

Corporate actions change what a position is worth and how a price series should be read. ORTEX puts every one of them on a single timeline per stock: dividends, splits and reverse splits, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, buyback programs, index changes and lock-up expiries, including those announced but not yet effective.

At a glance

• 438,000 dividends in the last 12 months, by listing
• 52,000 companies paying a dividend in the last 12 months
• 7.8m dividend records on file
• 7 event types on one timeline

63,000+ other corporate events captured in the last 12 months alongside 438,000 dividends: 30,800 buyback announcements and updates, 20,400 deal events, 6,300 splits and 5,600 lock-up expiries.

ORTEX corporate events archive, November 2026.

What you can do with it

• Operations. Keep positions and price series correct through every event.
• Event trading. Reverse splits, lock-ups and index changes as tradable events.
• Income. Dividend history, forward payments and yield.

Every event, one timeline

Historical and announced corporate actions, in one place, for every stock.

• Dividends. Announcement, ex, record and pay dates, gross and net amounts, currency, frequency and type, including announced future payments.
• Splits and reverse splits. Ratio, direction and every key date, as soon as they are announced.
• Mergers and acquisitions. Deals involving the company as target or acquirer.
• Spin-offs. Separations and the listings they create, so series and positions stay correct.
• Buyback programs. Announced programs on the timeline, with executed spend in the buyback dataset.
• Index changes and lock-ups. Index additions and deletions, and IPO lock-up expiries.

Facts

Why ORTEX

One filterable timeline per stock, rather than a separate feed for every event type.

Documents and API

• Download the brochure (PDF)
• Dividends and Corporate Actions on public.ortex.com
• The full ORTEX data catalog (PDF)
• Enterprise API reference: Dividends, Dividend forecast, Corporate actions

Coverage, history and figures are as at November 2026. Provided for information purposes only; not investment advice, a personal recommendation, or an offer to buy or sell any security. Past performance is not a guide to future results. Trial access, pricing and licensing: [email protected].