A monthly cash payment is on its way to WIW shareholders. The fund declared the amount at USD 0.0625 per share, with payment scheduled for September 30, 2026. To receive it, investors must own shares before September 23, the ex-dividend date: the cutoff beyond which purchasing WIW shares no longer entitles the buyer to this particular distribution.
The phrase works the way it sounds. "Ex" means without, so from September 23 onward, WIW shares trade without any claim to the September 30 payment. Anyone who holds shares before that date is in line for the distribution. Anyone who buys on or after September 23 is not.
WIW set the record date on September 23 as well. Where the ex-dividend date governs market participants, the record date governs the fund's own books. On September 23, WIW reviews its official shareholder registry and records which accounts are eligible for the September 30 payment. The two dates landing on the same day is common. They address the same question from two directions.
Settlement is the reason both dates exist at all. Buying a stock does not transfer ownership immediately. Transactions take time to officially register to a new owner. The ex-dividend date accounts for that lag: investors who purchase shares before September 23 have their trades settle in time to appear as shareholders of record when WIW reviews the registry.
WIW has declared this payment on a monthly schedule. Quarterly dividends, arriving four times per year, are more common across the fund industry. Monthly distributions arrive twelve times per year. For investors whose income relies on regular dividend payments, that cadence can matter as much as the per-share figure.
The payment: USD 0.0625 per share, going out September 30, 2026.