LIC dividend 2026 record date: Insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is set to trade ex-date for the final dividend tomorrow, June 25. This means that today is the last day for interested investors to buy the shares of the insurance giant to be eligible to receive the dividend payout.
Earlier in May, the board of LIC recommended a final dividend of Rs 10 per equity share of Rs 10 each (equivalent to Rs 20 per equity share pre-bonus issue basis) for 2025-26. The dividend was announced along with the earnings for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2025-26.
LIC dividend 2026 record date
LIC’s board has fixed Thursday, June 25, 2026, as the ‘Record Date’ for the purpose of ascertaining the eligibility of members of the corporation for the proposed final dividend.
Who are eligible for LIC dividend 2026
Only those shareholders who have the shares of LIC in their demat accounts as of Thursday, June 25 will be eligible to receive the dividend payout. Under the capital market regulator SEBI’s T+1 settlement norms, investors must buy shares of a company at least one trading day ahead of the record date so that shares are credited to their demat accounts by that day, making them eligible for the dividend payout.
This mean to be eligible for the dividend of LIC, investors have to buy the shares of the insurance behemonth today so that the shares are are credited to their demat accounts by the record date which is Thursday, June 25, making them eligible for the payout.
LIC has been paying consistent dividend to its shareholders. In 2026, the insurance giant gave a cash reward of Rs 10 and in 2025, it gave a dividend of Rs 12. In 2024, LIC have dividend of two occassions – Rs 6 in July and Rs2 in February, respectively.
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