# ASC 320-946-25: Investments—Debt Securities — Financial Services—Investment Companies — 25 Recognition

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## ASC 320-946-25: 25 Recognition

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#### Effective Date of Transactions

##### [320-946-25-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/946/#320-946-25-1)

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An investment company shall record security purchases and sales as of the trade date, the date on which the investment company agrees to purchase or sell the securities, so that the effects of all securities trades entered into by or for the account of the investment company to the date of a financial report are included in the financial report.

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A securities transaction outside conventional channels, such as through a private placement or by submitting shares in a tender offer, shall be recorded as of the date the investment company obtained a right to demand the securities purchased or to collect the proceeds of sale, and incurred an obligation to pay the price of the securities purchased or to deliver the securities sold, respectively. Determining the recording date may sometimes require an interpretation by legal counsel.

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Even if the investment company tenders its securities, it shall continue to value the shares tendered until the number of shares accepted in the tender is known. Thereafter, the investment company shall value the assets to be received for the shares tendered.

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Investment companies shall record dividend income on the ex-dividend date, not on the declaration, record, or payable date, because on the ex-dividend date the quoted market price of listed securities and other market-traded securities tends to be affected by the exclusion of the dividend declared. Also, investment companies shall record liabilities for dividends to shareholders on the ex-dividend or ex-distribution date because mutual fund shares are purchased and redeemed at prices equal to or based on net asset value. Investors purchasing shares between the declaration and ex-dividend dates are entitled to receive the dividend, whereas investors purchasing shares on or after the ex-dividend date are not entitled to the dividend.