SOUNDS LIKE YOUR BROKER IS CONFUSED BETWEEN A CASH DIVI AND A SHARES DIVI. SO WAS MINE IN THE PAST AND I TOOK HIS ADVICE AND LOST MY DIVI-SHARES TO THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT MY SHARES ONE DAY BEFORE DELEVERY DATE. WHICH WAS WAY PAST THE EX-DATE AND RECORD DATE, THAT I HAD UNDER MY BELT.