Definitions for "Ex dividend date"
Date on which bondholders are eligible for coupon payments. For a certain period of time before the coupon payment the bond trades in ex dividend form and has a negative accrued interest stock. An investor who buys a bond between the ex dividend date and the coupon payment does not receive the coupon and it goes to the previous holder of that bond. The ex dividend date varies from country to country.
The cut-off date for receiving the last announced dividend for a given stock, by a new purchaser.
The date between a fund's accounting date and when it pays out its income. If an investor does not own units in the fund during this period, they will not be eligible for the income.