For stock splits, the date that the share price changes to reflect the split.
In terms of stock splits, this is the day that the stock price adjusts to reflect the issuance of new shares as the result of the stock split.
The cutoff date when the right to receive a declared stock dividend does not automatically transfer from the seller of a security to its buyer. The ex-date is also known as the ex-dividend date.
The first date on which a security is traded without entitling the buyer to receive distributions previously declared.
The first day on which an equity's traded price reflects a corporate action such as a dividend payment or share split. If settlement of transactions is three days after execution (T+3), and a company pays a dividend on Friday, the shares go "ex-dividend" on Wednesday (i.e., purchasers after Tuesday closing do not receive the dividend).
The date on which shares change from "cum" to "ex" status. The date is usually the fifth day before and including the record date.
The first day of trading when the seller, rather than the buyer, of a stock or mutual fund is entitled to the most recently announced dividend payment. This is typically two business days before the record date. A stock or mutual fund that has gone ex-dividend is denoted by an "x" in its newspaper listings on that date.
The date on which shares change from ‘cum’ to ‘ex’ status, usually an interval of five days.