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Data Field Dictionary

MT564: (43) Field 98a: Date/Time

FORMAT

Option A :4!c//8!n (Qualifier)(Date)
Option B :4!c/[8c]/4!c (Qualifier)(Data Source Scheme)(Date Code)
Option C :4!c//8!n6!n (Qualifier)(Date)(Time)
Option E :4!c//8!n6!n[,3n][/[N]2!n[2!n]] (Qualifier)(Date)(Time)(Decimals)(UTC Indicator)

PRESENCE

Optional in optional sequence D

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order

M/O

Qualifier

R/N

CR

Options

Qualifier Description

1

O

ANOU

N

 

A, B, or C

Announcement Date/Time

2

O

CERT

N

 

A, B, or C

Certification Deadline Date/Time

3

O

XDTE

N

 

A, B, or C

Ex-Dividend or Distribution Date/Time

4

O

EFFD

N

 

A, B, or C

Effective Date/Time

5

O

FDAT

N

 

A, B, or C

Further Detailed Announcement Date/Time

6

O

PROD

N

 

A, B, or C

Proration Date/Time

7

O

REGI

N

 

A, B, or C

Deadline to Register

8

O

RESU

N

 

A, B, or C

Results Publication Date/Time

9

O

SPLT

N

 

A, B, or C

Deadline to Split

10

O

MEET

N

 

A, B, C, or E

Meeting Date/Time

11

O

RDTE

N

 

A, B, or C

Record Date/Time

12

O

TAXB

N

 

A, B, C, or E

Deadline for Tax Breakdown Instructions

13

O

TSDT

N

 

A, B, or C

Trading Suspended Date/Time

14

O

LOTO

N

 

A, B, or C

Lottery Date/Time

15

O

UNCO

N

 

A, B, or C

Unconditional Date/Time

16

O

WUCO

N

 

A, B, or C

Wholly Unconditional Date/Time

17

O

MET2

N

 

A, B, C, or E

Second Meeting Date/Time

18

O

MET3

N

 

A, B, C, or E

Third Meeting Date/Time

19

O

EQUL

N

 

A, B, or C

Equalization Date/Time

20

O

ECDT

N

 

A, B, or C

Early Closing Date/Time

21

O

IFIX

N

 

A, B, or C

Fixing Date/Time

22

O

MFIX

N

 

A, B, or C

Margin Fixing Date/Time

23

O

COAP

N

 

A, B, or C

Court Approval Date/Time

24

O

MATU

N

 

A, B, or C

New Maturity Date/Time

25

O

OAPD

N

 

A, B, or C

Official Announcement/Publication Date/Time

26

O

SXDT

N

 

A, B, or C

Special Ex-Date/Time

27

O

GUPA

N

 

A, B, or C

Guaranteed Participation Date/Time

28

O

ECPD

N

 

A, B, C, or E

Election to Counterparty Market Deadline

29

O

LAPD

N

 

A, B, or C

Lapsed Date/Time

30

O

MCTD

N

 

A, B, or C

Market Claim Tracking End Date

31

O

PAYD

N

C16

A, B, or C

Payment Date/Time

32

O

TPDT

N

 

A, B, or C

Third Party Deadline

33

O

ETPD

N

 

A, B, or C

Early Third Party Deadline

34

O

PLDT

N

 

A, B, C, or E

Lead Plaintiff Deadline

35

O

FILL

N

 

A or B

Filing Date

36

O

HEAR

N

 

A or B

Hearing Date

37

O

ECRD

N

 

A, B, C, or E

Election to Counterparty Response Deadline

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

ANOU

Announcement Date/Time

Date/time at which the issuer announced that a corporate action event will occur.

CERT

Certification Deadline Date/Time

Deadline by which the certification must be sent.

COAP

Court Approval Date/Time

Date/time upon which the Court provided approval.

ECDT

Early Closing Date/Time

First possible early closing date of an offer if different from the expiry date.

ECPD

Election to Counterparty Market Deadline

Deadline by which an entitled holder needs to advise their counterparty to a transaction of their election for a corporate action event, also known as Buyer Protection Deadline.

ECRD

Election to Counterparty Response Deadline

Date/time the account servicer has set as the deadline to respond, with instructions, prior to the election to counterparty market deadline.

EFFD

Effective Date/Time

Date/time at which an event is officially effective from the issuer's perspective.

EQUL

Equalization Date/Time

Date/time at which all or part of any holding bought in a unit trust is subject to being treated as capital rather than income. This is normally one day after the previous distribution's ex date.

ETPD

Early Third Party Deadline

Date/Time set by the issuer agent as a first early deadline by which the account owner must instruct directly another party, possibly giving the holder eligibility to incentives. For example, to provide documentation to an issuer agent.

FDAT

Further Detailed Announcement Date/Time

Date/time at which additional information on the event will be announced, for example, exchange ratio announcement date.

FILL

Filing Date

Date on which the action was filed at the applicable court.

GUPA

Guaranteed Participation Date/Time

Last date/time by which a buying counterparty to a trade can be sure that it will have the right to participate in an event.

HEAR

Hearing Date

Date for the hearing between the plaintiff and defendant, as set by the court.

IFIX

Fixing Date/Time

Date/time at which an index/rate/price/value will be determined.

LAPD

Lapsed Date/Time

Date/time at which an event/offer is terminated or lapsed.

LOTO

Lottery Date/Time

Date/time at which the lottery is run and applied to the holder's positions. This is also applicable to partial calls.

MATU

New Maturity Date/Time

Date/time to which the maturity date of an interest bearing security is extended.

MCTD

Market Claim Tracking End Date

Date by which the depository stops monitoring activities of the event, for instance, accounting and tracking activities for due bills end.

MEET

Meeting Date/Time

Date/time at which the bondholders' or shareholders' meeting will take place.

MET2

Second Meeting Date/Time

Date/time at which the company's general meeting is scheduled, 2nd session if applicable (for example, Italy).

MET3

Third Meeting Date/Time

Date/time at which the company's general meeting is scheduled, 3rd session if applicable (for example, Italy).

MFIX

Margin Fixing Date/Time

Date/time at which the margin rate will be determined.

OAPD

Official Announcement/Publication Date/Time

Date/time at which the corporate action is legally announced by an official body, for example, publication by a governmental administration.

PAYD

Payment Date/Time

Date/time at which the movement is due to take place (cash and/or securities).

PLDT

Lead Plaintiff Deadline

Last day an investor can become a lead plaintiff.

PROD

Proration Date/Time

Date/time at which the issuer will determine a proration amount/quantity of an offer.

RDTE

Record Date/Time

Date/time at which positions are struck at the end of the day to note which parties will receive the relevant amount of entitlement, due to be distributed on payment date.

REGI

Deadline to Register

Date/time at which instructions to register or registration details will be accepted.

RESU

Results Publication Date/Time

Date/time at which results are published, for example, results of an offer.

SPLT

Deadline to Split

Deadline by which instructions must be received to split securities, for example, of physical certificates.

SXDT

Special Ex-Date/Time

Date/time as from which 'special processing' can start to be used by participants for that event. Special processing is a means of marking a transaction, that would normally be traded ex or cum, as being traded cum or ex respectively, for example, a transaction dealt 'special' after the ex date would result in the buyer being eligible for the entitlement. This is typically used in the UK and Irish markets.

TAXB

Deadline for Tax Breakdown Instructions

Date/time until which tax breakdown instructions will be accepted.

TPDT

Third Party Deadline

Date/Time by which the account owner must instruct directly another party, for example to provide documentation to an issuer agent.

TSDT

Trading Suspended Date/Time

Date/time at which trading of a security is suspended as the result of an event.

UNCO

Unconditional Date/Time

Date/time upon which the terms of the take-over become unconditional as to acceptances.

WUCO

Wholly Unconditional Date/Time

Date/time at which all conditions, including regulatory, legal etc. pertaining to the take-over, have been met.

XDTE

Ex-Dividend or Distribution Date/Time

Date/time as from which trading (including exchange and OTC trading) occurs on the underlying security without the benefit.

CODES

In option B, if Data Source Scheme is not present, Date Code must contain one of the following codes:

ONGO

Ongoing Basis

Date is determined by "on going basis" process, for example "au fil de l'eau".

UKWN

Unknown Date

Date is unknown by the sender or has not been established.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Date must be a valid date expressed as YYYYMMDD.

Time must be a valid time expressed as HHMMSS.

UTC Indicator must be a valid time expressed as HH[MM].

Sign ([N]) must not be used when UTC Indicator is equal to all zeroes.

USAGE RULES

In sequence B1 and E1a, MATU provides generic information about the final maturity of an instrument. In sequence D, MATU is to be used only in the case of event "maturity extension" EXTM (in sequence A, field :22F::CAEV//EXTM) to provide the extended maturity date.

Effective date is to be used:

  • In events where there is no concept of entitlement, for instance Name Change (CHAN) or Place of Incorporation (PLAC), and

  • In events where there is a sense of eligibility but with a legal obligation, for instance Merger (MRGR)

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