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, C, or E |
Announcement Date/Time |
2 |
O |
CERT |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Certification Deadline Date/Time |
3 |
O |
XDTE |
N |
|
A or B |
Ex-Dividend or Distribution Date |
4 |
O |
EFFD |
N |
|
A or B |
Effective Date |
5 |
O |
FDAT |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Further Detailed Announcement Date/Time |
6 |
O |
PROD |
N |
|
A or B |
Proration Date |
7 |
O |
REGI |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Deadline to Register |
8 |
O |
RESU |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Results Publication Date/Time |
9 |
O |
SPLT |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Deadline to Split |
10 |
O |
MEET |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Meeting Date/Time |
11 |
O |
RDTE |
N |
|
A or B |
Record Date |
12 |
O |
TAXB |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Deadline for Tax Breakdown Instructions |
13 |
O |
TSDT |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Trading Suspended Date/Time |
14 |
O |
LOTO |
N |
|
A or B |
Lottery Date |
15 |
O |
UNCO |
N |
|
A or B |
Unconditional Date |
16 |
O |
WUCO |
N |
|
A or B |
Wholly Unconditional Date |
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 or B |
Equalization Date |
20 |
O |
ECDT |
N |
|
A, B, or C |
Early Closing Date/Time |
21 |
O |
IFIX |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Fixing Date/Time |
22 |
O |
MFIX |
N |
|
A or B |
Margin Fixing Date |
23 |
O |
COAP |
N |
|
A or B |
Court Approval Date |
24 |
O |
MATU |
N |
|
A or B |
New Maturity Date |
25 |
O |
OAPD |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Official Announcement/Publication Date/Time |
26 |
O |
SXDT |
N |
|
A or B |
Special Ex-Date |
27 |
O |
GUPA |
N |
|
A or B |
Guaranteed Participation Date |
28 |
O |
ECPD |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Election to Counterparty Market Deadline |
29 |
O |
LAPD |
N |
|
A or B |
Lapsed Date |
30 |
O |
MCTD |
N |
|
A or B |
Market Claim Tracking End Date |
31 |
O |
PAYD |
N |
C16 |
A or B |
Payment Date |
32 |
O |
TPDT |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
Third Party Deadline |
33 |
O |
ETPD |
N |
|
A, B, C, or E |
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 |
Date 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 |
Date at which an event is officially effective from the issuer's perspective. |
EQUL |
Equalization Date |
Date 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 |
Last date 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 |
Date at which an event/offer is terminated or lapsed. |
LOTO |
Lottery Date |
Date at which the lottery is run and applied to the holder's positions. This is also applicable to partial calls. |
MATU |
New Maturity Date |
Date 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 |
Date 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 |
Date 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 |
Date at which the issuer will determine a proration amount/quantity of an offer. |
RDTE |
Record Date |
Date 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 |
Date 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 |
Date upon which the terms of the take-over become unconditional as to acceptances. |
WUCO |
Wholly Unconditional Date |
Date at which all conditions, including regulatory, legal etc. pertaining to the take-over, have been met. |
XDTE |
Ex-Dividend or Distribution Date |
Date 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)
