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ISO 15022
Data Field Dictionary

MT565: (2) Field 20C: Reference

FORMAT

Option C :4!c//16x (Qualifier)(Reference)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence A

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order

M/O

Qualifier

R/N

CR

Options

Qualifier Description

1

M

CORP

N

 

C

Corporate Action Reference

2

M

SEME

N

 

C

Sender's Message Reference

3

O

COAF

N

 

C

Official Corporate Action Event Reference

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

COAF

Official Corporate Action Event Reference

Official and unique reference assigned by the official central body/entity within each market at the beginning of a corporate action event.

CORP

Corporate Action Reference

Reference assigned by the account servicer to unambiguously identify a corporate action event.

SEME

Sender's Message Reference

Reference assigned by the Sender to unambiguously identify the message.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Reference must not start or end with a slash '/' and must not contain two consecutive slashes '//'.

USAGE RULES

When the MT 565 is unsolicited (that is, this instruction has not been preceded by an MT 564), the corporate action reference must be NONREF, that is, :20C::CORP//NONREF.

Market Practice Rules

The Securities Market Practice Group (SMPG) has published market practice recommendations on the structure and usage of the Official Corporate Action Event Reference (COAF). Those recommendations are available in the SMPG Global Market Practices Part 1 document on www.smpg.info.

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