MT 305 Field Specifications

19. Field 72: Sender to Receiver Information

FORMAT

6*35x (Narrative)

The following line format must be used:

Line 1 /8c/[additional information]  
Lines 2-6 [//continuation of additional information]
-or-
[/8c/[additional information]]
 

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field specifies additional information for the Receiver.

CODES

One of the following codes, or bilaterally agreed codes must be used in this field:

BROKER Identification of the broker negotiating the contract on behalf of one of the parties
ELEC Deal has been arranged via an electronic means. This code may be followed by an indication of the specific electronic means used for arranging the deal
PHON Deal was arranged by telephone
TELEX Deal was arranged by telex

USAGE RULES

Each code used must be put between slashes and appear at the beginning of a line.

All alphabetic characters in a code must be in upper case.

Additional explanatory information, which may be continued on the next lines, is preceded by a double slash '//'. Narrative text that is not qualified by a code must start with a double slash '//' on a new line, and should preferably be the last information in this field.

Field 72 must not be used for information for which another field is intended.

The use of this field with unstructured text may require manual intervention and thus cause delay in automated systems.