MT 501 Field Specifications

31. Field 36B: Quantity of Financial Instrument: Quantity of Financial Instrument Registered

FORMAT

Option B

:4!c//4!c/15d

(Qualifier) (Quantity Type Code) (Quantity)

PRESENCE

Mandatory

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order	M/O	Qualifier	R/N	CR	Options	Qualifier Description
1	M	RREG	N		B	Quantity of Financial Instrument Registered

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

RREG

Quantity of Financial Instrument Registered

Total quantity of financial instrument that has been registered.

CODES

Quantity Type Code must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K36):

AMOR	Amortised Value	Quantity represents the current amortised face amount of a bond, eg, a periodic reduction of a bond's principal amount.
FAMT	Face Amount	Quantity expressed as the face amount of the principal of a debt instrument.
UNIT	Unit	Quantity expressed as a number, eg, a number of shares.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

The integer part of Quantity must contain at least one digit. The decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length (Error code(s): T40, T43).