MT 515 Field Specifications

47. Field 36B: Quantity of Financial Instrument

FORMAT

Option B

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

(Qualifier) (Quantity Type Code) (Quantity)

PRESENCE

Optional

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order	M/O	Qualifier	R/N	CR	Options	Qualifier Description
1	O	MINO	N		B	Minimum Nominal Quantity (Minimum Nominal Value)
2	O	MIEX	N		B	Minimum Exercisable Quantity
3	O	MILT	N		B	Minimum Exercisable Multiple Quantity
4	O	SIZE	N		B	Contract Size
5	O	ORGV	N		B	Original Face Amount

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

MINO	Minimum nominal quantity or lot of securities that must be purchased or exercised.
MIEX	Minimum total quantity or lot of rights/warrants that must be exercised.
MILT	Minimum multiple lot necessary to exercise warrants.
SIZE	Ratio or multiplying factor used to convert one contract into a financial instrument quantity.
SIZE	This represents the ratio or multiply factor to convert from contracts to shares, e.g. 1 option contract could represent 10,000 shares of an equity.
ORGV	Original par or nominal value face amount of a financial an amortised instrument.

CODES

For all qualifiers except ORGV, Quantity Type Code must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): K36):

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

CODES

When Qualifier is ORGV, Quantity Type Code must contain (Error code(s): K36):

FAMT	Quantity expressed as the face amount of the principal of a debt instrument.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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