MT 564 Field Specifications

73. 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:

MIEX	Minimum Exercisable Quantity	Minimum total quantity or lot of rights/warrants that must be exercised.
MILT	Minimum Exercisable Multiple Quantity	Minimum multiple lot necessary to exercise warrants.
MINO	Minimum Nominal Quantity (Minimum Nominal Value)	Minimum nominal quantity or lot of securities that must be purchased.
SIZE	Contract size	Ratio or multiplying factor used to convert one contract into a financial instrument quantity.
SIZE	Contract 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 Face Amount	Original par or face amount of an amortised instrument.

CODES

For all qualifiers except ORGV, 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.

CODES

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

FAMT

Face Amount

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).