MT 566 Field Specifications

32. Field 36a: Quantity of Financial Instrument

FORMAT

Option B	:4!c//4!c/15d	(Qualifier) (Quantity Type Code) (Quantity)
Option C	:4!c//4!c	(Qualifier) (Quantity Code)

PRESENCE

Optional

QUALIFIER

(Error code(s): T89)

Order	M/O	Qualifier	R/N	CR	Options	Qualifier Description
1	O	BOLQ	N		B, C	Back End Odd Lot Quantity
2	O	QTSO	N		B, C	Quantity Sought
3	O	FOLQ	N		B, C	Front End Odd Lot Quantity
4	O	NBLT	N		B	New Board Lot Quantity
5	O	NEWD	N		B	New Denomination Quantity

DEFINITION

This qualified generic field specifies:

BOLQ	Back End Odd Lot Quantity	The back end odd lot quantity represents the presence of a back end odd lot provision and the quantity of shares required after pro-ration to be eligible for this privilege. If after pro-ration, the amount of shares held is equal to or less than the back end odd lot quantity, payment will be made on the full tendered position.
QTSO	Quantity Sought	The number of shares or bonds the offeror will purchase under the terms of the offer. This can be a number or the term "any and all".
FOLQ	Front End Odd Lot Quantity	The front end odd lot or odd lot preference indicates that if an offer is pro-rated holders of odd lots who tender their full position will not have their tendered position pro-rated but rather accepted in full. In the case of an odd lot offer the field represents the amount of shares considered to be an odd lot.
NBLT	New Board Lot Quantity	The number of shares which make up the new board lot.
NEWD	New Denomination Quantity	New Denomination of the equity following, eg, an increase or decrease in nominal value.
NEWD	New Denomination Quantity	The new denomination of the shares following, for example, a partial redemption by reduction of nominal value.

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.

CODES

Quantity Code must contain the following code (Error code(s): K36):

QALL

All Securities

The CA option selected applies to all securities.

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).