MT 577 Field Specifications

6. Field 35A: Quantity of Securities

FORMAT

Option A 3!a15d (Type) (Quantity)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field specifies the quantity of securities to which the certificates relate.

CODES

Type must contain one of the following codes (Error code(s): T58):

BON Bonds (when not traded by face amount)
CER Representative certificates
CPN Coupons
FMT Face or principal or nominal amount
MSC Miscellaneous
OPC Option contracts
OPS Option shares
PRC Premium contracts
PRS Premium shares
RTE Rentes
RTS Rights
SHS Shares
UNT Units, eg, consisting of a bond and a warrant
WTS Warrants

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).