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MT 305 Field Specifications

16. Field 14S: Settlement Rate Source

FORMAT

Option S 3!a2n[/4!n/4!c] (Rate Source)(Time and Location)

PRESENCE

Conditional (see rule C6) Optional in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field specifies the rate source for physically-fixed deliverable options and for the settlement of the non-deliverable or cash-settled and non-deliverable options option and includes an optional time and location for sampling the rate source settlement .

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Time must be a valid time expressed as HHMM (Error code(s): T38).

A maximum of two occurrences of this field is allowed (Error code(s): T10).

USAGE RULES

The values to be used for the settlement rate source are published in Annex A of the 1998 FX and Currency Option Definitions (the FX definitions, as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., the Emerging Markets Traders Association and the Foreign Exchange Committee) as amended and supplemented from time to time.

Time and Location should only be populated if different from Time and Location in field 31G.

Rate Source must be "EMT00" for confirmations where the terms are governed by an EMTA template.

For some cross currency rates two separate settlement rate sources may be quoted, in which case the fields must appear in alphabetical order of Rate Source.

For some cross currency NDOs two separate settlement rate sources may be quoted.

Subfield Location consists of a two character ISO country code and a two character location code. The location code is made up as follows: