MT559: (11) Field 35U: Dividend/Interest Rate

FORMAT

Option U 3!a15d[1!a] (Currency)(Price)(Period)

PRESENCE

Optional

DEFINITION

This field specifies the currency and amount of income per share/unit and, optionally, the period for which the income was paid/received.

CODES

Period must be one of the following codes :

A

Annually.

F

Final payment.

M

Monthly.

Q

Quarterly.

S

Semi-annually.

X

Other cases.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Currency must be a valid ISO 4217 currency code or the code PCT .

The integer part of Price must contain at least one digit. A decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length .

USAGE RULES

This field may alternatively contain, in the case of bonds, the code PCT, followed by the annual interest rate, in decimal form.

If a currency code is present, the number of digits following the decimal comma will not be validated against the maximum allowed for the currency specified.