Transaction management rules - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (Nasdaq CSD)

14.01.2020

Market claims

Processing of market claims on the market

Applicable

Eligible corporate action events  

All income and non-income distribution events

Detection period

20 T2S opening days after the record date

Eligible transactions

All as of status matched

Detection key dates

Securities in nominal:

  • Record date
  • Intended settlement date
  • Effective settlement date
  • Securities in units: n/a

Opt-out/Ex/Cum indicator

The Opt-out as well as the Cum-/Ex-Indicator can be used for matching purposes (additional matching field), but are not taken into account for market claims detection.

Characteristics of market claims

  • Transaction code “CLAI”
  • Status unmatched  
  • Same trade date as per underlying instruction
  • Settlement date is the payment date of the underlying event
  • Partial settlement indicator as per underlying instruction (always NPAR for claims in cash)

Tax status of claims

Interest: Market claims are processed on a gross basis without tax adjustment.

Non T2S-eligible proceeds

Market claims are not generated for:

  • Cash distributions in a currency other than EUR
  • Securities distributions in non-T2S eligible securities

Processing of market claims by Clearstream Banking

Applicable

Scenarios for market claim detection for securities in nominal

TD before 
Ex-date

ISD before or on RD

ASD before or on RD

Opt-out indicator

Ex/Cum indicator

Market claim to be created
(T2S rules)

Direction

Issuer CSD compliance

Y/N

Y

N

Blank

N/A

Y

From Seller to Buyer

Y

No market claim detection for transactions in which opt-out is present

TD before
Ex-date

ISD before or on RD

ASD before or on RD

Opt-out indicator

Ex/Cum indicator

Market claim to be created

(T2S rules)

Direction

n/a

n/a

n/a

Opt-out

n/a

No

n/a

Transformations

Processing of transformations on the market

Applicable

Eligible corporate action events 

All income and non-income distribution events

Detection period

20 T2S opening days after the record date

Eligible transactions

All as of status matched, but still pending

Detection key dates

Record date, for mandatory reorganisations without options

Market deadline, for mandatory reorganisations with options

Opt-out indicator

Supported as additional matching field

Characteristics of re-instructions due to transformations

  • Transaction condition “TRAN”
  • Status unmatched 
  • Same trade date as underlying instruction
  • Settlement date being the latest date between the payment date of the underlying event and the intended settlement date of the underlying instruction
  • Partial settlement indicator as per underlying instruction (always NPAR for claims in cash)

Non T2S proceeds

Transformations are not generated for:

  • Cash proceeds in a currency other than EUR;
  • Securities proceeds in non-T2S eligible securities.

Processing of transformations by Clearstream:

Applicable

Buyer protection

No Buyer Protection (BP) key dates are reported as not provided by the market.