MT564
SWIFT Category 5 (securities) message, corporate action notification.
Definition
The MT564 announces a corporate action — dividend, allotment, merger, tender offer, exchange — with its type (CAEV: DVCA cash dividend, RHTS rights, MRGR merger...), its key dates and, where applicable, the options offered to the holder, who then replies with an MT565.
Origin
Specified in the SWIFT Standards MT Category 5 (Securities Markets) Message Reference Guide; operationally aligned with the CA Market Standards of the Corporate Actions Joint Working Group (CAJWG). ISO 15022 syntax (ISO/TC 68).
Example in context
:22F::CAEV//DVCA for a cash dividend, with :98A::XDTE// for the ex-dividend date (ex-date).