MT565

MT 565 Corporate Action Instruction 

MT565 Scope

This message is sent by an account owner to an account servicer (account servicing institution). The account owner may be a global custodian which has an account with its local agent (sub custodian) or an investment management institution or a broker/dealer which has an account with their custodian.

This message is used to provide the custodian with instructions on how the account owner wishes to proceed with a corporate action event. Instructions include investment decisions regarding the exercise of rights issues, the election of stock or cash when the option is available, and decisions on the conversion or tendering of securities.

This message may also be used to:

request the cancellation of a previously sent corporate action instruction

re-send a corporate action instruction previously sent

provide a third party with a copy of the message.