Registered in sourceSource release: August 2026 (v3)
Published definition
Distribution of cash to shareholders, in proportion to their equity holding. Ordinary dividends are recurring and regular. Shareholder must take cash and may be offered a choice of currency.
Code set and usage
Corporate action event type contains 67 registered codes. Its exact identifier is ExternalCorporateActionEventType1Code.
Specifies the corporate action event type, as published in an external corporate action event type code set. External code sets can be downloaded from www.iso20022.org.
Use the code with the applicable message version and implementation guide. A matching code value alone does not establish the same meaning in another set.