About the Authors.

PART I INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS.

1 Basic Corporate Action Concepts.

2 Event Description and Classification.

3 The Securities (and Corporate Actions) Market Place.

4 Static Data.

5 Securities Position Management.

PART II MANDATORY EVENTS.

6 Overview of the Generic Corporate Action Lifecycle.

7 Straight Through Processing.

8 Event Terms Capture and Cleansing.

9 Determining Entitlement.

10 Communication of Event Information.

11 Calculation of Resultant Entitlements.

12 Passing of Internal Entries.

13 Collection/Disbursement of Resultant Entitlements.

14 Updating of Internal Entries.

15 Examples of Mandatory Events.  

PART III EVENTS WITH ELECTIONS.

16 Concepts of Events with Elections.

17 Management of Mandatory with Options Events.

18 Management of Voluntary Events.

PART IV MULTI-STAGE EVENTS.

19 Concepts of Multi-Stage Events.

20 Management of a Rights Issue.

21 Example of a Rights Issue.

22 Concepts of Takeover Events.

23 Management of Takeover Events.

PARTV TAXATION.

24 Concepts and Management of Taxation.

25 Management of Income Tax.

PART VI ISSUER NOTICES.

26 Concepts and Management of Issuer Notices.

PART VII OBJECTIVES AND INITIATIVES.

27 Objectives and Initiatives.

Glossary of Terms.

Index.