1 September 2003

Service Announcement

Trading and London Market Information Link (LMIL)

5MK ‘Market Status Information’ message

The purpose of this announcement is to advise you of the following new Market Status Condition value, which will become effective on 3 November 2003.

‘SETT’ Security Settlement Announcement

This message will be broadcast to advise the market that there is currently a significant settlement issue with a particular security. The message can be disseminated for any security. There will be free format text advising of the nature of the issue, the name of the security and contact details for further queries. The segment, sector and instrument codes will be included in the message.

Background

The 5MK ‘Market Status Information’ message is used to broadcast market status information which can apply Market-wide, or to a specific Market Segment, Market Sector, Tradable Instrument/Currency or Participant. The message may contain information regarding exceptional events or provide general information.

The Market Status Information message is disseminated via the following Broadcast Data groups:

Table 1

B01 / SEAQ Prices / AIM, AIMI, CNVE, GBDS, GILT, MISC, MISL, SEAQ, SEQ1, STBS, TEST
B02 / Market Status Information / AIM, AIM1, AIM2, AIMI, AIMN, CNVE, CWTS, ETFS, EULQ, EURT, EXNV, GBDS, GILT, HKOB, IOB, IRSQ, ITBB, LSTD, MISC, MISL, NLLD, ODTT, OINT, SEAQ, SEAT, SEQ1, SET1, SET2, SET3, SETN, SMKT, STBS, TEST
B03 / SEATS Prices / AIM1, AIM2, AIMN, EURT, SEAT, SETN, SMKT
B06/B07 / UK System Rule Reference Data Full/ Changes / AIM, AIM1, AIM2, AIMI, AIMN, CNVE, CWTS, ETFS, EURT, EXNV, GBDS, GILT, IRSQ, MISC, MISL, ODTT, SEAQ, SEAT, SEQ1, SET1, SET2, SET3, SETN, SMKT, STBS, TEST
B22 / International Prices / EULQ, HKOB, IOB, ITBB, LSTD, NLLD, OINT
B36/B37 / Intl System Rule Reference Data Full/ Changes / EULQ, HKOB, IOB, ITBB, LSTD, NLLD, OINT
B44/B45 / SETS Prices / ETFS, EXNV, ODTT, SET1, SET2, SET3
B46 / IRS Prices / IRSQ
B55 / Covered Warrants / CWTS
B66 / SETSmm / STMM

The Market Status Condition will be sent down the particular Broadcast Data Groups they are relevant to. All conditions will be disseminated down Market Status Information service (B02) regardless of Market Segment, Market Sector, Tradable Instrument/Currency or Participant

The following Market Status Conditions are specific to the Broadcast Data Groups shown below:

Table 2

ADVC / Advance Notification / ALL
AIF1 / Automated Input Facility Warning 1 / B02, B08, B44, B45
AIF2 / Automated Input Facility Warning 2 / B02, B08, B44, B45
AIF3 / Automated Input Facility Off / B02, B08, B44, B45
AIF4 / Automated Input Facility On / B02, B08, B44, B45
BROK / Broker Announcement / ALL
ERRR / Trade Report In Error / ALL
LATE / Late Trade Report / ALL
MMAN / Market Maker Announcement / B01, B02, B03, B08, B22, B37
SETT / Security Settlement Announcement / ALL
SIMO / Sector Settlement Instructions Modified / ALL

Additional Information

The new market status value will also be available on the Customer Development Service from 8 September 2003 and will be disseminated via the broadcast data groups listed in Table 1.

If you have any queries about this announcement please contact your Technical Account Manager or the Technical Information Desk on 020 7797 3939 (STX 33939).

An archive of previously issued service announcements is available in the technical library section of the Exchange's Internet site:

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