Corporate Actions Processing

Welcome to the Corporate Actions Processing section of this Learning Center. The Corporate Actions Processing section contains learning resources about the Depository Trust Company's (DTC) wide array of services for processing corporate action events for approximately 1.3 million active DTC-eligible securities. These services include announcing details of upcoming events and providing participants with information about their entitlements, accepting and acting on their instructions, and collecting, allocating, and reporting payments across various corporate action event types, including distributions, redemptions, and reorganizations. Use the Corporate Actions Processing menu at left to learn more about:

CA Web

• Learning content specific to the Corporate Actions browser-based user interface (CA Web), from announcements through the entire lifecycle, and links to learning resources such as user guides, help files, eLearning, FAQs and other supporting documentation.

AnnounceDirect

• Learning content specific to AnnounceDirect allowing agents, issuers, and third parties to provide Corporate Action Event Announcement information directly to DTCC’s announcement and processing systems. 

ClaimConnect^TM

• User guides, eLearning and other resources supporting the ClaimConnect™ service, a solution to the industry's challenges in handling claims that may not be tracked by DTC (and eliminates the need for dedicated departments and e-mail reconciliation).

Distributions

• DTC’s Corporate Actions Processing Service for Distributions provides full lifecycle processing, including announcing details of upcoming events, providing participants with information about their entitlements, accepting and acting on their instructions, and collecting, allocating and reporting payments.

Dividend and Income Processing

• DTC's Dividend services include announcing, collecting, allocating and reporting dividend, interest and certain principal payments on behalf of its participants with securities in DTC custody. Includes resources related to CTAS, Interim Accounting and PUT Bonds.

ISO 20022 Messaging

• Resources related to ISO 20022, an international messaging standard that simplifies global business communication by creating a common language for financial information.

Redemptions

• DTC’s Corporate Actions Processing Service for Redemptions provides full lifecycle processing, including announcing details of upcoming events, providing participants with information about their entitlements, and collecting, allocating, and reporting payments. 

Reorg

• DTC’s Corporate Actions Processing Service for Reorganizations provides full lifecycle processing, including sourcing and announcing the details of upcoming events, accepting and acting on instructions, and collecting, allocating, and reporting on the resulting entitlements.