Distribution and Event Types



When you open the Allocations Overview page, your events are categorized by Distribution Type. These are:

Under each of the four major distribution types, you have a list of event types:



This list varies based on activity: if there is no activity at all for a distribution type (such as for Cash (CAD) in the above example), no table will be displayed.

Within a distribution type, if there is no activity for a particular event type, that event type will not be displayed in the table. For example, there is no “Payment in Kind” row in the Stock table above, meaning that this participant had no events with “Payment in Kind” as a stock distribution.

Across all distribution types, events will only appear in these tables if they:

From each event type, individual events are viewable via a number of categories, including date, allocated/unallocated, projected, adjustments, etc.

The specific rules for event types under each distribution type include:


 

Cash (USD)

 

Only non-MMI product types and non-Canadian currency distribution event types with at least one cash option and one cash payout will appear in this column.

MMI

 

The only items appearing in this column are:

  • MMI sub-issue types (also known as “product types”) paying cash and

  • Non-CAD currency distribution event types with at least one cash option and one cash payout.

 

Stock

 

The only items appearing in this column are stock distribution event types with at least one security option and one security payout.

 

Cash (CAD)

 

The only items appearing in this column are cash distributions events being allocated in Canadian dollars (CAD) with at least one cash option and one cash payout.

 

Please note that for stock distribution events paying cash-in-lieu, the item will appear in the Cash (USD) section as an event type.

Similarly, for cash distribution events paying dividend reinvestments, the item will appear as an event in the Stock section in addition to the Cash (USD) section.