DividendDistribution

Represents a Corporate Action via which a Security Token issuer wishes to distribute dividends between a subset of the Tokenholders (targets)

Hierarchy

CorporateAction

DividendDistribution

Index

Properties

Methods

Properties

Protected context

context: Context

Inherited from Entity.context

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:48


currency

currency: string

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:96

ticker of the currency in which dividends are being distibuted


declarationDate

declarationDate: Date

Inherited from CorporateAction.declarationDate

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:82

date at which the Corporate Action was created


defaultTaxWithholding

defaultTaxWithholding: BigNumber

Inherited from CorporateAction.defaultTaxWithholding

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:98

default percentage of tax withholding for this Corporate Action


description

description: string

Inherited from CorporateAction.description

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:87

brief text description of the Corporate Action


expiryDate

expiryDate: null | Date

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:112

date after which dividends can no longer be paid/reclaimed. A null value means the distribution never expires


id

id: BigNumber

Inherited from CorporateAction.id

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:72

internal Corporate Action ID


Protected kind

kind: UnpredictableBenefit | PredictableBenefit

Overrides CorporateAction.kind

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:122

type of dividend distribution being represented. The chain enforces it to be either PredictableBenefit or UnpredictableBenefit


maxAmount

maxAmount: BigNumber

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:107

maximum amount of currency to be distributed. Distributions are "first come, first served", so funds can be depleted before every Tokenholder receives their corresponding amount


origin

origin: DefaultPortfolio | NumberedPortfolio

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:91

Portfolio from which the dividends will be distributed


paymentDate

paymentDate: Date

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:117

date starting from which dividends can be paid/reclaimed


perShare

perShare: BigNumber

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:101

amount of currency to pay for each share the Tokenholder holds


targets

targets: CorporateActionTargets

Inherited from CorporateAction.targets

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:93

tokenholder identities related to this Corporate action. If the treatment is Exclude, the identities are not targeted by the Action, and any identities left out of the array will be targeted, and vice versa


taxWithholdings

taxWithholdings: TaxWithholding[]

Inherited from CorporateAction.taxWithholdings

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:104

percentage of tax withholding per Identity. Any Identity not present in this array uses the default tax withholding percentage


ticker

ticker: string

Inherited from CorporateAction.ticker

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:77

ticker of the Security Token


uuid

uuid: string

Inherited from Entity.uuid

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:46

Methods

checkpoint

checkpoint(): Promise‹Checkpoint | CheckpointSchedule

Overrides CorporateAction.checkpoint

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:236

Retrieve the Checkpoint associated with this Dividend Distribution. If the Checkpoint is scheduled and has not been created yet, the corresponding CheckpointSchedule is returned instead

Returns: Promise‹Checkpoint | CheckpointSchedule


claim

claim(args: void, opts?: ProcedureOpts): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:190

Claim the Dividends corresponding to the current Identity

note if currency is indivisible, the Identity's share will be rounded down to the nearest integer (after taxes are withheld)

note this method is of type ProcedureMethod, which means you can call claim.checkAuthorization on it to see whether the Current Account has the required permissions to run it

Parameters:

Name
Type

args

void

opts?

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


details

details(): Promise‹DividendDistributionDetails

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:264

Retrieve details associated with this Dividend Distribution

Returns: Promise‹DividendDistributionDetails


exists

exists(): Promise‹boolean›

Overrides CorporateAction.exists

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:255

Retrieve whether the Distribution exists

Returns: Promise‹boolean›


getParticipant

getParticipant(args?: undefined | object): Promise‹DistributionParticipant | null›

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:350

Retrieve an Identity that is entitled to dividends in this Distribution (participant), the amount it is entitled to and whether it has been paid or not

note if the Distribution Checkpoint hasn't been created yet, the result will be null. This is because the Distribution participant's corresponding payment cannot be determined without a Checkpoint

Parameters:

Name
Type

args?

undefined | object

Returns: Promise‹DistributionParticipant | null›


getParticipants

getParticipants(): Promise‹DistributionParticipant[]›

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:290

Retrieve a comprehensive list of all Identities that are entitled to dividends in this Distribution (participants), the amount they are entitled to and whether they have been paid or not

note this request can take a lot of time with large amounts of Tokenholders

note if the Distribution Checkpoint hasn't been created yet, the result will be an empty array. This is because the Distribution participants cannot be determined without a Checkpoint

Returns: Promise‹DistributionParticipant[]›


getPaymentHistory

getPaymentHistory(opts: object): Promise‹ResultSetDistributionPayment››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:454

Retrieve the payment history for this Distribution

note uses the middleware

note supports pagination

Parameters:

Default value opts: object= {}

Name
Type

size?

undefined | number

start?

undefined | number

Returns: Promise‹ResultSetDistributionPayment››


getWithheldTax

getWithheldTax(): Promise‹BigNumber›

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:423

Retrieve the amount of taxes that have been withheld up to this point in this Distribution

note uses the middleware

Returns: Promise‹BigNumber›


isEqual

isEqual(entity: Entity‹unknown, unknown›): boolean

Inherited from Entity.isEqual

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:61

Determine whether this Entity is the same as another one

Parameters:

Name
Type

entity

Returns: boolean


linkDocuments

linkDocuments(args: LinkCaDocsParams, opts?: ProcedureOpts): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Inherited from CorporateAction.linkDocuments

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:162

Link a list of documents to this corporate action

note any previous links are removed in favor of the new list

note this method is of type ProcedureMethod, which means you can call linkDocuments.checkAuthorization on it to see whether the Current Account has the required permissions to run it

Parameters:

Name
Type

args

opts?

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


modifyCheckpoint

modifyCheckpoint(args: ModifyDistributionCheckpointParams, opts?: ProcedureOpts): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Overrides CorporateAction.modifyCheckpoint

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:200

Modify the Distribution's checkpoint

note this method is of type ProcedureMethod, which means you can call modifyCheckpoint.checkAuthorization on it to see whether the Current Account has the required permissions to run it

Parameters:

Name
Type

args

ModifyDistributionCheckpointParams

opts?

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


pay

pay(args: PayDividendsParams, opts?: ProcedureOpts): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:213

Transfer the corresponding share of the dividends to a list of Identities

note due to performance issues, we do not validate that the distribution has enough remaining funds to pay the corresponding amount to the supplied Identities

note if currency is indivisible, the Identity's share will be rounded down to the nearest integer (after taxes are withheld)

note this method is of type ProcedureMethod, which means you can call pay.checkAuthorization on it to see whether the Current Account has the required permissions to run it

Parameters:

Name
Type

args

opts?

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


reclaimFunds

reclaimFunds(args: void, opts?: ProcedureOpts): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:228

Reclaim any remaining funds back to the origin Portfolio. This can only be done after the Distribution has expired

note withheld taxes are also reclaimed in the same transaction

note required roles:

  • Origin Portfolio Custodian

note this method is of type ProcedureMethod, which means you can call reclaimFunds.checkAuthorization on it to see whether the Current Account has the required permissions to run it

Parameters:

Name
Type

args

void

opts?

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


toJson

toJson(): HumanReadable

Overrides CorporateAction.toJson

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:564

Return the Dividend Distribution's static data

Returns: HumanReadable


Static generateUuid

generateUuidIdentifiers›(identifiers: Identifiers): string

Inherited from Entity.generateUuid

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:14

Generate the Entity's UUID from its identifying properties

Type parameters:

Identifiers

Parameters:

Name
Type
Description

identifiers

Identifiers

Returns: string


Static unserialize

unserializeIdentifiers›(serialized: string): Identifiers

Inherited from Entity.unserialize

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:23

Unserialize a UUID into its Unique Identifiers

Type parameters:

Identifiers

Parameters:

Name
Type
Description

serialized

string

UUID to unserialize

Returns: Identifiers

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