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:48arrow-up-right


currency

• currency: string

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:96arrow-up-right

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:82arrow-up-right

date at which the Corporate Action was created


defaultTaxWithholding

• defaultTaxWithholding: BigNumber

Inherited from CorporateAction.defaultTaxWithholding

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:98arrow-up-right

default percentage of tax withholding for this Corporate Action


description

• description: string

Inherited from CorporateAction.description

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:87arrow-up-right

brief text description of the Corporate Action


expiryDate

• expiryDate: null | Date

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:112arrow-up-right

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:72arrow-up-right

internal Corporate Action ID


Protected kind

• kind: UnpredictableBenefitarrow-up-right | PredictableBenefitarrow-up-right

Overrides CorporateAction.kind

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:122arrow-up-right

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:107arrow-up-right

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:91arrow-up-right

Portfolio from which the dividends will be distributed


paymentDate

• paymentDate: Date

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:117arrow-up-right

date starting from which dividends can be paid/reclaimed


perShare

• perShare: BigNumber

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:101arrow-up-right

amount of currency to pay for each share the Tokenholder holds


targets

• targets: CorporateActionTargetsarrow-up-right

Inherited from CorporateAction.targets

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:93arrow-up-right

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: TaxWithholdingarrow-up-right[]

Inherited from CorporateAction.taxWithholdings

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:104arrow-up-right

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:77arrow-up-right

ticker of the Security Token


uuid

• uuid: string

Inherited from Entity.uuid

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:46arrow-up-right

Methods

checkpoint

▸ checkpoint(): Promise‹Checkpoint | CheckpointSchedule›

Overrides CorporateAction.checkpoint

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:236arrow-up-right

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?: ProcedureOptsarrow-up-right): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:190arrow-up-right

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 ProcedureMethodarrow-up-right, 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

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


details

▸ details(): Promise‹DividendDistributionDetailsarrow-up-right›

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:264arrow-up-right

Retrieve details associated with this Dividend Distribution

Returns: Promise‹DividendDistributionDetailsarrow-up-right›


exists

▸ exists(): Promise‹boolean›

Overrides CorporateAction.exists

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:255arrow-up-right

Retrieve whether the Distribution exists

Returns: Promise‹boolean›


getParticipant

▸ getParticipant(args?: undefined | object): Promise‹DistributionParticipantarrow-up-right | null›

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:350arrow-up-right

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‹DistributionParticipantarrow-up-right | null›


getParticipants

▸ getParticipants(): Promise‹DistributionParticipantarrow-up-right[]›

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:290arrow-up-right

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‹DistributionParticipantarrow-up-right[]›


getPaymentHistory

▸ getPaymentHistory(opts: object): Promise‹ResultSetarrow-up-right‹DistributionPaymentarrow-up-right››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:454arrow-up-right

Retrieve the payment history for this Distribution

note uses the middleware

note supports pagination

Parameters:

â–ªDefault value opts: object= {}

Name
Type

size?

undefined | number

start?

undefined | number

Returns: Promise‹ResultSetarrow-up-right‹DistributionPaymentarrow-up-right››


getWithheldTax

▸ getWithheldTax(): Promise‹BigNumber›

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:423arrow-up-right

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:61arrow-up-right

Determine whether this Entity is the same as another one

Parameters:

Name
Type

entity

Entity‹unknown, unknown›

Returns: boolean


linkDocuments

▸ linkDocuments(args: LinkCaDocsParamsarrow-up-right, opts?: ProcedureOptsarrow-up-right): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Inherited from CorporateAction.linkDocuments

Defined in src/api/entities/CorporateAction/index.ts:162arrow-up-right

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 ProcedureMethodarrow-up-right, which means you can call linkDocuments.checkAuthorization on it to see whether the Current Account has the required permissions to run it

Parameters:

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


modifyCheckpoint

▸ modifyCheckpoint(args: ModifyDistributionCheckpointParams, opts?: ProcedureOptsarrow-up-right): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Overrides CorporateAction.modifyCheckpoint

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:200arrow-up-right

Modify the Distribution's checkpoint

note this method is of type ProcedureMethodarrow-up-right, 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

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


pay

▸ pay(args: PayDividendsParamsarrow-up-right, opts?: ProcedureOptsarrow-up-right): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:213arrow-up-right

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 ProcedureMethodarrow-up-right, which means you can call pay.checkAuthorization on it to see whether the Current Account has the required permissions to run it

Parameters:

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


reclaimFunds

▸ reclaimFunds(args: void, opts?: ProcedureOptsarrow-up-right): Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:228arrow-up-right

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 ProcedureMethodarrow-up-right, 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

Returns: Promise‹TransactionQueue‹void››


toJson

â–¸ toJson(): HumanReadablearrow-up-right

Overrides CorporateAction.toJson

Defined in src/api/entities/DividendDistribution/index.ts:564arrow-up-right

Return the Dividend Distribution's static data

Returns: HumanReadablearrow-up-right


Static generateUuid

▸ generateUuid‹Identifiers›(identifiers: Identifiers): string

Inherited from Entity.generateUuid

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:14arrow-up-right

Generate the Entity's UUID from its identifying properties

Type parameters:

â–ª Identifiers

Parameters:

Name
Type
Description

identifiers

Identifiers

Returns: string


Static unserialize

▸ unserialize‹Identifiers›(serialized: string): Identifiers

Inherited from Entity.unserialize

Defined in src/api/entities/Entity.ts:23arrow-up-right

Unserialize a UUID into its Unique Identifiers

Type parameters:

â–ª Identifiers

Parameters:

Name
Type
Description

serialized

string

UUID to unserialize

Returns: Identifiers

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