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Table of Contents
Local Offices 2
Local FTSE Offices 2
Local Dow Jones Indexes Offices 2
Appendices 6-12
ICB System 6-8
Country Coverage & ISO Codes 8
ICB Exchange Codes 9-12
Market Codes 12
LOCAL OFFICES
EUROPEAN OFFICES
DOW JONES FTSE
Zurich London
Dow Jones Indexes /STOXX Limited FTSE International
Selnaustrasse 30 10 Upper Bank St., 12th Fl.
CH-8021 Zurich Canary Wharf
Switzerland London E14 5PN
Tel: +41 58 854 5400 United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7866 1810
CLIENT SUPPORT
DOW JONES FTSE
Tel: +1 609 520 7172 UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7866 1810
Email: indexteam-us@dowjones.com Email: info@ftse.com
US Tel: +1 212 641 6124
Email: infoUS@ftse.com
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
ICB Universe Database Service Options
• Full Universe Service
• Regional Universe Services: Europe/MEA; Asia Pacific; Americas; US
The above service options are available on a weekly refresh basis. Daily changes are also
available as an additional service.
Service Timing
• Weekly Universe product files are produced on the last business day of the week
and are available by 10:00 pm EST (US Eastern Standard Time). These files
contain the market closing information for the effective date of the file.
• Daily Changes product files are produced at the end of each business day and are
available by 10:00pm EST. These files contain the market closing information
for the effective date of the file.
File Content
ICB Services file format
ICB Universe Database is a pipe (|) delimited text file. Each product file is the same in
structure but the last column will only be populated in the daily changes product, as
described in the service options above and listed in the file format layout below.
Reference codes applicable for data within the field name columns are in the appendices
of this document.
Col. No. Field Name Data Description Data Example Max Width
1 UNIQUE IDENTIFIER A unique internal identifier for each security 01914 10
2 ISIN CODE ISIN Identification Code provided on a best US0019575051 12
Company/Security Codes
endeavours basis
3 SEDOL SEDOL code 2064888 7
4 CUSIP CUSIP code for North American companies 001957505 9
5 LOCAL MARKET CODE Local Market code of security as traded on T 22
local exchange
6 SECURITY NAME Name of security AT&T Corp. 150
7 COMPANY CODE A unique Company code to identify each 00000 10
individual company, not individual securities,
therefore code may be duplicated
8 COUNTRY CODE ISO country code identifies the country where US 2
Regional Codes
2. Data items such as Exchange Codes, Company Name and Country Codes may not
correspond to other Dow Jones Indexes or FTSE products but can be identified by
common security identification codes such as SEDOL’s, CUSIP’s and ISIN’s.
4. The data within the Daily Change file represents new/changed values, where applicable.
5. The Daily Change file product displays a two digit code which relates to the following
change descriptors:
C65297|US3369011032|2341848|336901103|336901103|”1st
Source”||US||XNAS|8000|8300|8350|8355
XXXXXXXXXX
C98542|US2086264101|B051B15|208264101|208264101|”Conor
Medsystems”||US||XNAS|||||CA
XXXXXXXXXX
APPENDICES
ICB System
Country Coverage & ISO Codes (Country & Domicile) Note: Countries may be added with advanced notice
COUNTRY ISO CODE COUNTRY ISO CODE COUNTRY ISO CODE COUNTRY ISO CODE COUNTRY ISO CODE
Argentina AR Egypt EG Jordan JO Oman OM Sweden SE
Australia AU Estonia EE Korea, Republic of KR Pakistan PK Switzerland CH
Austria AT Finland FI Kuwait KW Peru PE Taiwan TW
Bahrain BH France FR Latvia LV Philippines PH Thailand TH
Belgium BE Germany DE Lebanon LB Poland PL The Netherlands NL
Brazil BR Greece GR Lithuania LT Portugal PT Tunisia TN
Canada CA Hong Kong HK Luxembourg LU Qatar QA Turkey TR
Chile CL Hungary HU Malaysia MY Russia RU United Arab Emirates AE
China CN India IN Malta MT Saudi Arabia SA United Kingdom GB
Columbia CO Indonesia ID Mexico MX Singapore SG USA US
Croatia HR Ireland IE Morocco MA Slovakia SK Venezuela VE
Cyprus CY Israel IL Namibia NA Slovenia SI Vietnam VN
Czech Republic CZ Italy IT New Zealand NZ South Africa ZA
Denmark DK Japan JP Norway NO Spain ES
Note: Not all of the above identifiers are currently covered in the product. New exchanges may be added with advanced notice.
Market Codes
REGION CODE NAME
Brazil Brazil Local Code
Canada Ticker
Chile Chile Local Code
China China Local Code
Japan Japan Local Code
Mexico Mexico Local Code
South Africa TIDM (EPIC)
Taiwan Taiwan Local Code
United States Ticker
United Kingdom TIDM (EPIC)
Venezuela Venezuela Local Code