# corporate-actions

A skill for processing corporate actions end to end: dividends, splits, mergers, tender offers and rights offerings, from announcement to settlement.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 660 installs · ★ 218
- Author: JoelLewis
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/JoelLewis/finance_skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/client-operations/skills/corporate-actions/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/corporate-actions

## What it does

The skill walks through the full lifecycle of a corporate action: announcement, data scrubbing, system setup, client notification, election collection, entitlement calculation, settlement and reconciliation. It sorts events into four groups — mandatory, mandatory with choice, voluntary and information-only — and lists examples for each: cash and stock dividends, forward and reverse splits, fixed-term mergers, spin-offs, tender offers, rights offerings, exchange offers and consent solicitations.

A separate section covers record date and ex-date mechanics under T+1 settlement. For US regular-way dividends the ex-date equals the record date; for non-US markets the skill tells you to verify the local settlement convention. Fractional shares, proration on reorganizations, and cost basis and tax lot adjustments after an event get their own treatment.

The operational part is about elections: collect them from clients, validate against positions, aggregate, then submit to DTC via PTOP or ATOP or to the custodian before the deadline. Late elections may be rejected or penalised. Working with DTC and custodians means you need access to their systems, so check that before your first event. The skill text is truncated, so some sections may not be visible.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill corporate-actions -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/corporate-actions/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/corporate-actions/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill corporate-actions -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/corporate-actions/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill corporate-actions -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/corporate-actions/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JoelLewis/finance_skills corporate-actions
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/corporate-actions/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill corporate-actions -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/JoelLewis/finance_skills --path plugins/client-operations/skills/corporate-actions
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/corporate-actions/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill corporate-actions -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/JoelLewis/finance_skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/client-operations/skills/corporate-actions/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- allocate dividend entitlements to holder accounts on record date
- calculate entitlements for a stock split or reverse split
- collect client elections and submit them to DTC before the deadline
- handle fractional shares and proration in a merger
- reconcile expected entitlements against actual receipts and trace short pays

## Example prompts
- Help me process a stock split announcement: calculate entitlements per account and check the ex-date
- Collect client elections for the tender offer and prepare them for submission to DTC
- Reconcile expected dividends against actual receipts and flag discrepancies

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: corporate-actions
description: "Process and manage corporate actions from announcement through settlement. Use when handling dividends, stock splits, reverse splits, mergers, or spin-offs, managing voluntary elections for tender offers, rights offerings, or exchange offers, calculating record date and ex-date entitlements under T+1 settlement, collecting and submitting elections to DTC or custodians, handling fractional shares and proration for reorganization events, adjusting cost basis and tax lots after events, reconciling expected entitlements against actual receipts, or investigating missed or incorrectly processed corporate actions."
---

# Corporate Actions

## Core Concepts

### 1. Corporate Action Types

Corporate actions are events initiated by a company that affect its securities. They fall into four broad categories based on the level of shareholder participation required.

**Mandatory Actions.** These occur automatically for all holders of record and require no election. The holder receives the entitlement without taking any action.
- Cash dividends (regular, special, interim, final)
- Stock dividends (bonus shares distributed pro rata)
- Stock splits (forward splits increase share count, reduce price proportionally)
- Reverse stock splits (decrease share count, increase price proportionally)
- Mergers with fixed terms (cash-only or fixed-ratio stock consideration)
- Spin-offs (new entity shares distributed to parent company holders)
- Name changes and symbol changes (CUSIP/ISIN may change)

**Mandatory with Choice.** The action will occur regardless, but the holder may choose among alternatives. If no election is made, a default option applies.
- Stock or cash dividend election (holder chooses stock or cash; default is typically cash)
- Merger consideration election (cash, stock, or mixed; subject to proration if oversubscribed)

**Voluntary Actions.** The holder may choose whether to participate. Non-participation means the holder retains their existing position unchanged.
- Tender offers (issuer or third party offers to purchase shares at a specified price)
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