Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Current Portion Of Long Term Debt
Issue 6
Alphabetical List of Field Definitions - C
Supplementary (Liability) Data, Annual Item; Field 18232
All Industries:
CURRENT PORTION OF LONG TERM DEBT represents the amount of long term debt due within the
next twelve months.
Data for this field is generally not available prior to 1996 for non-U.S. companies and 1991 for U.S. companies.
It includes but is not restricted to:
Current portion of capitalized leases
It excludes:
Notes payable, arising from short term borrowings
Current maturities of participation and entertainment obligation
Contracts payable for broadcast rights
Current portion of advances and production payments Bank overdrafts
Advances from subsidiaries/associated companies (if the term of the loan is not known it is assumed
that it is long term and is treated accordingly)
Current portion of preferred stock of a subsidiary
Footnotes:
A. No standard text
C. Includes interest on capitalized leases
Current Ratio
Liquidity Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08106
Industrials:
Current Assets-Total / Current Liabilities-Total
Current Ratio - 5 Yr Avg
Liquidity Ratio, Annual Item; Field 08110
All Industrials:
Arithmetic average of the last five years of Current Ratios
CUSIP
Descriptive Data, Current Item; Field 06004
All Industries:
CUSIP represents the national security identification number for U.S. and Canadian companies. The first
six digits of this number represent the company. The next two digits represent the security and the last
digit is a check digit. CUSIPs are assigned by Standard and Poor's Corporation.
For companies with more than one type of common/ordinary shares the CUSIP shown is for the share
identified in field 06005 - Type of Share.
This item is also available at the security level.
CUSIP - Mult Share 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Descriptive Data, Current Items; Fields 20006, 20106, 20206, 20306, 20406, 20506, 20606, respectively.
All Industries:
CUSIP represents the national security identification number for U.S. and Canadian companies. The first
six digits of this number represent the company. The next two digits represent the security and the last
digit is a check digit. CUSIPs are assigned by Standard and Poor's Corporation.
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