Worldscope Database Datatype Definitions Guide

Machinery and Equipment
Issue 6
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Asset Data, Annual Item; Field 18377
Industrials, Other Financial Companies:
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT represents the machines and machine parts needed by the company to
produce its products.
Data for this field is generally not available prior to 1992.
It includes but is not restricted to:
Tools
Footnotes:
A. No standard text
C. Net of depreciation
D. Includes other
Major Shareholders
Stock Data, Current Item; Field 18370
All Industries:
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS represent any individual or company that owns more than the local legal
disclosure requirement of the outstanding shares of a company. The name of the individual or group
along with the percent of outstanding shares held are shown in this fields. This is a free text field;
shareholders are separated by a semi-colon.
This field replaces historic fields 18360 – 18369 Major Shareholders 1 – 10, which restricted collection to ten
shareholders.
Mandatorily Redeemable Trust Preferred Securities
Supplementary (Liability) Data, Annual & Interim Item; Field 18168
All Industries:
MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES represents mandatory redeemable
preferred securities of subsidiary trusts created for the purpose of holding solely debt securities of the
parent company. This item is included in Long Term Debt.
This item is available in the annual time series and the quarterly, semi-annual and trimester interim time series.
It is only available at the company level.
Market Capitalization
Stock Data, Annual Item; Field 08001
All Industries:
Market Price-Year End * Common Shares Outstanding
If Common Shares Outstanding is not available for the current year or prior year, then Common Shares
Outstanding-Current is used.
For companies with more than one type of common/ordinary share, market capitalization represents the
total market value of the company.
This item is also available at the security level for 1987 and subsequent years.
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