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To create a unit separation corporate action announcement manually:

1. In Reference Data Center, in the left navigation pane, click Reference Desk > Corporate Actions > Announcements > Create Unit Separations/Unit Splits.
   You see the Create Unit Separations/Unit Splits panel.

2. Complete the options on the Create Unit Separations/Unit Splits panel.
   You identify the closing From security in the upper pane. You identify two opening To securities in the Unit Separation/ Unit Split Details pane at the bottom of the panel.

3. Click Submit.
   The system adds the corporate action to the Corporate Action table. It has a transaction type of NONTAXMERGP and a Corporate Action Type of UNIT SEPARATION You can change a corporate action announcement if it does not have a Released status.

4. If you added a voluntary corporate action announcement, you can identify entities that elected to participate in the corporate action. 

5. If you added a mandatory corporate action announcement, you can set up a mandatory corporate action exclusion to prevent the system from processing a mandatory corporate action for a certain entity.