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FACILITY FOR ELECTRONIC MUNICIPAL MARKET ACCESS SYSTEM – EMMA

 

MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD
ELECTRONIC MUNICIPAL MARKET ACCESS SYSTEM –
EMMA®

The Electronic Municipal Market Access system (“EMMA”) is a facility of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) for receiving electronic submissions of municipal securities disclosure and other key documents and related information and for making such documents and information available to the public, at no charge on an Internet website (the “EMMA portal”) or by paid subscription feed.  The specific documents and information processed through EMMA are established through services filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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EMMA PRIMARY MARKET DISCLOSURE SERVICE

The EMMA primary market disclosure service, established as a service of EMMA, receives submissions of official statements (“OSs”), preliminary official statements (“POSs”), advance refunding documents (“ARDs”), and any amendments thereto (collectively, “primary market documents”), together with related indexing information to allow the public to readily identify and access such documents, from brokers, dealers and municipal securities dealers (“dealers”), acting as underwriters, placement agents or remarketing agents for primary offerings of municipal securities (“underwriters”), and their agents pursuant to MSRB rules, at no charge to the submitter.  Submissions may be made through a choice of an Internet-based electronic submission interface or electronic computer-to-computer streaming connections.  The EMMA primary market disclosure service makes primary market documents available to the public, at no charge, on the Internet through the EMMA portal.  The EMMA primary market disclosure service also makes primary market documents available by subscription for a fee.

Submissions to the EMMA Primary Market Disclosure Service

Designated Electronic Format for Documents.  All documents submitted to the EMMA primary market disclosure service must be in portable document format (PDF), configured to permit documents to be saved, viewed, printed and retransmitted by electronic means.  If the submitted file is a reproduction of the original document, the submitted file must maintain the graphical and textual integrity of the original document.  For any document submitted to the EMMA primary market disclosure service on or after January 1, 2010, such PDF document shall be word-searchable (without regard to diagrams, images and other non-textual elements).

Method of Submission.  Documents and related indexing information may be submitted to the EMMA primary market disclosure service through a secure, password-protected, web-based electronic submitter interface or through a secure, authenticated computer-to-computer data connection with EMMA, at the election of the submitter.  When making submissions using the web-based interface, related indexing information is entered into an on-line form or uploaded through an extensible markup language (XML) file, and documents are uploaded as PDF files.  Computer-to-computer submissions utilize XML files for data and PDF files for documents.  Appropriate schemas for on-line and computer-to-computer submissions are published on the EMMA portal and the MSRB website.

Timing of Submissions.  Submitters shall make submissions to EMMA of OSs, POSs, ARDs and related information within the timeframes set forth in MSRB rules and related MSRB procedures.  The EMMA primary market disclosure service’s submission processes are available for submissions throughout the day, subject to the right of the MSRB to make such processes unavailable between the hours of 3:00 am and 6:00 am each day, Eastern time, for required maintenance, upgrades or other purposes, or at other times as needed to ensure the integrity of EMMA and its systems.  The MSRB shall provide advance notice on the EMMA portal of any planned periods of unavailability and shall endeavor to provide information on the EMMA portal as to the status of the submission interface during unanticipated periods of unavailability, to the extent technically feasible.

Document Types.  The EMMA primary market disclosure service accepts submissions of OSs, POSs and ARDs, including any amendments to the foregoing, submitted pursuant to MSRB rules or on a voluntary basis.

Information to be Submitted.  Submitters shall provide to EMMA related indexing information with respect to each document submitted.  Submitters submitting OSs, POSs or ARDs under MSRB rules, or providing information under MSRB rules regarding a primary offering where no such document is required to be submitted, shall provide such items of information as are required by MSRB rule or the EMMA Dataport Manual to be included on Form G-32.  Submitters shall be responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information submitted to EMMA.

Submitters.  Submissions to the EMMA primary market disclosure service may be made solely by authorized submitters using password-protected accounts in the MSRB’s user account management and authentication system known as MSRB Gateway.  Submissions may be made by the following classes of submitters:

  • underwriter, which may submit OSs, POSs, ARDs and related information, as well as such other documents or information as provided under MSRB rules, with respect to municipal securities which the underwriter has underwritten; and
  • designated agent, which may submit the documents otherwise permitted to be submitted by the underwriter which has designated such agent, as provided below.

Underwriters may designate agents to submit documents and related indexing information on their behalf, and may revoke the designation of any such agents, through MSRB Gateway.  Such designated agents must register to obtain password-protected accounts on EMMA in order to make submissions on behalf of the designating underwriters.  All actions taken on EMMA by a designated agent on behalf of an underwriter that has designated such agent shall be the responsibility of the underwriter.

Public Availability of Primary Market Disclosure Documents

EMMA Portal.  Submissions made through the EMMA primary market disclosure service accepted during the hours of 8:30 am to 6:00 pm Eastern time on an MSRB business day are, in general, posted on the EMMA portal within 15 minutes of acceptance, although during peak traffic periods posting may occur within one hour of acceptance.  Submissions outside of such hours often are posted within 15 minutes although some submissions outside of the MSRB’s normal business hours may not be processed until the next business day.  Primary market disclosure documents and related indexing information submitted to EMMA shall be made available to the public through the EMMA portal for the life of the related securities.

The EMMA portal provides on-line search functions utilizing available indexing information to allow users of the EMMA portal to readily identify and access documents and related information provided through the EMMA primary market disclosure service.  Basic identifying information relating to specific municipal securities and/or specific issues will accompany the display of primary market disclosure documents.  The EMMA portal permits users to request alerts, at no charge, if a document has become available on the EMMA portal or has been updated or amended and may also provide, at the election of the MSRB, summary data/statistical snapshots relating to documents and information submitted to the EMMA primary market disclosure service.

The EMMA portal is available without charge to all members of the public.  The MSRB has designed EMMA, including the EMMA portal, as a scalable system with sufficient current capacity and the ability to add further capacity to meet foreseeable usage levels based on reasonable estimates of expected usage, and the MSRB will monitor usage levels in order to assure continued capacity in the future.

The MSRB reserves the right to restrict or terminate malicious, illegal or abusive usage for such periods as may be necessary and appropriate to ensure continuous and efficient access to the EMMA portal and to maintain the integrity of EMMA and its operational components.  The MSRB is not responsible for the content of the information or documents submitted by submitters displayed on the EMMA portal or distributed to subscribers of the EMMA primary market disclosure subscription service.

Subscriptions.  Users wishing to obtain the primary market disclosure documents provided through the EMMA primary market disclosure service through a data stream rather than through viewing on and downloading from the EMMA portal may purchase a subscription for such documents from the MSRB.  The EMMA primary market disclosure subscription service makes available to subscribers all primary market disclosure documents and related indexing information posted on the EMMA portal simultaneously with the posting thereof on the EMMA portal.  The EMMA primary market disclosure service subscription is provided through a web service accessible by subscribers using various commercially available products.  Data is streamed, depending on the subscriber’s own software settings, using XML files with embedded, or accompanying transmissions of, PDF files of primary market disclosure documents.  The MSRB makes the EMMA primary market disclosure subscription service available on an equal and non-discriminatory basis.  In addition, the MSRB does not impose any limitations on or additional charges for redistribution of such documents by subscribers to their customers, clients or other end-users.

EMMA CONTINUING DISCLOSURE SERVICE

The EMMA continuing disclosure service, established as a service of EMMA, receives submissions of continuing disclosure documents, together with related indexing information to allow the public to readily identify and access such documents, from issuers, obligated persons and their agents pursuant to continuing disclosure undertakings entered into consistent with Exchange Act Rule 15c2-12, as well as other continuing disclosure documents concerning municipal securities, at no charge to the submitter.  Submissions may be made through a choice of an Internet-based electronic submission interface or electronic computer-to-computer streaming connections.  The EMMA continuing disclosure service makes continuing disclosures available to the public, at no charge, on the Internet through the EMMA portal.  The EMMA continuing disclosure service also makes continuing disclosures available by subscription for a fee.

Submissions to the EMMA Continuing Disclosure Service

Designated Electronic Format for Documents.  All documents submitted to the EMMA continuing disclosure service must be in portable document format (PDF), configured to permit documents to be saved, viewed, printed and retransmitted by electronic means.  If the submitted file is a reproduction of the original document, the submitted file must maintain the graphical and textual integrity of the original document. For any document submitted to the EMMA continuing disclosure service on or after January 1, 2010, such PDF documents shall be word-searchable (without regard to diagrams, images and other non-textual elements).

Method of Submission.  Documents and related indexing information may be submitted to the EMMA continuing disclosure service either through a secure, password-protected, web-based electronic submitter interface or through a secure, authenticated computer-to-computer data connection with EMMA, at the election of the submitter.  When making submissions using the web-based interface, related indexing information is entered into an on-line form or uploaded through an extensible markup language (XML) file, and documents are uploaded as PDF files.  Computer-to-computer submissions utilize XML files for data and PDF files for documents.  Appropriate schemas for on-line and computer-to-computer submissions are published on the EMMA portal and the MSRB website.

Timing of Submissions.  The EMMA continuing disclosure service’s submission processes are available for submissions throughout the day, subject to the right of the MSRB to make such processes unavailable between the hours of 3:00 am and 6:00 am each day, Eastern time, for required maintenance, upgrades or other purposes, or at other times as needed to ensure the integrity of EMMA and its systems.  The MSRB shall provide advance notice on the EMMA portal of any planned periods of unavailability and shall endeavor to provide information on the EMMA portal as to the status of the submission interface during unanticipated periods of unavailability, to the extent technically feasible.

Document Types.  The EMMA continuing disclosure service accepts submissions from issuers, obligated persons, and their agents of (i) the continuing disclosure documents described in Rule 15c2-12, and (ii) other continuing disclosure documents concerning municipal securities not specifically described in Rule 15c2-12.

The continuing disclosure documents described in Rule 15c2-12 consist of the following categories of documents:

  • annual financial information concerning issuers or other obligated persons as described in paragraph (b)(5)(i)(A) of Rule 15c2-12, or other financial information and operating data provided by issuers or other obligated persons as described in paragraph (d)(2)(ii)(A) of Rule 15c2-12;
  • financial statements for issuers or other obligated persons if not included in the annual financial information as described in paragraph (b)(5)(i)(B) of Rule 15c2-12;
  • notices of certain events, if material, as described in paragraph (b)(5)(i)(C) of Rule 15c2-12; and
  • notices of failures to provide annual financial information on or before the date specified in the written undertaking as described in paragraph (b)(5)(i)(D) of Rule 15c2-12.

Categories of other disclosure documents concerning municipal securities not specifically described in Rule 15c2-12 include:

  • other financial or operating data disclosures, including but not limited to quarterly or monthly financial information; interim or additional financial information or operating data; budget documents; investment, debt or financial policies; consultant reports; material provided to rating agencies or credit or liquidity providers; changes in accounting standards, fiscal year or timing of annual disclosure; and other uncategorized financial or operating data; and
  • other event-based disclosures, including but not limited to amendments to continuing disclosure undertakings; changes in obligated person; notices to investors pursuant to bond documents; communications from the Internal Revenue Service; tender offer or secondary market purchase notices; notices of bid for auction rate or other securities; capital or other financing plans; litigation or enforcement action documents; documents relating to mergers, consolidations, reorganizations, insolvency or bankruptcy; changes of trustee, tender agent, remarketing agent, or other on-going party; materials relating to derivative or other similar transactions; and other uncategorized event-based disclosures.

The MSRB may combine two or more categories, may divide any category into two or more new categories or subcategories, or may form additional categories for purposes of indexing documents submitted as uncategorized financial/operating data or event-based disclosures, as appropriate, based on the types of documents received.

Information to be Submitted.  In connection with documents submitted to the EMMA continuing disclosure service, the submitter shall provide, at the time of submission, information necessary to accurately identify:

  • the category of information being provided (such as annual financial information; financial statements; material event notice, including designation of which specific type or types of events; notice of failure to make timely filing of annual financial information; or other continuing disclosure document concerning municipal securities, identified by category);
  • in the case of annual financial information, financial statements and other financial information or operating data, the period covered by such documents;
  • the issues or specific securities to which such document is related or otherwise material (including CUSIP number, issuer name, state, issue description/securities name, dated date, maturity date, and/or coupon rate);
  • the name(s) of the obligated person(s) (if other than the issuer) to which such document applies;
  • the name and date of the document; and
  • the identity of and contact information for the person submitting the document.

Submitters.  Submissions to the EMMA continuing disclosure service may be made solely by authorized submitters using password-protected accounts on EMMA.  Submissions may be made by the following classes of submitters:

  • issuer, which may submit any documents with respect to such issuer’s municipal securities;
  • obligated person, which may submit any documents with respect to any municipal securities for which such obligated person is obligated; and
  • designated agent, which may submit documents otherwise permitted to be submitted by the issuer or obligated person which has designated such agent, as provided below.

Issuers and obligated persons may designate agents to submit documents and related indexing information on their behalf, and may revoke the designation of any such agents, through the EMMA on-line account management utility.  Such designated agents must register to obtain password-protected accounts on EMMA in order to make submissions on behalf of the designating issuers or obligated persons.  Any party identified in a continuing disclosure undertaking as a dissemination agent or other party responsible for disseminating continuing disclosure documents on behalf of an issuer or obligated person may act as a designated agent for such issuer or obligated person, without a designation being made by the issuer or obligated person as described above, if such party certifies through the EMMA on-line account management utility that it is authorized to disseminate continuing disclosure documents on behalf of the issuer or obligated person under the continuing disclosure undertaking.  The issuer or obligated person, through the EMMA on-line account management utility, may revoke the authority of such party to act as a designated agent.

Public Availability of Continuing Disclosure Documents

EMMA Portal Submissions made through the EMMA continuing disclosure service accepted during the hours of 8:30 am to 6:00 pm Eastern time on an MSRB business day are, in general, posted on the EMMA portal within 15 minutes of acceptance, although during peak traffic periods posting may occur within one hour of acceptance.  Submissions outside of such hours often are posted within 15 minutes although some submissions outside of the MSRB’s normal business hours may not be processed until the next business day.  Continuing disclosure documents and related indexing information submitted to EMMA shall be made available to the public through the EMMA portal for the life of the related securities.

The EMMA portal provides on-line search functions utilizing available indexing information to allow users of the EMMA portal to readily identify and access documents and related information provided through the EMMA continuing disclosure service.  Basic identifying information relating to specific municipal securities and/or specific issues accompanies the display of continuing disclosure documents.

The EMMA portal is available without charge to all members of the public.  The MSRB has designed EMMA, including the EMMA portal, as a scalable system with sufficient current capacity and the ability to add further capacity to meet foreseeable usage levels based on reasonable estimates of expected usage, and the MSRB will monitor usage levels in order to assure continued capacity in the future.

The MSRB reserves the right to restrict or terminate malicious, illegal or abusive usage for such periods as may be necessary and appropriate to ensure continuous and efficient access to the EMMA portal and to maintain the integrity of EMMA and its operational components.  The MSRB is not responsible for the content of the information or documents submitted by submitters displayed on the EMMA portal or distributed to subscribers of the EMMA continuing disclosure subscription service.

Subscriptions.  Users wishing to obtain the continuing disclosure documents provided through the EMMA continuing disclosure service through a data stream rather than through viewing on and downloading from the EMMA portal may purchase a subscription for such documents from the MSRB.  The EMMA continuing disclosure subscription service makes available to subscribers all continuing disclosure documents and related indexing information posted on the EMMA portal simultaneously with the posting thereof on the EMMA portal.  The EMMA continuing disclosure service subscription is provided through a web service accessible by subscribers using various commercially available products.  Data is streamed, depending on the subscriber’s own software settings, using XML files with embedded, or accompanying transmissions of, PDF files of continuing disclosure documents.  The MSRB makes the EMMA continuing disclosure subscription service available on an equal and non-discriminatory basis.  In addition, the MSRB does not impose any limitations on or additional charges for redistribution of such documents by subscribers to their customers, clients or other end-users.

Pilot for EMMA Continuing Disclosure Service

In anticipation of the commencement of operations of the EMMA continuing disclosure service on July 1, 2009, the MSRB is implementing a pilot phase of the EMMA continuing disclosure service to provide for the voluntary electronic submission to the MSRB of continuing disclosure documents and related information by issuers, obligated persons and their agents and to provide for the free public access to such documents through the EMMA portal.  Such submissions shall be made as PDF files, accompanied by related indexing information, through the submission processes established with respect to the EMMA continuing disclosure service; provided that such processes may become available for use by voluntary submitters on a phased-in basis.  Documents submitted by issuers, obligated persons and their agents shall be made available to the public on the EMMA portal through the processes established with respect to the EMMA continuing disclosure service; provided that such processes may be implemented on a phased-in basis.  The MSRB also may make available test versions of the computer-to-computer submission processes and data stream subscription services established with respect to the EMMA continuing disclosure service on a phased-in basis during the pilot phase.  The features of the EMMA portal established with respect to the EMMA continuing disclosure service may become available for use by public users of the EMMA website on a phased-in basis during the pilot phase.  There shall be no charge for the making of submissions during the pilot phase or for accessing such documents on the EMMA portal.

The MSRB shall undertake to make the submission and EMMA portal access services available during the pilot phase on the same terms as established for the EMMA continuing disclosure service but reserves the right to operate any feature on a more limited basis as necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the MSRB, during the pilot phase.  The pilot phase is expected to operate for a limited period of time as the MSRB transitions to the permanent EMMA continuing disclosure service anticipated to commence operation on July 1, 2009.  The pilot phase shall terminate automatically at such time as the permanent EMMA continuing disclosure service becomes operational.

EMMA TRADE PRICE TRANSPARENCY SERVICE

The EMMA trade price transparency service, established as a service of EMMA, makes historical and real-time transaction price transparency information (“price transparency information”) from the MSRB’s Real-Time Transaction Reporting System (“RTRS”), available to the public, at no charge, on the EMMA portal.

Public Availability of Price Transparency Information

EMMA Portal.  Price transparency information is posted on the EMMA portal within 5 minutes of receipt, although during peak traffic periods posting may occur within 15 minutes of receipt.  The price transparency information available through the EMMA trade price transparency service represents the RTRS price transparency information for transactions since the inception of RTRS on January 31, 2005.  The information made available through the EMMA portal may be expanded to include price transparency information from MSRB price transparency systems that preceded RTRS.

The EMMA portal provides on-line search functions utilizing available indexing information to allow users of the EMMA portal to readily access price transparency information.  Basic identifying information relating to specific municipal securities and/or specific issues accompanies the display of price transparency information.  The MSRB may elect to expand its alert function on the EMMA portal to permit users to request periodic alerts, at no charge, regarding whether trades have been reported in a specific security.

The EMMA portal is available without charge to all members of the public.  The MSRB has designed EMMA, including the EMMA portal, as a scalable system with sufficient current capacity and the ability to add further capacity to meet foreseeable usage levels based on reasonable estimates of expected usage, and the MSRB will monitor usage levels in order to assure continued capacity in the future.

The MSRB reserves the right to restrict or terminate malicious, illegal or abusive usage for such periods as may be necessary and appropriate to ensure continuous and efficient access to the EMMA portal and to maintain the integrity of EMMA and its operational components.  The MSRB is not responsible for the information reported by dealers to RTRS that is displayed on the EMMA portal.

Subscriptions.  Users wishing to obtain price transparency information provided through the EMMA trade price transparency service other than by viewing on and downloading from the EMMA portal may obtain one or more subscription products offered by RTRS through existing RTRS mechanisms.

EMMA SHORT-TERM OBLIGATION RATE TRANSPARENCY SERVICE

The EMMA short-term obligation rate transparency service, established as a service of EMMA, makes information disseminated from the MSRB’s Short-term Obligation Rate Transparency  (“SHORT”) System available to the public, at no charge, on the EMMA portal.

Public Availability of Short-term Obligation Rate Transparency Information

EMMA Portal.  Short-term obligation rate transparency information is posted on the EMMA portal within 5 minutes of receipt from the SHORT System, although during peak traffic periods posting may occur within 15 minutes of receipt.  The short-term obligation rate transparency information available through the EMMA short-term  obligation rate transparency service represents information provided to EMMA since the inception of the SHORT System in January 2009.

The EMMA portal provides on-line search functions utilizing available indexing information to allow users of the EMMA portal to readily access short-term obligation rate transparency information.  Basic identifying information relating to specific municipal securities and/or specific issues accompanies the display of short-term obligation rate transparency information.  The EMMA portal permits users to request periodic alerts, at no charge, regarding whether short-term obligation rate transparency information for a specific security has been posted.

The EMMA portal is available without charge to all members of the public.  The MSRB has designed EMMA, including the EMMA portal, as a scalable system with sufficient current capacity and the ability to add further capacity to meet foreseeable usage levels based on reasonable estimates of expected usage, and the MSRB will monitor usage levels in order to assure continued capacity in the future.

The MSRB reserves the right to restrict or terminate malicious, illegal or abusive usage for such periods as may be necessary and appropriate to ensure continuous and efficient access to the EMMA portal and to maintain the integrity of EMMA and its operational components. The MSRB is not responsible for the content of the information submitted by submitters to the SHORT System displayed on the EMMA portal.

Subscriptions.  The MSRB plans to offer subscriptions to the information submitted to the SHORT System in the future.  Under a subscription to the information submitted to the SHORT System, users would be able to obtain the short-term obligation rate transparency information provided through the EMMA short-term obligation rate transparency service other than by viewing on and downloading from the EMMA portal.

EMMA SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

EMMA Primary Market Disclosure Subscription Service

The real-time data stream subscription to the EMMA primary market disclosure service through the EMMA subscription web service will be available for an annual fee of $20,000. The EMMA primary market disclosure subscription service makes available to subscribers all primary market disclosure documents, including official statements, preliminary official statements, advance refunding documents, and any amendments thereto, together with related indexing information provided by submitters through the EMMA submission process that is posted on the EMMA portal.  Such documents and information will be made available to subscribers simultaneously with the posting thereof on the EMMA portal.  Underwriters and their agents submitting information and documents to EMMA may provide or modify such items for a particular submission in one or more sessions (“submission events”), and any such items provided or modified will be made available to subscribers upon posting to the EMMA portal.

Data elements with respect to the EMMA primary market disclosure service to be provided through the real-time data stream shall be set forth in the EMMA Primary Market Subscriber Manual posted on the EMMA portal.  Each submission event will result in an XML data packet to be included in the subscription feed.  Each submission event packet will include data organized in a hierarchical data relationship generally consisting of (to the extent applicable for a particular submission event) XML containers for submission data, offering data, issue data, security data, document data, file data, and limited offering contact data.  These XML containers will contain some, all or none of the following types of data elements, as appropriate for each submission event being disseminated:

Submission Data:

submission ID; submission type; submission status; submission transaction date/time

Offering Data: 

offering type; underwriting spread (agency fee)/disclosure indicator; OS/POS availability status; related issue identifier

Issue Data: 

issue type; security type; issuer name; issue description; state; closing date; dated dates; remarketing/commercial paper identifiers

Security Data:

CUSIP number; maturity date; security-specific dated date; maturity principal amount; interest rate; initial offering price/yield; security status; partial underwriting data; refunded security CUSIP numbers

Document Data: 

document ID; document type; document description; document posting dates; document status indicators; refunding/refunded issue identifiers

File Data:

file ID; file posting dates; file status indicators

Limited Offering
Contact Data: 

contact name; address; phone number; e-mail address  


The EMMA Primary Market Subscriber Manual provides a complete, up-to-date listing of all data elements made available through the EMMA primary market disclosure subscription service, including any additions, deletions or modifications to disseminated data elements, detailed definitions of each data element, specific data format information, and information about technical data elements to support transmission and data-integrity processes between EMMA and subscribers.

Subscriptions will be provided through computer-to-computer data streams utilizing XML files for data and files in a designated electronic format (consisting of PDF files) for documents. Appropriate schemas and other technical specifications for accessing the web services through which the real-time data stream will be provided are set forth in the EMMA Primary Market Subscriber Manual posted on the EMMA portal.

The MSRB makes the EMMA primary market disclosure subscription service available on an equal and non-discriminatory basis.  In addition, the MSRB does not impose any limitations on or additional charges for redistribution of such documents by subscribers to their customers, clients or other end-users.  Subscribers shall be subject to all of the terms of the subscription agreement to be entered into between the MSRB and each subscriber, including proprietary rights of third parties in information provided by such third parties that is made available through the subscription.  The MSRB is not responsible for the content of the information or documents submitted by submitters that is distributed to subscribers of the EMMA primary market disclosure subscription service.

EMMA Continuing Disclosure Subscription Service

The real-time data stream subscription to the EMMA continuing disclosure service through the EMMA subscription web service will be available for an annual fee of $45,000. The EMMA continuing disclosure subscription service makes available to subscribers all continuing disclosure documents, together with related indexing information provided by submitters through the submission process of the EMMA continuing disclosure service, that is posted on the EMMA portal.  Such documents and information will be made available to subscribers simultaneously with the posting thereof on the EMMA portal.  Issuers, obligated persons and their agents submitting information and documents to EMMA may provide or modify such items for a particular submission in one or more sessions (“submission events”), and any such items provided or modified will be made available to subscribers upon posting to the EMMA portal.

Data elements with respect to the EMMA continuing disclosure service to be provided through the real-time data stream shall be set forth in the EMMA Continuing Disclosure Subscriber Manual posted on the EMMA portal.  Each submission event will result in an XML data packet to be included in the subscription feed.  Each submission event packet will include data organized in a hierarchical data relationship generally consisting of (to the extent applicable for a particular submission event) XML containers for submission data, disclosure indexing data, contact information data, and document data.  These XML containers will contain some, all or none of the following types of data elements, as appropriate for each submission event being disseminated:

Submission Data:

submission ID; submission transaction date/time

Disclosure Indexing
Data:

disclosure type; financial/operating disclosure category; event disclosure category; other voluntary disclosure description; disclosure dates; CUSIP numbers

Contact Information
Data: 

contact organization type; contact name; address; phone number; e-mail address

Document Data:

document ID; document posting date; document status indicator


The EMMA Continuing Disclosure Subscriber Manual provides a complete, up-to-date listing of all data elements made available through the EMMA continuing disclosure subscription service, including any additions, deletions or modifications to disseminated data elements, detailed definitions of each data element, specific data format information, and information about technical data elements to support transmission and data-integrity processes between EMMA and subscribers.

Subscriptions will be provided through computer-to-computer data streams utilizing XML files for data and files in a designated electronic format (consisting of PDF files) for documents. Appropriate schemas and other technical specifications for accessing the web services through which the real-time data stream will be provided are set forth in the EMMA Continuing Disclosure Subscriber Manual posted on the EMMA portal.

The MSRB makes the EMMA continuing disclosure subscription service available on an equal and non-discriminatory basis.  In addition, the MSRB does not impose any limitations on or additional charges for redistribution of such documents by subscribers to their customers, clients or other end-users.  Subscribers shall be subject to all of the terms of the subscription agreement to be entered into between the MSRB and each subscriber, including proprietary rights of third parties in information provided by such third parties that is made available through the subscription.  The MSRB is not responsible for the content of the information or documents submitted by submitters that is distributed to subscribers of the EMMA continuing disclosure subscription service.

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