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.
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