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Contact:            Jennifer A. Galloway, Chief Communications Officer
                         (703) 797-6600
                         jgalloway@msrb.org


MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD ANNOUNCES WEBINAR
  ON EMMA'S CONTINUING DISCLOSURE REGISTRATION
Sessions Will Explain Confirmation and Agent Designation Process

Alexandria, VA - The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today announced it will host a webinar to assist issuers and others with registering to use the continuing disclosure service of the MSRB's Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) system.  The webinar sessions, to be held June 25, 2009 and June 29, 2009, will provide an overview of the steps involved in registration, confirmation and agent designation.  These webinars are follow-ons to an earlier webinar that covered the submission process.  Information from that webinar is available here.

All webinars associated with continuing disclosure are being offered to help prepare issuers for submitting documents to EMMA.  Beginning July 1, 2009, issuers, obligated persons and their designated agents will be required to submit continuing disclosure documents - such as annual financial and operating information about issuers, audited financial statements and notices of material events - to the EMMA website.  The MSRB is operating a pilot continuing disclosure system during June so that issuers can register and test the submission process, and make voluntary submissions. 

Pre-registration for the upcoming webinars is required and can be completed via the links below. There is no charge to attend.

Sessions
June 25, 2009 2:30 pm ET.  To register, click here.
June 29, 2009 2:30 pm ET.  To register, click here.

In July, the MSRB will also be offering webinars covering the entire continuing disclosure process every Monday at 2:30 p.m.  Please see the Upcoming EMMA Events section on www.msrb.org to register for these sessions.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) protects and strengthens the municipal bond market, enabling access to capital, economic growth, and societal progress in tens of thousands of communities across the country. The MSRB fulfills this mission by creating trust in our market through informed regulation of dealers and municipal advisors that protects investors, issuers and the public interest; building technology systems that power our market and provide transparency for issuers, institutions, and the investing public; and serving as the steward of market data that empowers better decisions and fuels innovation for the future. The MSRB is a self-regulatory organization governed by a board of directors that has a majority of public members, in addition to representatives of regulated entities. The MSRB is overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Congress.

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