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


MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD CREATES VIDEO TUTORIAL
FOR SUBMISSION OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS  

Alexandria , VA – The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) today made available an instructional video for municipal securities issuers and others who submit continuing disclosure documents to the MSRB’s EMMA municipal bond website.  The video, which can be accessed here, provides an overview of the submission process and demonstrates how to make a continuing disclosure submission. The video will also be accessible on the EMMA website at http://emma.msrb.org.

In conjunction with the release of the tutorial, the MSRB also is providing a new and improved way for document submitters to associate their securities, identified by CUSIP numbers, to a particular document submission.  EMMA now guides users through the process with plain English questions.  To further help issuers and others associate continuing disclosure documents with the appropriate securities, the MSRB has published a tip sheet about CUSIP numbers.

EMMA, which stands for Electronic Municipal Market Access, is the central electronic depository for municipal bond information.  EMMA houses information for more than 1.2 million municipal bonds and is available free of charge.  In addition to trade data and disclosure documents, EMMA provides key interest rate information about municipal variable rate demand obligations and auction rate securities, and educational information about municipal bonds.

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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