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

 MSRB TO HOST OUTREACH SEMINAR IN DENVER, COLORADO

Alexandria, VA – The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) announced today it will host an education and outreach event for Denver-area municipal market professionals on July 26, 2011. The event will provide an opportunity for industry professionals to learn about the MSRB’s expanded mission to protect municipal entities and its rulemaking for municipal advisors and dealers.

The Denver seminar will be held Tuesday, July 26, 2011, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. MST at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202. A reception will follow the seminar.

The seminar is open to all members of the municipal securities community. There is no cost to attend; however, pre-registration is required. To register, please contact Tina Hanachi at thanachi@msrb.org.

Consistent with the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as of October 1, 2010, the MSRB’s mission includes the protection of state and local government entities and others whose credit stands behind municipal bonds. The MSRB also now oversees municipal advisors that provide advice to these entities on a range of municipal securities or investment-related matters and that solicit certain business from these entities on behalf of others. This oversight is in addition to the MSRB’s existing regulation of banks and securities firms that engage in municipal securities business.

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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