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- § 151.70 - What type of notice must I provide when I effect a securities transaction for a customer?
- § 151.80 - How do I provide a registered broker-dealer confirmation?
- § 151.90 - How do I provide a written notice?
- § 151.100 - What are the alternate notice requirements?
- § 151.120 - May I charge a fee for a notice?
§ 151.70 - What type of notice must I provide when I effect a securities transaction for a customer?
If you effect a securities transaction for a customer, you must give or send the customer the registered broker-dealer confirmation described at § 151.80, or the written notice described at § 151.90. For certain types of transactions, you may elect to provide the alternate notices described in § 151.100.
§ 151.80 - How do I provide a registered broker-dealer confirmation?
(a) If you elect to satisfy § 151.70 by providing the customer with a registered broker-dealer confirmation, you must provide the confirmation by having the registered broker-dealer send the confirmation directly to the customer or by sending a copy of the registered broker-dealer's confirmation to the customer within one business day after you receive it.
(b) Unless you have determined remuneration in a written agreement with the customer, if you have received or will receive remuneration from any source, including the customer, in connection with the transaction, you must provide a statement of the source and amount of the remuneration in addition to the registered broker-dealer confirmation described in paragraph (a) of this section.
§ 151.90 - How do I provide a written notice?
If you elect to satisfy § 151.70 by providing the customer a written notice, you must give or send the written notice at or before the completion of the securities transaction. You must include all of the following information in a written notice:
(a) Your name and the customer's name.
(b) The capacity in which you acted (for example, as agent).
(c) The date and time of execution of the securities transaction (or a statement that you will furnish this information within a reasonable time after the customer's written request), and the identity, price, and number of shares or units (or principal amount in the case of debt securities) of the security the customer purchased or sold.
(d) The name of the person from whom you purchased or to whom you sold the security, or a statement that you will furnish this information within a reasonable time after the customer's written request.
(e) The amount of any remuneration that you have received or will receive from the customer in connection with the transaction unless the remuneration paid by the customer is determined under a written agreement, other than on a transaction basis.
(f) The source and amount of any other remuneration you have received or will receive in connection with the transaction. If, in the case of a purchase, you were not participating in a distribution, or in the case of a sale, were not participating in a tender offer, the written notice may state whether you have or will receive any other remuneration and state that you will furnish the source and amount of the other remuneration within a reasonable time after the customer's written request.
(g) That you are not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, if that is the case. This does not apply to a transaction in shares of a registered open-end investment company or unit investment trust if the customer sends funds or securities directly to, or receives funds or securities directly from, the registered open-end investment company or unit investment trust, its transfer agent, its custodian, or a designated broker or dealer who sends the customer either a confirmation or the written notice in this section.
(h) Additional disclosures. You must provide all of the additional disclosures described in the following chart for transactions involving certain debt securities:
| If you effect a transaction involving . . . | You must provide the following additional information in your written notice . . . | (1) A debt security subject to redemption before maturity | A statement that the issuer may redeem the debt security in whole or in part before maturity, that the redemption could affect the represented yield, and that additional redemption information is available upon request. | (2) A debt security that you effected exclusively on the basis of a dollar price | (i) The dollar price at which you effected the transaction; and
(ii) The yield to maturity calculated from the dollar price. You do not have to disclose the yield to maturity if: | (A) The issuer may extend the maturity date of the security with a variable interest rate; or | (B) The security is an asset-backed security that represents an interest in, or is secured by, a pool of receivables or other financial assets that are subject continuously to prepayment. | (3) A debt security that you effected on basis of yield | (i) The yield at which the transaction, including the percentage amount and its characterization (e.g., current yield, yield to maturity, or yield to call). If you effected the transaction at yield to call, you must indicate the type of call, the call date, and the call price; | (ii) The dollar price calculated from that yield; and | (iii) The yield to maturity and the represented yield, if you effected the transaction on a basis other than yield to maturity and the yield to maturity is lower than the represented yield. You are not required to disclose this information if: | (A) The issuer may extend the maturity date of the security with a variable interest rate; or | (B) The security is an asset-backed security that represents an interest in, or is secured by, a pool of receivables or other financial assets that are subject continuously to prepayment. | (4) A debt security that is an asset-backed security that represents an interest in, or is secured by, a pool of receivables or other financial assets that are subject continuously to prepayment | (i) A statement that the actual yield of the asset-backed security may vary according to the rate at which the underlying receivables or other financial assets are prepaid; and
(ii) A statement that you will furnish information concerning the factors that affect yield (including at a minimum estimated yield, weighted average life, and the prepayment assumptions underlying yield) upon the customer's written request. | (5) A debt security, other than a government security | A statement that the security is unrated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, if that is the case. |
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§ 151.100 - What are the alternate notice requirements?
You may elect to satisfy § 151.70 by providing the alternate notices described in the following chart for certain types of transactions.
| If you effect a securities transaction . . . | Then you may elect to . . . | (a) For or with the account of a customer under a periodic plan, sweep account, or investment company plan | Give or send to the customer within five business days after the end of each quarterly period a written statement disclosing: (1) Each purchase and redemption that you effected for or with, and each dividend or distribution that you credited to or reinvested for, the customer's account during the period; | (2) The date of each transaction; | (3) The identity, number, and price of any securities that the customer purchased or redeemed in each transaction; | (4) The total number of shares of the securities in the customer's account; | (5) Any remuneration that you received or will receive in connection with the transaction; and | (6) That you will give or send the registered broker-dealer confirmation described in § 151.80 or the written notice described in § 151.90 within a reasonable time after the customer's written request. | (b) For or with the account of a customer in shares of an open-ended management company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that holds itself out as a money market fund and attempts to maintain a stable net asset value per share | Give or send to the customer the written statement described at paragraph (a) of this section on a monthly basis. You may not use the alternate notice, however, if you deduct sales loads upon the purchase or redemption of shares in the money market fund. | (c) For an account for which you do not exercise investment discretion, and for which you and the customer have agreed in writing to an arrangement concerning the time and content of the written notice | Give or send to the customer a written notice at the agreed-upon time and with the agreed-upon content, and include a statement that you will furnish the registered broker-dealer confirmation described in § 151.80 or the written notice described in § 151.90 within a reasonable time after the customer's written request. | (d) For an account for which you exercise investment discretion other than in an agency capacity, excluding common or collective investment funds | Give or send the registered broker-dealer confirmation described in § 151.80 or the written notice described in § 151.90 within a reasonable time after a written request by the person with the power to terminate the account or, if there is no such person, any person holding a vested beneficial interest in the account. | (e) For an account in which you exercise investment discretion in an agency capacity | Give or send each customer a written itemized statement specifying the funds and securities in your custody or possession and all debits, credits, and transactions in the customer's account. You must provide this information to the customer not less than once every three months. You must give or send the registered broker-dealer confirmation described in § 151.80 or the written notice described in § 151.90 within a reasonable time after a customer's written request. | (f) For a common or collective investment fund | (1) Give or send to a customer who invests in the fund a copy of the annual financial report of the fund, or | (2) Notify the customer that a copy of the report is available and that you will furnish the report within a reasonable time after a written request by a person to whom a regular periodic accounting would ordinarily be rendered with respect to each participating account. |
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§ 151.120 - May I charge a fee for a notice?
You may not charge a fee for providing a notice required under this subpart B, except that you may charge a reasonable fee for the notices provided under §§ 151.100(a), (d), and (e).