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ISSUER INFORMATION

General Issuer Information

  • What Issuers Should Know
  • What is the Pink Sheets?
  • How Does the Pink Sheets Work?
  • Policies Regarding Caveat Emptor and Promotional Activities

How to Become a Pink Sheets Company

  • How Does a Company Become Quoted?
  • Finding A Market Maker to Sponsor Your Company

OTC Market Tiers

Alternative Reporting Standard

  • Alternative Reporting Standard Overview

Forms and Documents

Disclosure Guidelines
Subscriber Agreements

Update Your Company Information

  • Update your company's contact information

Products and Services for Issuers

Service Provider Directory

Frequently Asked Questions by Issuers

 

INVESTOR INFORMATION

The OTC Market and the Pink Sheets

  • Defining the OTC Market and the Pink Sheets
  • Investing in OTC Securities

Contacting a Pink Sheets Company

  • How to Find Contact Information
  • Obtaining Financial Information on a Pink Sheets or Yellow Sheets Company

Investor Protection and Regulation

Contacting Securities Regulators

  • What to Do If You Suspect Fraud or Manipulation in an OTC Security
  • Securities Regulators for the OTC markets

How to Buy or Sell Pink Sheet Stocks

  • Choose a Broker
  • Know the Difference Between a Limit Order vs. Market Order
  • Always Research Your Proposed Investment
  • List of Online Brokers that Trade Pink Sheet Securities

OTC Market Tiers

Frequently Asked Questions by Investors



PINK OTC WEBINARS

Pink OTC Markets is committed to providing the most up to date and practical information to our customers. We will be conducting periodic webinars regarding developments and changes that effect the over the counter industry. All webinars will be easily accessible in this section of the website.

2008 OTC Market Developments

CEO of Pink OTC Markets, Cromwell Coulson, explains the basics of the OTC market and discusses the important changes occurring as a result of the new Limit Order Protection rules.

 

BROKER/DEALER INFORMATION

Quoting Pink Sheet Securities

  • Who Can Publish Quotes in the Pink Quote system
  • How to Initiate a Quote: Rule 15c2-11
  • 211 Exceptions
  • Quotation of Delisted NASDAQ Securities
  • Unsolicited Quotes

211 Q&A - FINRA Notice to Members 92-50

  • Rule 15c2-11 Informational Requirements
  • Rule 15c2-11 Exceptions
  • Schedule H Questions
  • For More Information on SEC Rule 15c2-11

FINRA Rules

SEC Rules

  • Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  • Rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Regulatory Agencies

  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
  • North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)

Frequently Asked Questions by Broker/Dealers