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6610. General

(a) Members are required to report transactions (other than transactions executed on or through an exchange) in OTC Equity Securities, including secondary market transactions in non-exchange-listed Direct Participation Program securities, and Restricted Equity Securities to the OTC Reporting Facility in compliance with the Rule 6600 and 7300 Series, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations.
(b) Trading

6550. Emergency Authority

As market conditions may warrant, in consultation with the SEC, FINRA may suspend the reporting or dissemination of certain Covered Securities Loans, or the reporting of certain Data Elements or Confidential Data Elements or the dissemination of certain Data Elements for such period of time as FINRA deems necessary.
Adopted by SR-FINRA-2024-007 eff. Sept. 28, 2026.

6520. Participation in SLATE

(a) Mandatory Participation

(1) Pursuant to SEA Rule 10c-1a, participation in SLATE is mandatory for purposes of reporting Covered Securities Loans. Such mandatory participation obligates a Covered Person to submit Covered Securities Loan information to SLATE in conformity with SEA Rule 10c-1a and the FINRA Rule 6500 Series.

(2) Participation in SLATE shall be conditioned upon the SLATE Participant’s initial and continuing compliance with the following requirements:

6510. Definitions

For the purposes of this Rule 6500 Series, the following terms have the following meaning:

(a) “Confidential Data Element” means an item of information that a Covered Person must report under SEA Rule 10c-1a(e) and FINRA Rule 6530(a)(2)(M) through (U).

(b) “Custodian” means a Broker or Bank that is providing safekeeping or custody services as described in Exchange Act Section 3(a)(4)(B)(viii)(I)(aa) or (bb) in connection with the Covered Securities Loan.

6490. Processing of Company-Related Actions

(a) General
(1) In furtherance of FINRA's obligations to foster cooperation and coordination of the clearing, settling and processing of transactions in equity and debt securities of any issuer with a class of publicly traded, non-exchange listed, securities in the OTC market and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest, FINRA's Operations Department ("Department") reviews and processes documents related to announcements for SEA Rule 10b-17 Actions and Ot

6480. Multiple MPIDs for Quoting and Trading in OTC Equity Securities

(a) Any member that is required to obtain, or otherwise wishes to use, more than one Market Participant Symbol ("MPID") for purposes of quoting and trading OTC Equity Securities or for reporting trades to the OTC Reporting Facility must submit a written request, in the form required by FINRA, to, and obtain approval from, FINRA Market Operations for such additional MPID(s).
(b) A member that posts a quotation in an OTC Equity Security and reports to a FINRA system a trade resulting from such posted quotation must utilize