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CFR /  Title 12  /  Part 551  /  Sec. 551.90 How do I provide a written notice?

If you elect to satisfy Sec. 551.70 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

You must provide the

If you effect a transaction involving . . following additional

. information in your written

(1) A debt security subject to redemption A statement that the issuer

before maturity. 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 (i) The dollar price at

exclusively on the basis of a dollar which you effected the

price. 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 (i) The yield at which the

basis of yield. 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

(i) A statement that the

backed security that represents an actual yield of the asset-

interest in, or is secured by, a pool of backed security may vary

receivables or other financial assets according to the rate at

that are subject continuously to which the underlying

prepayment. 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 A statement that the

government security. security is unrated by a

nationally recognized

statistical rating

organization, if that is

the case.------------------------------------------------------------------------