FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

No registration is required.

We will activate your site 24 to 48 hours after receipt of a signed client services agreement and payment for the first-year service fee and activation fee.

There are several ways. We’ll send you a sample announcement letter that you can mail or email to your investors letting them know that your company is offering this free service to them. You can also place a URL link on your company’s website that will take investors directly to your MPS issuer profile site. You can also announce the service at an investor event.

No. Some investors may wait to sign up while others will sign up as soon as they are notified that the service is available.

We use multi-factor authentication to verify all users.

Yes. Investors may have holdings in trust or wealth management accounts under a different name. You can provide access to those investors.

Yes. To help protect your company against any potential allegations of insider trading activity, you should require all possible transactions be handled on your MPS site.

Yes. You can grant access to your issuer profile site to anyone. They do not even need to be investors, e.g., professional service advisors to your company, company clients, etc., can be granted access.

Any company or entity that issues a non-registered or unregistered security, which is defined as any security without a registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Examples include:

• Privately held companies, e.g., community banks and other private entities that have issued non-registered securities to their investors and employees

• Limited liability companies, e.g., oil and gas partnerships, REITs

There are several reasons, including the desire to remain private, the ability to easily and economically keep investors informed of any and all issues affecting their holdings, and the desire to save time and focus on growing and maintaining the company while not ignoring the needs of investors.

Yes. In fact, using MPS to announce a capital raise is a great way to save money. Companies can also use MPS to make stock buyback announcements. We recommend that all such announcements be reviewed and approved by a company’s counsel prior to release.