[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR240.17f-1]
[Page 452-455]
TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
PART 240_GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934--Table of Contents
Subpart A_Rules and Regulations Under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Sec. 240.17f-1 Requirements for reporting and inquiry with respect to
missing, lost, counterfeit or stolen securities.
(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section:
(1) The term reporting institution shall include every national
securities exchange, member thereof, registered securities association,
broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, government securities
broker, government securities dealer, registered transfer agent,
registered clearing agency, participant therein, member of the Federal
Reserve System and bank whose deposits are insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation;
(2) The term uncertificated security shall mean a security not
represented by an instrument and the transfer of which is registered
upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer;
(3) The term global certificate securities issue shall mean a
securities issue for which a single master certificate representing the
entire issue is registered in the nominee name of a registered clearing
agency and for which beneficial owners cannot receive negotiable
securities certificates;
(4) The term customer shall mean any person with whom the reporting
institution has entered into at least one prior securities-related
transaction; and
(5) The term securities-related transaction shall mean a purpose,
sale or pledge of investment securities, or a custodial arrangement for
investment securities.
(6) The term securities certificate means any physical instrument
that represents or purports to represent ownership in a security that
was printed by or on behalf of the issuer thereof and shall include any
such instrument that is or was:
(i) Printed but not issued;
(ii) Issued and outstanding, including treasury securities;
(iii) Cancelled, which for this purpose means either or both of the
procedures set forth in Sec. 240.17Ad-19(a)(1); or
(iv) Counterfeit or reasonably believed to be counterfeit.
(7) The term issuer shall include an issuer's:
(i) Transfer agent(s), paying agent(s), tender agent(s), and
person(s) providing similar services; and
(ii) Corporate predecessor(s) and successor(s).
(8) The term missing shall include any securities certificate that:
(i) Cannot be located or accounted for, but is not believed to be
lost or stolen; or
(ii) A transfer agent claims or believes was destroyed in any manner
other than by the transfer agent's own certificate destruction
procedures as provided in Sec. 240.17Ad-19.
(b) Every reporting institution shall register with the Commission
or its designee in accordance with instructions issued by the Commission
except:
(1) A member of a national securities exchange who effects
securities transactions through the trading facilities of the exchange
and has not received or held customer securities within the last six
months;
(2) A reporting institution that, within the last six months,
limited its securities activities exclusively to uncertificated
securities, global securities issues or any securities issue for which
neither record nor beneficial owners can obtain a negotiable securities
certificate; or
(3) A reporting institution whose business activities, within the
last six months, did not involve the handling of securities
certificates.
(c) Reporting requirements--(1) Stolen securities.
(i) Every reporting institution shall report to the Commission or
its designee, and to a registered transfer agent for the issue, the
discovery of the theft or loss of any securities certificates where
there is substantial basis
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for believing that criminal activity was involved. Such report shall be
made within one business day of the discovery and, if the certificate
numbers of the securities cannot be ascertained at that time, they shall
be reported as soon thereafter as possible.
(ii) Every reporting institution shall promptly report to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation upon the discovery of the theft or loss
of any securities certificate where there is substantial basis for
believing that criminal activity was involved.
(2) Missing or lost securities. Every reporting institution shall
report to the Commission or its designee, and to a registered transfer
agent for the issue, the discovery of the loss of any securities
certificate where criminal actions are not suspected when the securities
certificate has been missing or lost for a period of two business days.
Such report shall be made within one business day of the end of such
period except that:
(i) Securities certificates lost, missing, or stolen while in
transit to customers, transfer agents, banks, brokers or dealers shall
be reported by the delivering institution by the later of two business
days after notice of non-receipt or as soon after such notice as the
certificate numbers of the securities can be ascertained.
(ii) Where a shipment of retired securities certificates is in
transit between any transfer agents, banks, brokers, dealers, or other
reporting institutions, with no affiliation existing between such
entities, and the delivering institution fails to receive notice of
receipt or non-receipt of the certificates, the delivering institution
shall act to determine the facts. In the event of non-delivery where the
certificates are not recovered by the delivering institution, the
delivering institution shall report the certificates as lost, stolen, or
missing to the Commission or its designee within a reasonable time under
the circumstances but in any event within twenty business days from the
date of shipment.
(iii) Securities certificates considered lost or missing as a result
of securities counts or verifications required by rule, regulation or
otherwise (e.g., dividend record date verification made as a result of
firm policy or internal audit function report) shall be reported by the
later of ten business days after completion of such securities count or
verification or as soon after such count or verification as the
certificate numbers of the securities can be ascertained.
(iv) Securities certificates not received during the completion of
delivery, deposit or withdrawal shall be reported in the following
manner:
(A) Where delivery of the securities certificates is through a
clearing agency, the delivering institution shall supply to the
receiving institution the certificate number of the security within two
business days from the date of request from the receiving institution.
The receiving institution shall report within one business day of
notification of the certificate number;
(B) Where the delivery of securities certificates is in person and
where the delivering institution has a receipt, the delivering
institution shall supply the receiving institution the certificate
numbers of the securities within two business days from the date of
request from the receiving institution. The receiving institution shall
report within one business day of notification of the certificate
number;
(C) Where the delivery of securities certificates is in person and
where the delivering institution has no receipt, the delivering
institution shall report within two business days of notification of
non-receipt by the receiving institution; or
(D) Where delivery of securities certificates is made by mail or via
draft, if payment is not received within ten business days, the
delivering institution shall confirm with the receiving institution the
failure to receive such delivery; if confirmation shows non-receipt, the
delivering institution shall report within two business days of such
confirmation.
(3) Counterfeit securities. Every reporting institution shall report
the discovery of any counterfeit securities certificate to the
Commission or its designee, to a registered transfer agent for the
issue, and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation within one business
day of such discovery.
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(4) Transfer agent reporting obligations. Every transfer agent shall
make the reports required above only if it receives notification of the
loss, theft or counterfeiting from a non-reporting institution or if it
receives notification other than on a Form X-17F-1A or if the
certificate was in its possession at the time of the loss.
(5) Recovery. Every reporting institution that originally reported a
lost, missing or stolen securities certificate pursuant to this Section
shall report recovery of that securities certificate to the Commission
or its designee and to a registered transfer agent for the issue within
one business day of such recovery or finding. Every reporting
institution that originally made a report in which criminality was
indicated also shall notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the
securities certificate has been recovered.
(6) Information to be reported. All reports made pursuant to this
Section shall include, if applicable or available, the following
information with respect to each securities certificate:
(i) Issuer;
(ii) Type of security and series;
(iii) Date of issue;
(iv) Maturity date;
(v) Denomination;
(vi) Interest rate;
(vii) Certificate number, including alphabetical prefix or suffix;
(viii) Name in which registered;
(ix) Distinguishing characteristics, if counterfeit;
(x) Date of discovery of loss or recovery;
(xi) CUSIP number;
(xii) Financial Industry Numbering System (``FINS'') Number; and
(xiii) Type of loss.
(7) Forms. Reporting institutions shall make all reports to the
Commission or its designee and to a registered transfer agent for the
issue pursuant to this section on Form X-17F-1A. Reporting institutions
shall make reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to
this Section on Form X-17F-1A, unless the reporting institution is a
member of the Federal Reserve System or a bank whose deposits are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in which case
reports may be made on the form required by the institution's
appropriate regulatory agency for reports to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
(d) Required inquiries. (1) Every reporting institution (except a
reporting institution that, acting in its capacity as transfer agent,
paying agent, exchange agent or tender agent for an equity issue, or
registrar for a bond or other debt issue, compares all transactions
against a shareholder or bondholder list and a current list of stop
transfers) shall inquire of the Commission or its designee with respect
to every securities certificate which comes into its possession or
keeping, whether by pledge, transfer or otherwise, to ascertain whether
such securities certificate has been reported as missing, lost,
counterfeit or stolen, unless:
(i) The securities certificate is received directly from the issuer
or issuing agent at issuance;
(ii) The securities certificate is received from another reporting
institution or from a Federal Reserve Bank or Branch;
(iii) The securities certificate is received from a customer of the
reporting institution; and
(A) Is registered in the name of such customer or its nominee; or
(B) Was previously sold to such customer, as verified by the
internal records of the reporting institution;
(iv) The securities certificate is received as part of a transaction
which has an aggregate face value of $10,000 or less in the case of
bonds, or market value of $10,000 or less in the case of stocks; or
(v) The securities certificate is received directly from a drop
which is affiliated with a reporting institution for the purposes of
receiving or delivering certificates on behalf of the reporting
institution.
(2) Form of inquiry. Inquiries shall be made in such manner as
prescribed by the Commission or its designee.
(3) A reporting institution shall make required inquiries by the end
of the fifth business day after a securities certificate comes into its
possession or keeping, provided that such inquiries shall be made before
the certificate is sold, used as collateral, or sent to another
reporting institution.
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(e) Permissive reports and inquiries. Every reporting insitution may
report to or inquire of the Commission or its designee with respect to
any securities certificate not otherwise required by this section to be
the subject of a report or inquiry. The Commission on written request or
upon its own motion may permit reports to and inquiries of the system by
any other person or entity upon such terms and conditions as it deems
appropriate and necessary in the public interest and for the protection
of investors.
(f) Exemptions. The following types of securities are not subject to
paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section:
(1) Security issues not assigned CUSIP numbers;
(2) Bond coupons;
(3) Uncertificated securities;
(4) Global securities issues; and
(5) Any securities issue for which neither record nor beneficial
owners can obtain a negotiable securities certificates.
(g) Recordkeeping. Every reporting institution shall maintain and
preserve in an easily accessible place for three years copies of all
Forms X-17F-1A filed pursuant to this section, all agreements between
reporting institutions regarding registration or other aspects of this
section, and all confirmations or other information received from the
Commission or its designee as a result of inquiry.
(Secs. 2, 17, and 23, 15 U.S.C. 78b, 78q, 78w)
[44 FR 31503, May 31, 1979; 45 FR 14022, Mar. 3, 1980, as amended at 53
FR 37289, Sept. 26, 1988; 53 FR 40721, Oct. 18, 1988; 68 FR 74400, Dec.
23, 2003]
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