Transfer Agent Data

Contents

1       Overview.. 1

2       Scope. 2

3       Organization. 2

4       File Formats. 3

5       Table Definitions. 3

5.1        TA_SUBMISSION 1

5.2        TA1_REGISTRANT 2

5.3        TA1_ADDRESS 3

5.4        TA_SERVICE_COMPANIES 4

5.5        TA1_CORP_PARTNER_DATA 5

5.6        TA1_CONTROL_ENTITIES 6

5.7        TA_DISCIPLINARY_HIST_DETAILS 7

5.8        TA2_FILING 8

5.9        TA2_SECURITY_HOLDER_ACCOUNTS 9

5.10      TA2_DB_SEARCH 10

5.11      TAW_FILING 11

5.12      TAW_ENTITY 12

6       Appendix. 10

 

1         Overview


The Form Transfer Agent data provides information extracted from Transfer Agent XML submissions in a flattened data format to assist users in more easily consuming the data for analysis. These data includes any amendments to those submissions. The data has been taken directly from submissions created by the registrants and provided as-filed. The data will be published quarterly. Data contained in documents filed after 5:30pm EST on the last business day of the quarter will be included in the next quarterly posting.

Transfer Agent Submission Types

SUBMISSION TYPE

DESCRIPTION

TA-1

Uniform form for registration as a transfer agent

TA-1/A

Amendment of a previous Form TA-1

TA-2

Form for reporting activities of transfer agents

TA-2/A

Amendment of a previous Form TA-2

TA-W

Notice of withdrawal from registration as a transfer agent

 

DISCLAIMER: The Transfer Agent Data contains information derived from structured data filed with the Commission by individual registrants as well as Commission-generated filing identifiers. Because the data is derived from information provided by individual registrants, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. In addition, it is possible inaccuracies or other errors were introduced into the data during the process of extracting the data and compiling. Finally, the data does not reflect all available information, including certain metadata associated with Commission filings. The data is intended to assist the public in analyzing data contained in Commission filings; however, it is not a substitute for such filings. Investors should review the full Commission filings before making any investment decision.

The data extracted from the Transfer Agent XML submissions is organized into 12 tab-delimited TXT format files as follows:

·         TA_SUBMISSION

·         TA1_REGISTRANT

·         TA1_ADDRESS

·         TA_SERVICE_COMPANIES

·         TA1_CORP_PARTNER_DATA

·         TA1_CONTROL_ENTITIES

·         TA_DISCIPLINARY_HIST_DETAILS

·         TA2_FILING

·         TA2_SECURITY_HOLDER_ACCOUNTS

·         TA2_DB_SEARCH

·         TAW_FILING

·         TAW_ENTITY

2         Scope


The Form Transfer Agent Data consists of XML data submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from December 2006 through current period.

The Form Transfer Agent Data publishing does not include data from transfer agent data submitted to other regulatory agencies, attachments or other optional information that may have been included in the original submission.

Note:  The EDGAR Form Transfer Agent XML Technical Specification provides additional information regarding the Form Transfer Agent submissions, including a mapping to the printed transfer agent forms.

3         Organization


Note that the data includes Form Transfer Agent information "as filed" in EDGAR document submissions including amendments of prior submissions.  Data in this submitted form may contain redundancies, inconsistencies, and discrepancies relative to prior submissions and other publication formats.  There are 12 data files.  Each quarterly data is accompanied by a metadata file conforming to the W3C specification for tabular data (https://www.w3.org/TR/2015/REC-tabular-data-model-20151217/ ) that encodes the following information about the data files and their relationships to each other.

1.    TA_SUBMISSION identifies the Form Transfer Agent XML submissions including information pertinent to the filing and signature. There is one record for each filing, with each row having the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER.

2.    TA1_REGISTRANT data is the registrant information for filers seeking registration as a transfer agent or amendment thereto. There is one record for each TA-1 submission, with each row having the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER.

3.    TA1_ADDRESS ADDRESS data is the registrant address information provided in TA-1 submissions with the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER, ADDRESS_TYPE and ADDRESS_ID .

4.    TA_SERVICE_COMPANIES data contains service companies engaged as a service company. Data is from TA-1 and TA-2 submissions with each row having the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER,COMPANY_TYPE and SVCCOMPANY_ID .

5.    TA1_CORP_PARTNER_DATA provides organizational type including officers and directors on corporate partner data with each row having composite primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER, CORP_PARTNER_TYPE and CORP_PARTNER_ID.

6.    TA1_CONTROL_ENTITIES data additional control entities with authority to direct management or policies of the company. Data is from TA-1 submissions with each row having the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER, ENTITY_TYPE and ENT_ID.

7.    TA_DISCIPLINARY_HIST_DETAILS data provides details of affirmative responses to disciplinary history from TA-1 and TA-W filings with each row having primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER, ACTION_TYPE and ACTION_ID.

8.    TA2_FILING data provides annual reporting disclosures on activities and compliance from TA-2 filings with each row having the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER.

9.    TA2_SECURITY_HOLDER_ACCOUNTS data provides information on annual reporting of securityholder accounts and business activities from TA-2 filings with each row having the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER and ACCT_HOLDER_TYPE.

10.    TA2_DB_SEARCH data provides database search history for lost securityholder accounts from TA-2 filings with each row having the primary key of ACCESSION_NUMBER and DBSEARCH_ID.

11.    TAW_FILING data provides information for termination of registration as reported on TA-W filings with each row having primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER.

12.    TAW_ENTITY data provides custodians and successors from TA-W filings with each row having the primary key ACCESSION_NUMBER, ENTITY_TYPE and ENTITY_ID.

Use the ACCESSION_NUMBER to retrieve information about any Transfer Agent filing or submission across the files. Use the TYPE and ID fields included in the primary key to obtain data reported on multiple rows in the files.

4         File Formats


Each of the 12 data files is provided in text tab delimited, utf-8 encoded format.

5         File Data Definitions


The fields in the figures below (figures 1 - 12) provide the following information: field name, description, data format, maximum field size, an indication of whether or not the field may be NULL (yes or no), and key. 

The Key field indicates whether the field is part of a unique index on the data.  There are two possible values for this field:

·         "*"   Indicates the field is part of the unique key for the row. 

·         Empty (nothing in field)   the field is not part of the unique compound key.

     5.1       TA_SUBMISSION

     The submission data set contains summary information about the submission, filer, and signature. Some fields were sourced from the EDGAR while other fields were sourced from the XML submission.

     Figure 1. Fields in the TA_SUBMISSION data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

FILING_DATE

Date of original filing in EDGAR.

DATE (DD-MON-YYYY)

11

No

 

NA

 

SUBMISSIONTYPE

SUBMISSION TYPE: TA-1, TA-1/A, TA-2, TA-2/A, TA-W.

ALPHANUMERIC

15

No

 

TA-1: 1(e) TA-2: 1(e)

 

CIK

The Central Index Key or CIK is a 10-digit number assigned to an entity by the SEC.

ALPHANUMERIC

10

No

 

TA-1: 1(a) TA-2: 1(a) TA-W: 1(a)

 

FILENUMBER

File number provided by the SEC sourced from EDGAR.

ALPHANUMERIC

25

No

 

TA-1: 1(e)(i) TA-2: File Number TA-W: 2

 

ISFILINGAMENDMENT

Is filing an amendment (Y/N).

APHANUMERIC

1

Yes

TA-1: 1(e) TA-2: 1(e)

 

SIGNATURENAME

Full name of person signing the form.

ALPHANUMERIC

30

No

 

TA-1: 11(a) TA-2: 12(a) TA-W: 13(a)

 

SIGNATUREPHONENUMBER

Phone number of individual signing the form.

ALPHANUMERIC

25

No

 

TA-1: 11(b) TA-2: 12(b) TA-W: 13(b)

 

SIGNATURETITLE

Title of individual signing the form.

ALPHANUMERIC

75

No

 

TA-1: 11(c) TA-2: 12(c) TA-W: 13(c)

 

SIGNATUREDATE

Date of signature.

DATE (DD-MON-YYYY)

11

No

 

TA-1: 11(d) TA-2: 12(d) TA-W: 13(d)

 

 

Note: To access the complete submission files for a given filing, please see the Commissions' EDGAR website.  The Commissions' website folder https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/{cik}/{accession}/ will always contain all the data for a given submission. To assemble the folder address to any filing referenced in the TA_SUBMISSION data set, simply substitute {cik} with the CIK field and replace {accession} with the ACCESSION_NUMBER field (after removing the dash character).

 

5.2       TA1_REGISTRANT

The registrant data set contains information about transfer agents seeking registration or amendment to registration provided on forms TA-1 and TA-1/A.

Figure 2. Fields in the TA1_REGISTRANT data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

REGULATORYAGENCY

Regulatory agency.

ALPHANUMERIC

50

No

 

TA-1: 2

 

ENTITYNAME

Full name of registrant

ALPHANUMERIC

150

No

 

TA-1: 3(a)

 

PREVIOUSENTITYNAME

Previous name of registrant (if any).

ALPHANUMERIC

150

Yes

 

TA-1: 3(a)(i)

 

FINSNUMBER

Financial Industry Number Standard assigned by the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

ALPHANUMERIC

25

No

 

TA-1: 3(b)

 

DIFFERENTMAILINGADDRESS

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if filer's mailing address is different from principal office address.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

 

TA-1: 3(d)

 

TELEPHONENUMBER

Telephone number for individual/department who may answer questions.

ALPHANUMERIC

25

Yes

 

TA-1: 3(e)

 

CONDUCTBUSINESSINOTHERLOCATION

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if filer conducts business from different location(s).

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

 

TA-1: 4

 

SELFTRANSFERAGENT

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if filer is self transfer agent.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

 

TA-1: 5

 

ENGAGEDSERVICECOMPANY

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if filer has engaged (or will engage) a service company.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

 

TA-1: 6

 

ENGAGEDASSERVICECOMPANY

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if filer is engaged as a service company.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

 

TA-1: 7

 

REGISTRANTTYPE

Registrant type. List of values includes Corporation, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship, Other, Not Applicable.

ALPHANUMERIC

25

No

 

TA-1: 8

 

REGISTRANTTYPEDESCRIPTION

Description provided for 'Other' registrant type.

ALPHANUMERIC

30

Yes

 

TA-1: 8

 

OTHERCONTROLMANAGEMENT

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if any other person or entity has power to exercise control over company.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 9(a)

 

OTHERCONTROLFINANCE

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if any other person or entity wholly or partially finance the activities of the business of the applicant, directly or indirectly, in any manner other than by a public offering or credit extension in the ordinary course of business.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 9(b)

 

FELONYORMISDEMEANOR

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if applicant or a control affiliate been convicted of or plead guilty or no contest to a felony or misdemeanor involving investments or any investment-related business, fraud, false statements or omissions, wrongful taking of property, or bribery, forgery, counterfeiting, or extortion.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(a)(1)

 

OTHERFELONY

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if applicant or a control affiliate been convicted of or plead guilty or no contest to any other felony.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(a)(2)

 

ENJOINEDINVESTRELATEDACTIVITY

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if in the last 10 years the court has enjoined the applicant or a control affiliate in connection with any investment-related activity.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(b)(1)

 

VIOLATIONINVRELATEDREGULATION

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if in the last 10 years the court has found the applicant or a control affiliate involved in a violation of investment-related statutes or regulations.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(b)(2)

 

FALSESTATEMENTOROMISSION

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if the SEC or CFTC have ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have made a false statement or omission.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(c)(1)

 

VIOLATIONOFREGULATIONS

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if the SEC or CFTC have ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have been involved in a violation of its regulations or statutes.

ALPHANUMERIC)

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(c)(2)

 

AUTHORIZATIONDENIEDORSUSPENDED

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if the SEC or CFTC have ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have been a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted.

ALHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(c)(3)

 

REGISTRATIONDENIEDORSUSPENDED

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if the SEC or CFTC have ever entered an order denying, suspending, or revoking the applicant’s or a control affiliate’s registration or otherwise disciplined it by restricting its activities.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(c)(4)

 

FSRFALSESTATEMENTOROMISSION

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any other Federal regulatory agency or state regulatory agency has ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have a made a false statement or omission or to have been dishonest, unfair, or unethical.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(d)(1)

 

FSRVIOLATEINVRELATEDREGULATION

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any other Federal regulatory agency or state regulatory agency has ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have been involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(d)(2)

 

FSRAUTHORIZEDENIEDORSUSPENDED

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any other Federal regulatory agency or state regulatory agency has ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have been a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(d)(3)

 

FSRFOUNDORDERAGAINSTAPPLICANT

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any other Federal regulatory agency or state regulatory agency has in the past ten years entered an order against the applicant or a control affiliate in connection with investment-related activity.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(d)(4)

 

FSRREGISTRATIONDENIEDSUSPENDED

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any other Federal regulatory agency or state regulatory agency has ever denied, suspended, or revoked the applicant’s or a control affiliate’s registration or license, or prevented it from associating with an investment-related business, or otherwise disciplined it by restricting activities.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(d)(5)

 

FSRREVOKEDSUSPENDEDLICENSE

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any other Federal regulatory agency or state regulatory agency has ever revoked or suspended the applicant’s or a control affiliate’s license as an attorney or accountant.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(d)(6)

 

SRAFALSESTATEMENTOROMISSION

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange has ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have made a false statement or omission.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(e)(1)

 

SRAVIOLATIONOFRULES

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange has ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have been in violation of its rules.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(e)(2)

 

SRAAUTHORIZEDENIEDORSUSPENDED

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange has ever found the applicant or a control affiliate to have been the cause of an investment-related business losing its authorization to do business.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(e)(3)

 

SRAREVOKEDSUSPENDEDLICENSE

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange has ever disciplined the applicant or a control affiliate by expelling or suspending its association with other members, or by otherwise restricting its activities.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(e)(4)

 

FOREIGNAGENCY

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if any foreign government, court, regulatory agency, or exchange ever entered an order against the applicant or a control affiliate related to investments or fraud.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(f)(1)

 

SUBJECTOFPROCEEDINGS

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if the applicant or a control affiliate is now the subject of any proceeding that could result in an affirmative answer to any of the earlier questions.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(g)(1)

 

REVOKEDBOND

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if a bonding company has denied, paid out on, or revoked a bond for the applicant or a control affiliate.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(h)(1)

 

UNSATISFIEDJUDGEMENTSORLIENS

Flag (Y/N). ‘Y’ if the applicant or a control affiliate have any unsatisfied judgments or liens against it.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(i)(1)

 

5.3       TA1_ADDRESS

The Address data set provides the registrant address information provided in TA-1 submissions.

Figure 3. Fields in the TA1_ADDRESS data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

ADDRESS_ID

Registrant Address index key.

NUMERIC

No

*

NA

 

ADDRESS_TYPE

Type of address. Consists of principalOfficeAddress, mailingAddress and otherBusinessLocation.

ALPHANUMERIC

40

No

*

TA-1: 3(c), 3(d), 4(a)

 

ADDRESS

Street, City, State, Postal code, or Country code of registrant for each address type.

ALPHANUMERIC

170

No

 

TA-1: 3(c), 3(d), 4(a)

 

 

5.4       TA_SERVICE_COMPANIES

The services companies data set contains the external service companies engaged to perform transfer agent functions and those who have engaged the registrant to perform transfer agent services disclosed in TA-1 and TA-2 filings. Address details are provide in TA-1 submissions; TA-2 submission only consist of entityName and fileNumber; thus address fields are null for those submissions

Figure 4. Fields in the TA_SERVICE_COMPANIES data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

COMPANY_TYPE

Service company type (serviceCompany, asServiceCompany, serviceCompanyTransferAgent, asServiceCompanyTransferAgent ).

ALPHANUMERIC

30

No

*

TA-1: 6, 7 TA-2: 2(a), 2(c)

 

SVCCOMPANY_ID

Service companies index key.

NUMERIC

 

No

*

NA

 

ENTITYNAME

Name of an entity.

ALPHANUMERIC

150

No

 

TA-1: 6(a), 7(a) TA-2: 2(b), 2(d)

 

FILENUMBER

File number provided by the Commission.

ALPHANUMERIC

30

No

 

TA-1: 6(b), 7(b) TA-2: 2(b), 2(d)

 

ADDRESS

Street, City, State, Postal code, or Country code of entity.

ALPHANUMERIC

170

Yes

 

TA-1: 6(b), 7(c)

 

 

5.5       TA1_CORP_PARTNER_DATA

The corporation partnership data set contains the organization type and information for officers and directors from TA-1 filings.

Figure 5. Fields in the TA1_CORP_PARTNER_DATA data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

EDGAR

 

CORP_PARTNER_TYPE

Registrant organization type: corporationPartnership or soleProprietorship.

ALPHANUMERIC

38

No

*

TA-1: 8(a)

 

CORP_PARTNER_ID

Corporation Partnership index key.

NUMERIC

 

No

*

NA

 

ENTITYNAME

Name of entity.

ALPHANUMERIC

150

No

TA-1: 8(a)(i)

 

RELATIONSHIPSTARTDATE

Date relationship began with registrant.

DATE (DD-MON-YYYY)

11

No

TA-1: 8(a)(ii)

 

TITLEORSTATUS

Title or status of named.

ALPHANUMERIC

40

Yes

TA-1: 8(a)(iii)

 

OWNERSHIPCODE

Letter Code corresponding to a level of ownership: 'NA' (0 up to 5%), 'A' (5% up to 10%), 'B' (10% up to 25%), 'C' (25% up to 50%), 'D' (50% up to 75%) and 'E' (75% up to 100%).

ALPHANUMERIC

2

Yes

TA-1: 8(a)(iv) -- (Corporation or Partnership)

 

CONTROLPERSON

'True' if named has the power to direct the management of a company whether through ownership of securities, by contract, or otherwise.

ALPHANUMERIC

5

Yes

TA-1: 8(a)(v) -- (Corporation or Partnership); 8(a)(vi) -- (Sole Proprietorship or Other)

 

AUTHORITYDESCRIPTION

Description of an authority when soleProprietorship is the organization type (CORP_PARTNER_TYPE).

ALPHANUMERIC

40

Yes

TA-1: 8(a)(iv) -- (Sole Proprietorship or Other)

 

RELATIONSHIPENDDATE

Date when relationship ended. Provide in form TA-1/A.

DATE (DD-MON-YYYY)

11

Yes

TA-1: 8(a)(vi) -- (Corporation or Partnership); 8(a)(v) -- (Sole Proprietorship or Other)

 

 

5.6       TA1_CONTROL_ENTITIES

The control entity data set provides other control persons not identified in the corporation partnership data in TA-1 filings.

Figure 6. Fields in the TA1_CONTROL_ENTITIES data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

ENTITY_TYPE

Entity Type as otherControlManagement or otherControlFinance.

ALPHANUMERIC

40

No

*

TA-1: 9(a), 9(b)

 

ENT_ID

Control entities index key.

NUMERIC

 

No

*

NA

 

ENTITYNAME

Entity Name.

ALPHANUMERIC

150

No

 

TA-1: 9(a)(i), 9(b)(i)

 

AGREEMENTDESCRIPTION

Description of agreement through which control person or entity exercises control.

ALPHANUMERIC

4000

No

 

TA-1: 9(a)(ii), 9(b)(ii)

 

 

5.7       TA_DISCIPLINARY_HIST_DETAILS

The disciplinary details data set provides detail information for affirmative responses in disciplinary history/legal action reporting in a TA-1 or TA-W.

Figure 7. Fields in the TA_DISCIPLINARY_HIST_DETAILS data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

ACTION_TYPE

Action Type. Affirmative response provided in discipline history.

ALPHANUMERIC

50

No

*

TA-1: 10(a)(1)-10(i)(1) TA-W: 8, 9

 

ACTION_ID

Disciplinary history details index key.

NUMERIC

 

No

*

NA

 

ENTITYNAME

Name of entity.

ALPANUMERIC

150

No

 

TA-1: 10(a)(1)(i)-10(i)(1)(i) TA-W: 8(a)(i), 9(a)(i)

 

ACTIONTITLE

Title of action.

ALPHANUMERIC

80

No

 

TA-1: 10(a)(1)(ii)-10(i)(1)(ii) TA-W: 8(a)(ii), 9(a)(ii)

 

ACTIONDATE

Date of action.

DATE (DD-MON-YYYY)

11

No

 

TA-1: 10(a)(1)(iii)-10(i)(1)(iii)

 

COURTORBODYNAMEANDLOCATION

Name and location of court or body taking action.

ALPHANUMERIC

80

No

 

TA-1: 10(a)(1)(iv)-10(i)(1)(iv)

 

ACTIONDESCRIPTION

Description of an action.

ALPHANUMERIC

4000

No

 

TA-1: 10(a)(1)(v)-10(i)(1)(v)

 

DISPOSITIONOFPROCEEDING

Disposition of proceeding.

ALPHANUMERIC

255

Yes

 

TA-1: 10(a)(1)(vi)-10(i)(1)(vi)

 

5.8       TA2_FILING

The TA-2 data set provides annual reporting disclosures on activities and compliance information.

Figure 8. Fields in the TA2_FILING data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

PERIODOFREPORT

Reporting period for transfer agent activities.

DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)

11

No

TA-2: For the reporting period ended

 

ENTITYNAME

Name of entity.

ALPHANUMERIC

150

No

TA-2: 1(h)

 

SERVICECOMPANY

Specification if a service company performs transfer agent functions (All, Some, None).

ALPHANUMERIC

4

No

TA-2: 2(a)

 

REGISTRANTENGAGEDSERVICE

Flag (Y/N). 'Y' if registrant has been engaged as a service company.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

TA-2: 2(c)

 

REGULATORYAGENCY

Regulatory agency.

ALPHANUMERIC

50

No

 

TA-2: 3(a)

 

AMENDMENTFILED

Specification if an amendment was filed within 60 days of the date on which any of the information on Form TA-1 became inaccurate, misleading, or incomplete. (Yes, filed amendment(s); No, failed to file amendment(s); and Not applicable).

ALPHANUMERIC

35

No

TA-2: 3(b)

 

ADDITIONALINFORMATION

Additional information provided when a negative response given for amendment filed.

ALPHANUMERIC

255

Yes

TA-2: 3(c)

 

NUMBERITEMSRECEIVEDFORTRANSFER

Number of items received from transfer during the reporting period.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 4(a)

 

NUMMASTERSECURITYHOLDERFILINGS

Number of individual master securityholder accounts for which the transfer agent maintained master securityholder files.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 4(b)

 

NUMBERINDIVIDUALACCOUNTS

Number of individual accounts including accounts in the Direct Registration System (DRS), dividend reinvestment plans and/or direct purchase plans as of December 31.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 5(a)

 

NUMDIVREINVDIRPURPLANACCOUNTS

Number of individual securityholder dividend reinvestment plan and/or direct purchase plan accounts as of December 31.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 5(b)

 

NUMDIRECTREGISTSYSTEMACCOUNTS

Number of individual securityholder DRS accounts as of December 31.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 5(c)

 

NUMBERFILED

Number of quarterly reports regarding buy-ins filed.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 8(b)

 

FILEALL

Specification if all quarterly reports regarding buy-ins filed (Yes; No; Not Applicable).

ALPHANUMERIC

15

Yes

TA-2: 8(c)

 

SECHOLDERADDITIONALINFO

Security Holder additional information.

ALPHANUMERIC

255

Yes

TA-2: 8(d)

 

ALWAYSCOMPLIANT

Specification if filer is always compliant with turnaround time for routine items as set forth in Rule 17Ad-2 of the Act (Yes; No; Not Applicable).

ALPHANUMERIC

15

Yes

TA-2: 9(a)

 

NUMBERMONTHSNOTCOMPLIANT

For negative response to always compliant, provide the number of months the registrant was not compliant.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 9(a)(i)

 

NUMBERNOTICENONCOMPLIANCEFILED

The number of written notices registrant filed with the SEC and ARA that reported noncompliance with turnaround time for routine items according to Rule 17Ad-2 of the Act.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 9(a)(ii)

 

TOTAL

Total number of transactions processed during the reporting period (open-end investment company securities purchases and redemptions; excluding dividend, interest, and distribution postings and address changes).

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 10(a)

 

TOTALOTHERTHANRECEIPTORDERDATE

Number of transactions processed on a date other than date of receipt order (as ofs) during the reporting period (open-end investment company securities purchases and redemptions; excluding dividend, interest, and distribution postings and address changes).

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 10(b)

 

NUMLOSTACCTSREMITTEDTOSTATES

Number of lost securityholder accounts that have been remitted to the states during the reporting period.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

TA-2: 11(b)

 

 

5.9       TA2_SECURITY_HOLDER_ACCOUNTS

The securityholder account data provides annual reporting on securityholder account information, additional activities and aging of record differences on sections 5(d), 6 and 7 from TA-2 filings.

Figure 9. Fields in the TA2_SECURITY_HOLDER_ACCOUNTS data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

ACCT_HOLDER_TYPE

Type of account holder. Every filing will list all (9) types for each filing (securityHolderAccounts; transMaintainMasterSecHolder; transNotMaintMasterSecHolder; notTransMaintMasterSecHolder; dividendReinvDirectPurchasePlan; directRegistrationSystem; dividendAndInterest; priorAgent; currentAgent).

ALPHANUMERIC

50

No

*

TA-2: 5(d), 6(a), 6(b), 6(c), 7(a), 7(b), 7(c), 8(a)

 

EQUITYSECURITY

Number of Corporate Equity Securities acted in capacity.

NUMERIC

16

Yes

TA-2: 5(d)(i), 6(a)(i), 6(b)(i), 6(c)(i)

 

DEBTSECURITY

Number of Corporate Debt Securities acted in capacity.

NUMERIC

16

Yes

TA-2: 5(d)(ii), 6(a)(ii), 6(b)(ii), 6(c)(ii)

 

OPENENDINVESTMENTCOMPANY

Number of Open-end Investment Company Securities acted in capacity.

NUMERIC

16

Yes

TA-2: 5(d)(iii), 6(a)(iii), 6(b)(iii), 6(c)(iii)

 

LIMITEDPARTNERSHIP

Number of Limited Partnership Securities acted in capacity.

NUMERIC

16

Yes

TA-2: 5(d)(iv), 6(a)(iv), 6(b)(iv), 6(c)(iv)

 

MUNICIPALDEBT

Number of Municipal Debt Securities acted in capacity.

NUMERIC

16

Yes

TA-2: 5(d)(v), 6(a)(v), 6(b)(v), 6(c)(v)

 

OTHER

Number of Other Securities acted in capacity.

NUMERIC

16

Yes

TA-2: 5(d)(vi), 6(a)(vi), 6(b)(vi), 6(c)(vi)

 

NUMBERISSUES

Number of issues.

NUMERIC

12

Yes

7(a), 7(b), 7(c)(i), 8(a)(i)

 

AMOUNTISSUES

Amount of issues.

NUMERIC

14

Yes

7(c)(ii), 8(a)(ii)

 

5.10       TA2_DB_SEARCH

The database search data set contains information on database searches for lost securityholder accounts from TA-2 filings.

Figure 10. Fields in the TA2_DB_SEARCH data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

DBSEARCH_ID

Database search index key

NUMERIC

No

*

NA

 

DATABASESEARCHDATE

Database search date.

DATE (DD-MON-YYYY)

11

Yes

TA-2: 11(a)(i)

 

NUMBERLOSTACCOUNTSSEARCHED

Number of lost securityholder accounts submitted for database search.

NUMERIC

11

No

TA-2: 11(a)(ii)

 

NUMBERADDRESSESFROMSEARCH

Number of addresses obtained from database search.

NUMERIC

11

No

TA-2: 11(a)(iii)

 

 

5.11       TAW_FILING

The TA-W data set provides information regarding transfer agent registration termination.

Figure 11. Fields in the TAW_FILING data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

ENTITYNAME

Name of entity.

ALPHANUMERIC

150

No

TA-W: 3

 

ACTIVITIESCONDUCTEDENTITYNAME

Name under which transfer agent activities are conducted, if different.

ALPHANUMERIC

150

Yes

TA-W: 4

 

WITHDRAWALDESCRIPTION

Registrant reason for withdrawal.

ALPHANUMERIC

300

No

TA-W: 6

 

LASTACTIONDATE

Last date transfer agent function performed.

DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)

11

No

TA-W: 7

 

FUTURETRANSFERAGENTFUNCTIONS

Flag (Yes/No). 'Y' indicating registrant intends to perform transfer agent functions in the future.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

TA-W: 7(a)

 

SUBJECTOFPROCEEDINGSINVOLVED

Flag (Yes/No). 'Y' indicating registrant is directly involved in legal proceedings or aware of any potential claims against it in connection with its performance of transfer agent functions for any security.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

TA-W: 8

 

UNSATISFIEDJUDGEMENTSORLIENINV

Flag (Yes/No). 'Y' indicating there are unsatisfied judgements or liens against registrant arising out its performance of transfer agent functions for any security.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

TA-W: 9

 

SUCCESSORTRANSFERAGENTS

Flag (Yes/No). 'Y' indicating there is a successor transfer agent.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

No

TA-W: 10(a)

 

5.12       TAW_ENTITY

The entity data set provides successor and custodian information provided in the TA-W filing.

Figure 12. Fields in the TAW_ENTITY data file

 

 

FIELD NAME

FIELD DESCRIPTION

FORMAT

MAX SIZE

MAY BE NULL

KEY

Mapping to Printed Form

 

ACCESSION_NUMBER

The 20-character string formed from the 18-digit number assigned by the Commission to each EDGAR submission.

ALPHANUMERIC (nnnnnnnnnn-nn-nnnnnn)

20

No

*

NA

 

ENTITY_TYPE

Entity Type (tawLocations, tawCustodians, tawSuccessors, tawRegistrant).

ALPHANUMERIC

40

No

*

TA-W: 3, 10(a), 11, 12

 

ENTITY_ID

Entity index key.

NUMERIC

No

*

NA

 

ENTITYNAME

Name of entity.

ALPHANUMERIC

150

No

TA-W: 3, 10(b), 11(a), 12(a)

 

SUCCESSORREGISTERED

Flag (Yes/No). 'Y' if Successor is registered.

ALPHANUMERIC

1

Yes

TA-W: 10(d)

 

ADDRESS

Street, City, State, Postal code, or Country code of a filer.

ALPHANUMERIC

170

No

TA-W: 5, 10(c), 11(b), 12(b)

 

 


6         Appendix

U.S. State/Country Codes and Descriptions

 


AL

ALABAMA

AK

ALASKA

AZ

ARIZONA

AR

ARKANSAS

CA

CALIFORNIA

CO

COLORADO

CT

CONNECTICUT

DE

DELAWARE

DC

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FL

FLORIDA

GA

GEORGIA

GU

GUAM

HI

HAWAII

ID

IDAHO

IL

ILLINOIS

IN

INDIANA

IA

IOWA

KS

KANSAS

KY

KENTUCKY

LA

LOUISIANA

ME

MAINE

MD

MARYLAND

MA

MASSACHUSETTS

MI

MICHIGAN

MN

MINNESOTA

MS

MISSISSIPPI

MO

MISSOURI

MT

MONTANA

NE

NEBRASKA

NV

NEVADA

NH

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NJ

NEW JERSEY

NM

NEW MEXICO

NY

NEW YORK

NC

NORTH CAROLINA

ND

NORTH DAKOTA

OH

OHIO

OK

OKLAHOMA

OR

OREGON

PA

PENNSYLVANIA

RI

RHODE ISLAND

SC

SOUTH CAROLINA

SD

SOUTH DAKOTA

TN

TENNESSEE

TX

TEXAS

UT

UTAH

VT

VERMONT

VA

VIRGINIA

WA

WASHINGTON

WV

WEST VIRGINIA

WI

WISCONSIN

WY

WYOMING

PR

PUERTO RICO

VI

VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S.

A0

ALBERTA, CANADA

A1

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Z4

CANADA (FEDERAL LEVEL)

A2

MANITOBA, CANADA

A3

NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA

A4

NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA

A5

NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

A6

ONTARIO, CANADA

A7

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA

A8

QUEBEC, CANADA

A9

SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

B0

YUKON, CANADA

B2

AFGHANISTAN

Y6

ALAND ISLANDS

B3

ALBANIA

B4

ALGERIA

B5

AMERICAN SAMOA

B6

ANDORRA

B7

ANGOLA

1A

ANGUILLA

B8

ANTARCTICA

B9

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

C1

ARGENTINA

1B

ARMENIA

1C

ARUBA

C3

AUSTRALIA

C4

AUSTRIA

1D

AZERBAIJAN

C5

BAHAMAS

C6

BAHRAIN

C7

BANGLADESH

C8

BARBADOS

1F

BELARUS

C9

BELGIUM

D1

BELIZE

G6

BENIN

D0

BERMUDA

D2

BHUTAN

D3

BOLIVIA

1E

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

B1

BOTSWANA

D4

BOUVET ISLAND

D5

BRAZIL

D6

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

D9

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

E0

BULGARIA

X2

BURKINA FASO

E2

BURUNDI

E3

CAMBODIA

E4

CAMEROON

E8

CAPE VERDE

E9

CAYMAN ISLANDS

F0

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

F2

CHAD

F3

CHILE

F4

CHINA

F6

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

F7

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

F8

COLOMBIA

F9

COMOROS

G0

CONGO

Y3

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

G1

COOK ISLANDS

G2

COSTA RICA

L7

COTE D'IVOIRE

1M

CROATIA

G3

CUBA

G4

CYPRUS

2N

CZECH REPUBLIC

G7

DENMARK

1G

DJIBOUTI

G9

DOMINICA

G8

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

H1

ECUADOR

H2

EGYPT

H3

EL SALVADOR

H4

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

1J

ERITREA

1H

ESTONIA

H5

ETHIOPIA

H7

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)

H6

FAROE ISLANDS

H8

FIJI

H9

FINLAND

I0

FRANCE

I3

FRENCH GUIANA

I4

FRENCH POLYNESIA

2C

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES

I5

GABON

I6

GAMBIA

2Q

GEORGIA

2M

GERMANY

J0

GHANA

J1

GIBRALTAR

J3

GREECE

J4

GREENLAND

J5

GRENADA

J6

GUADELOUPE

J8

GUATEMALA

Y7

GUERNSEY

J9

GUINEA

S0

GUINEA-BISSAU

K0

GUYANA

K1

HAITI

K4

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

X4

HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)

K2

HONDURAS

K3

HONG KONG

K5

HUNGARY

K6

ICELAND

K7

INDIA

K8

INDONESIA

K9

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

L0

IRAQ

L2

IRELAND

Y8

ISLE OF MAN

L3

ISRAEL

L6

ITALY

L8

JAMAICA

M0

JAPAN

Y9

JERSEY

M2

JORDAN

1P

KAZAKSTAN

M3

KENYA

J2

KIRIBATI

M4

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

M5

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

M6

KUWAIT

1N

KYRGYZSTAN

M7

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

1R

LATVIA

M8

LEBANON

M9

LESOTHO

N0

LIBERIA

N1

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

N2

LIECHTENSTEIN

1Q

LITHUANIA

N4

LUXEMBOURG

N5

MACAU

1U

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

N6

MADAGASCAR

N7

MALAWI

N8

MALAYSIA

N9

MALDIVES

O0

MALI

O1

MALTA

1T

MARSHALL ISLANDS

O2

MARTINIQUE

O3

MAURITANIA

O4

MAURITIUS

2P

MAYOTTE

O5

MEXICO

1K

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

1S

MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF

O9

MONACO

P0

MONGOLIA

Z5

MONTENEGRO

P1

MONTSERRAT

P2

MOROCCO

P3

MOZAMBIQUE

E1

MYANMAR

T6

NAMIBIA

P5

NAURU

P6

NEPAL

P7

NETHERLANDS

P8

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

1W

NEW CALEDONIA

Q2

NEW ZEALAND

Q3

NICARAGUA

Q4

NIGER

Q5

NIGERIA

Q6

NIUE

Q7

NORFOLK ISLAND

1V

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Q8

NORWAY

P4

OMAN

R0

PAKISTAN

1Y

PALAU

1X

PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED

R1

PANAMA

R2

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

R4

PARAGUAY

R5

PERU

R6

PHILIPPINES

R8

PITCAIRN

R9

POLAND

S1

PORTUGAL

S3

QATAR

S4

REUNION

S5

ROMANIA

1Z

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

S6

RWANDA

Z0

SAINT BARTHELEMY

U8

SAINT HELENA

U7

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

U9

SAINT LUCIA

Z1

SAINT MARTIN

V0

SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON

V1

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Y0

SAMOA

S8

SAN MARINO

S9

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

T0

SAUDI ARABIA

T1

SENEGAL

Z2

SERBIA

T2

SEYCHELLES

T8

SIERRA LEONE

U0

SINGAPORE

2B

SLOVAKIA

2A

SLOVENIA

D7

SOLOMON ISLANDS

U1

SOMALIA

T3

SOUTH AFRICA

1L

SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

U3

SPAIN

F1

SRI LANKA

V2

SUDAN

V3

SURINAME

L9

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN

V6

SWAZILAND

V7

SWEDEN

V8

SWITZERLAND

V9

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

F5

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

2D

TAJIKISTAN

W0

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF

W1

THAILAND

Z3

TIMOR-LESTE

W2

TOGO

W3

TOKELAU

W4

TONGA

W5

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

W6

TUNISIA

W8

TURKEY

2E

TURKMENISTAN

W7

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

2G

TUVALU

W9

UGANDA

2H

UKRAINE

C0

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

X0

UNITED KINGDOM

2J

UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS

X3

URUGUAY

2K

UZBEKISTAN

2L

VANUATU

X5

VENEZUELA

Q1

VIET NAM

D8

VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH

X8

WALLIS AND FUTUNA

U5

WESTERN SAHARA

T7

YEMEN

Y4

ZAMBIA

Y5

ZIMBABWE