OTC Markets Group Inc.(OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, announced thatEmpire Stock Transfer Inc. has joined OTC Markets’ Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program. This latest addition to our portfolio of leading transfer agents advances our mission to improve the availability and accuracy of share data for OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink securities.
Share data provided by transfer agents is displayed onwww.otcmarkets.comalongside a “Verified” logo, indicating the information is reliable and trustworthy. This data is also disseminated through OTC Markets Group’s market data feeds to investors and broker-dealers.
Currently, approximately 64% of US and Canadian companies trading on our OTCQX and OTCQB markets are represented by 16 participating transfer agents.
Both Empire and their software provider, Figtree Consulting, Inc., publisher of StockTrack shareholder accounting software, have been supportive of OTC Markets Group Transfer Agent Verified Shares program from its inception, working with us to build a solution that allows transfer agents to easily deliver data to OTC Markets Group.
“We are delighted to include Empire Stock Transfer as a participant in our Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program,” saidLiz Heese, Executive Vice President of Issuer and Information Services at OTC Markets Group. “Reliable share information helps public companies build credibility with investors. By partnering with transfer agents like Empire Stock Transfer and software providers such as Figtree Consulting, Inc., publisher of StockTrack, to provide verified data for their clients, we continue to engage other market participants to create better informed and more efficient financial markets.”
“We understand that timely and accurate information is critical to investment decision-making,” saidPatrick Mokros, President, Empire Stock Transfer Inc. “Participation in the Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program will provide another avenue by which we disseminate current information for the benefit of our clients, their shareholders, the investing community, and the public.”
Abby Rosenstein, President of Figtree Consulting, Inc. commented “We are happy to provide tools in StockTrack to assist transfer agents in providing verified financial information to OTC Markets. This helps to advance Figtree’s mission to enable our commercial transfer agent and self-issuer clients to provide best of class services.”
Transfer agents participating in the Program include:
- Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
- ClearTrust, LLC
- Colonial Stock Transfer Co. Inc.
- Computershare US
- Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
- Corporate Stock Transfer
- Direct Transfer LLC
- Empire Stock Transfer Inc.
- Equity Stock Transfer
- Island Stock Transfer
- National Issuer Services, Inc.
- Nevada Agency and Transfer Company
- Olde Monmouth Stock Transfer
- Transfer Online, Inc.
- VStock Transfer
- West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc.
Investors can access verified share data for Empire Stock Transfer clients on the company’s respective quote page atwww.otcmarkets.comand via OTC Markets’ market data feeds.
