Initial Registration Requirements |
I. Broker-dealer Firms
The following documentation must be filed for initial registration with the Oklahoma Department of Securities (Department) as a broker-dealer:
A. FINRA members. In addition to meeting the requirements for FINRA membership, to register with the Department a broker-dealer must meet the
following requirements:
- File directly with the Web Central Registration Depository (WebCRD) System:
- a completed Form BD, designating Oklahoma as a jurisdiction on page 2; and
- a $300 filing fee for Oklahoma registration.
- Cause each of its agents providing services to an Oklahoma resident to become properly registered with the Department as described
below in II. Broker-dealer agents, unless otherwise excepted or exempted.
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NOTICE: |
Firms that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) are asked not to submit Audited Financial
Statements to the Department as these are no longer required as a post-registration reporting requirement.
Audited Financial Statements are only required for Non-FINRA member firms.
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B. Non-FINRA members. The required documentation to be filed with the Department for initial registration as a broker-dealer is specified
below:
- A completed Form BD. Page one (1) must bear original
notarized signatures and current dates.
- A $300 filing fee made payable to the "Oklahoma Securities Department";
- Audited financial statements as of the most recent fiscal year end and updated within ninety (90) days of the date of application and in
accordance with 660:11-5-45 of the Rules of the Oklahoma
Securities Commission and the Administrator of the Department of Securities (Rules). Audited financial statements should include a balance
sheet; statement of income; statement of retained earnings; statement of cash flow; and net capital computation. Recently formed
entities shall submit an audited balance sheet as of a date within ninety (90) days of the date of application and an audited income statement
for the corresponding period beginning from the date of inception through the date as of which the balance sheet is prepared. Recently formed
entities may request a waiver of the audited requirements;
- A copy of the written supervisory procedures of the broker-dealer; and
- In accordance with 660:11-5-11(a)(2)(E) of the Rules a
broker-dealer applying for initial registration in the state of Oklahoma must file with the Department the designation, qualification and
registration of a principal. Such registration may be completed by filing the following items:
- A completed Form
U-4 with a OK box selected;
- $50.00 filing fee, made payable to the Oklahoma Securities Department;
- Proof of successful completion of the applicable examinations specified in
660:11-5-16 of the Rules; and
- An executed Applicant/Management Certification form (as revised 7/04)
- Cause each of its agents providing services to an Oklahoma resident to become properly registered with the Department unless otherwise
excepted or exempted.
II. Broker-dealer and Issuer Agents Professionals
The following documentation must be filed for initial registration with the Department as an agent:
- Required documents. Agents of broker-dealers or issuers applying for initial registration in the state of Oklahoma pursuant
to Section 1-402 the Oklahoma Uniform Securities Act of 2004 shall file the following:
- A completed Form
U-4;
- The $50.00 filing fee specified in Section 1-612 of the Oklahoma
Uniform Securities Act of 2004
- Proof of successful completion of the applicable examinations specified in
660:11-5-16; and
- If for an issuer agent, an executed Applicant/Management Certification
form (as revised 7/04)
- Any additional documentation, supplemental forms and information as the Administrator may deem necessary.
- Where to file. An agent applying for registration with a FINRA member shall file the required documentation with the WebCRD. Agents
applying for registration with a non-FINRA broker-dealer or an issuer shall file the required documentation with the Department and
make fees payable to "Oklahoma Securities Department."
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Post-registration Reporting Requirements |
Pursuant to Section 1-406.B of the Securities Act, all registrants
are required to promptly file a correcting amendment with the Department if the information contained in any document filed with the Administrator or the WebCRD is or becomes
inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect unless notification of the correction has been given pursuant to
the provisions of Section 1-401.C of the Securities Act.
Additional requirements for Non-FINRA member firms:
Pursuant to Section 1-410.B of the Oklahoma Securities
Act and 660:11-5-31 of the Rules of the Oklahoma
Securities Commission and the Administrator of the Department of Securities (Rules), all broker-dealers registered under
Section 1-406 of the Securities Act
that are not FINRA members must make post-registration filings with the Department. Registered non-FINRA member
broker-dealers shall make one (1) post-registration filing each fiscal year. Said filing shall contain audited financial
statements as of the broker-dealer's fiscal year end and the report filing fee specified in
Section 1-612 of the Securities Act, made payable to "Oklahoma Securities Department." Post-registration filings become due on the last
day of the fiscal period to which they apply; however, a grace period is provided before a filing becomes delinquent. The filing must be
made by the last day of the fourth month following the close of the registrant's fiscal year.
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