OTCBB General Discussion

[Anthony M]

Revolutionizing OTC Markets

Pink Sheets® LLC is the leading provider of pricing and financial information for the over-the-counter (OTC) securities markets. We provide products and services that increase the transparency of information available in the OTC markets so as to make them more efficient for all participants. Our centralized information network includes services designed to benefit market makers, issuers, brokers and OTC investors. Pink Sheets information enhances the efficiency of OTC trading, provides better executions for OTC investors and improves the capital formation process for OTC issuers.

The origins of the Pink Sheets go back to 1904, when the National Quotation Bureau began as a paper-based, inter-dealer quotation service linking competing market makers in OTC securities across the country. Since that time, the Pink Sheets and the Yellow Sheets have been the central resource for trading information in OTC stocks and bonds.

Recently, Pink Sheets has transformed itself to utilize the power of the Internet and the advances in web based technology to increase the quality, timeliness and value of its information and services. The introduction of web-based technology has the potential to revolutionize what has been a sometimes obscure segment of the securities markets.

In September of 1999, Pink Sheets introduced our Electronic Quotation Service, an Internet-based, real-time quotation service for OTC equities and bonds for market makers and brokers. And in June of 2000, we introduced www.pinksheets.com, the premier financial web portal for information about OTC securities.

Today Pink Sheets provides broker/dealers, issuers and investors with electronic and print products and information services designed to improve the transparency of the OTC markets. We believe that these products will increase the efficiency of these markets, leading to greater liquidity and investor interest in OTC securities. Pink Sheets is a source of competitive market maker quotations, historical prices and corporate information about OTC issues and issuers. For more detailed discussion of what Pink Sheets offers the OTC market participants visit our Products and Services section.

Pink Sheets LLC is a privately owned company headquartered in New York City.


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