How Issuers Can Use DTC's Legal Notice System (LENS) to Disseminate Cost Basis Information
LENS provides a means for issuers to report information on various organizational actions that affects cost basis of securities such as corporate reorganizations, effects of cash/stock dividend distributions based on earnings and profits, and conversion rate adjustments on a convertible instrument that may result in distribution under section 305(c). LENS offers a central location for such notices - a huge benefit to Participants who need them to prepare 1099s for their clients, and a way for issuers to reach a wide audience quickly and efficiently, free of charge.
To post a cost basis informational notice to LENS free of charge, email the notice in PDF format, to [email protected]. In order to ensure that notices are posted with the most accurate data possible, please include the following information:
- Notice Category: Legal & Subcategory: Form-8937
- CUSIP(s) as a six digit family
- A description (entered into the Subject line of the email)