Cromwell Coulson, President, CEO and a Director of OTC Markets Group Cromwell Coulson September of 2021 marked an important milestone for OTC Markets, as amended Securities Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11, which modernized the requirements for public quoting in OTC stocks and bonds, became effective. Based on these changes and our new role as a Qualified Interdealer Quotation System, OTC Markets assumed greater responsibility, serving as a trusted information source for broker-dealers in monitoring ongoing issuer disclosure and compliance. Underscoring a decade of enhanced regulation that began in 2012 when OTC Link ATS was established as a FINRA member broker-dealer and