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05/05/2026

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X12. If an Industry Member has received a “Not Held” order, which only gives the Industry Member discretion as to the price and time of execution of the order, must the Industry Member be identified as a CAT Customer on the related FDID Record in the Reference Database?

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X11. What CAT Customer information should be reported to the CAT when a legal entity (an “entity authorized trader” for purposes of this FAQ only) - such as a registered investment adviser or a bank trust department - is authorized to provide trading instructions for an account, and the Industry Member receives trading instructions for the account from a natural person who is employed by the entity authorized trader and who is authorized to trade for that account on behalf of the entity authorized trader? For the purposes of this FAQ, neither the entity authorized trader nor the employee authorized to trade for the account on behalf of the entity authorized trader is an account holder for the account at issue.

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X. Reference Database

05/05/2026

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X10. What date should Industry Members use to populate the “end date” fields (e.g., fdidEndDate, roleEndDate) when an event has triggered the closure of an account? For example, when a minor reaches the age of majority for a custodial account (e.g., UGMA/UTMA) or upon the death of an account holder for a beneficiary account, how should Industry Members populate these fields?

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X. Reference Database

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X2. Is an Industry Member permitted to submit a CAT Customer’s Sensitive Identifier, name, address, date of birth or account number to the Reference Database?

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X8. In a Mass Transfer of FDIDs across Industry Members, what constitutes an “Active Account” required to be reported to the Reference Database by the acquiring firm and when is it required to be reported to the Reference Database?

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X. Reference Database

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X7. FAQ B53 states that account transfers between broker-dealers are not orders, as defined by Rule 613. How should such activity be reflected in the Reference Database?

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X. Reference Database

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X18. How must Industry Members report an FDID Record to the Reference Database when a disregarded entity and its parent company have the same Employer Identification Number (EIN) and are both CAT Customers associated to the same FDID? Does the reporting requirement change if the disregarded entity has a different EIN from its parent company?

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X. Reference Database

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X17. How must a CAT Customer’s tidValue (“TID value”) be generated when the CAT Customer does not have a US-assigned Input Identifier but has more than one foreign Input Identifier of a specific type– such as multiple Tax Identifiers or multiple Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI)?

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X. Reference Database

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X16. How must an FDID Record be reported to the Reference Database when the account holder is a foreign trust or foreign estate where an allowable Input Identifier value does not exist because the foreign country or foreign municipality does not require or issue any kind of identifier for the foreign trust or foreign estate, and no such other allowable Input Identifier exists? For example, the foreign trust or foreign estate has no associated Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), and is also not assigned any National Registration or Tax Identifier, or any other governmental-issued identifier by a non-national level government body or agency, such as a corporate registry.

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X. Reference Database

05/05/2026

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X15. Is a Global Intermediary Identification Number (“GIIN”) an accepted identifier to generate a foreignTIDType for a foreign legal entity?

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X. Reference Database

A. General
B. Reporting Requirements
C. Definitions
D. Order Receipt
E. Order Routing and Execution
F. Representative Orders
G. Manual Orders
H. ATS
I. Foreign Securities
J. OTC Equity Securities
K. Options
L. Equity Floor Brokers
M. Firm Designated ID
N. Third Party Reporting
O. Technical Requirements
P. Feedback and Error Correction
Q. Customer and Account Information
R. Clock Synchronization
S. Security
T. Production Readiness Testing
U. Allocations
V. CAT Billing
W. Fee Dispute Resolution
X. Reference Database
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A. General
B. Reporting Requirements
C. Definitions
D. Order Receipt
E. Order Routing and Execution
F. Representative Orders
G. Manual Orders
H. ATS
I. Foreign Securities
J. OTC Equity Securities
K. Options
L. Equity Floor Brokers
M. Firm Designated ID
N. Third Party Reporting
O. Technical Requirements
P. Feedback and Error Correction
Q. Customer and Account Information
R. Clock Synchronization
S. Security
T. Production Readiness Testing
U. Allocations
V. CAT Billing
W. Fee Dispute Resolution
X. Reference Database
All Topics