FINRA Notice 13-13: Amendments to Rule 6440 Relating to Trading and Quotation Halts in OTC Equity Securities

The SEC approved amendments, effective May 9, 2013, to FINRA Rule 6440 to expand the grounds upon which FINRA may halt trading and quotations in OTC Equity Securities to include notice to FINRA of a foreign regulatory halt for news pending, including notice from a reliable third-party source, and to extend beyond ten business days a halt initiated for an extraordinary event .

View Notice in full here (links externally to FINRA website).Related Item: FINRA Rule 6440.