Members Rights and Obligations

Right to vote and to speak at ordinary or extraordinary General Meetings
Right to vote on ANNA and ASB Board Elections and being eligible for position on the Boards
Voting on the annual accounts
Right to inspect the annual accounts
Participate in working groups / task forces
Power of investigation and supervision of independent auditors
Request an extraordinary General meetings (by at least one fifth of the membership)

Accept and follow “Articles of Incorporation”
Sign and follow the “Letter of Understanding”
Participate in Annual General Meeting (personally or in exceptional cases by Power of Attorney)

Promote ISO Standard 6166:2013 (ISIN) in our area of responsibility
Allocate ISINs for all security types, listed and unlisted, in their area of responsibility according to ISO 6166:2013 and the latest version of ISIN guidelines.
Disseminate ISINs to the local and international securities industry as well as to other ANNA members.
Follow the ISIN Quality Management Concept (actual version on ANNA website www.anna-web.com under “ANNA Policy”)

Implement and allocate CFI code according to ISO Standard 10962:2015 and CFI guidelines

Implement and allocate FISN code according to ISO Standard 18774:2015 taking into consideration the document FISN Q & A and the latest version of the FISN abbreviation list

Initial fee (one-time):

EUR 1.250 for one share in ANNA
EUR 1.250 participation in administrative expenses
Annual fees:
Fees are subject to decision by General Meeting
(currently: EUR 4,000)

Provide ISIN master file to ASB within 1 month after having been accepted by the General Meeting as member
Provide quarterly updates of ISIN master file to ASB
Provide daily updates to ASB either via Internet input facilities (www.annaservice.com) or FTP file transfer in the agreed ISIN record structure format
Using ASB product line as communication platform and vehicle for dissemination of ISIN data to all other ANNA members and other connected parties (data vendors etc.)
Give Power of Attorney to ANNA Board of Directors for signing license agreements with data vendors and other parties (e.g. end-users and service centers)