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Mission ANNA (the “Association of National Numbering Agencies”) is fully committed to proactively promoting, implementing, maintaining and making available, standards for securities and related financial instruments, in a uniform and accurate structure for the benefit of their home markets and of the securities industry as a whole. Registration and maintenance of international standards under ANNA’s responsibility, is enacted according to rules and regulations set out by ISO, (the “International Organization for Standardization”). Objectives 1. Global promotion of ISO standards under ANNA's Control as Registration Authority • Give assistance to members • Promote National Numbering Agencies (NNAs) involvement • Give assistance and support to market participants with regards to standards • Full ISIN coverage where no NNA exists • Support ANNA membership • Monitor ANNA members rights and obligations • Define role of Partners and Substitute NNAs • Develop marketing strategies and increase visibility of ANNA 2. Make available • International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) allocation according to ISO Standard 6166 • Classification of financial instruments (CFI) allocation according to ISO Standard 10962 • Dissemination of ISIN and CFI through NNAs and ANNA Service Bureau (ASB) • Products of the ASB: ISIN_Access (Look-up service) and ISIN_db (Daily datafeed) 3. Quality • Develop and proactive maintenance of ISIN- and CFI-guidelines • Monthly reporting by ASB and other statistical information • Assure timeliness / accuracy / availability 4. Committed to work with the financial industry • ISIN-/ CFI- guidelines • Interaction of ANNA with the external world |