On April 9, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued Regulatory Notice 19-11 informing member firms that FINRA has updated its Interpretations of Financial and Operational Rules to add a new interpretation related to Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(viii)(C)/06 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Open Contractual Commitments). The new interpretation relates to the conditions under which an underwriting backstop agreement in a firm commitment underwriting would not give rise to an open contractual commitment charge.

The Notice is available here.

The text of the interpretation is available here.