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ROTH’s Business Continuity Plan Disclosure Statement
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Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“ROTH”) has developed a Business
Continuity Plan on how we will respond to events that significantly disrupt our
business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is
unpredictable, Roth will have to be flexible in responding to actual events as
they occur. With that in mind, Roth is providing you with this information on
its business continuity plan.
Contacting Us – If after a significant business disruption you cannot
contact us as you usually do at (949) 720-5700, you should call our alternative
number (949) 375-0579 or go to our web site at
www.rothcp.com. If you cannot access us through either of those means, you
should contact our clearing firm, Broadcort, a division of Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Broadcort”), at 646-743-0110 for
instructions on how you can enter orders, access your funds and other account
related information.
Our Business Continuity Plan – ROTH plans to quickly recover and resume
business operations after a significant business disruption and respond by
safeguarding our employees and property, making a financial and operational
assessment, protecting the firm’s books and records, and allowing our customers
to transact business. In short, our business continuity plan is designed to
permit our firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and
severity of the significant business disruption.
Our business continuity plan addresses: data back up and recovery; all mission
critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative
communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical
location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party
impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their
funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.
ROTH’s clearing firm, , backs up our important records in a geographically
separate area. While every emergency situation poses unique problems based on
external factors, such as time of day and the severity of the disruption, we
have been advised by our clearing firm that its objective is to restore its own
operations and be able to complete existing transactions and accept new
transactions and payments as quickly as possible. Your orders and requests for
funds and securities could be delayed during this period.
Varying Disruptions – Significant business disruptions can vary in their
scope, such as only our firm, a single building housing our firm, the business
district where our firm is located, the city where we are located, or the whole
region. Within each of these areas, the severity of the disruption can also vary
from minimal to severe. In a disruption to only our firm or a building housing
our firm, we will transfer our operations to a local site when needed and expect
to recover and resume business within one day. In a disruption affecting our
business district, city, or region, we will transfer our operations to a site
outside of the affected area, and recover and resume business within three days.
In either situation, we plan to continue in business, transfer operations to our
clearing firm if necessary, and notify you through our web site www.rothcp.com
or our customer emergency number, (949) 375-0579 how to contact us. If the
significant business disruption is so severe that it prevents us from remaining
in business, we will assure our customer’s prompt access to their funds and
securities.
For more information – If you have questions about our business continuity
planning, you can contact us at (949) 720-7147 or
klamarche@rothcp.com |