Emerson Equity 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, we will have to be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur. With that in mind, we are providing you with this information on our business continuity plan.

Contact Us

If after a significant business disruption you cannot contact us as you usually do at (650) 312-0200 or at our email address, info@emersonequity.com, you should call our alternative number (408) 218-1032 or go to our web site at www.emersonequity.com. If you cannot access us through either of those means, you should go to the website of our clearing firm, Pershing LLC, at www.pershing.com/about.htm, or call our clearing firm at (201) 413-3635 for recorded instructions on how to request funds and securities when we cannot be contacted due to a significant business disruption. If you cannot access the instructions from the previously noted telephone number, Pershing may be contacted at (213) 624-6100 extension 500 as an alternative telephone number for recorded instructions.

Pershing will be able to process limited trade-related transactions, cash disbursements, and security transfers. Instructions to Pershing must be in writing and transmitted via facsimile or postal service as follows:

Pershing LLC
P.O. Box 2065
Jersey City, New Jersey 07303-2065
Fax: (201) 413-5368

Our Business Continuity Plan

We plan 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.

Our 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 within four (4) hours. 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 four (4) hours. 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 also within four (4) hours. In either situation, we plan to continue in business, transfer operations to our clearing firm if necessary, and notify you through our web site at www.emersonequity.com or our customer emergency number, (408) 218-1032, on 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 (650) 312-0200.