CT Plan Administration

Fees

Fees

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Fee Schedule

CT Plan Fees

Fee Schedule

The complete CT Plan Fee Schedule for Tapes A, B and C, approved by the SEC on June 2026 and effective from the Operative Date.

Fees Effective from CT Plan Operative Date

Replaces CTA + UTP Fees with one single fee schedule

Scope
Tapes A · B · C
Operative Date (Planned)
APR 01 2027
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Fee Summary

A summary of fee changes

CT Plan fees become effective from Operative date above.

TopicBefore: Legacy CTA & UTP PlansNew: CT Plan
Professional display fees Before · CTA + UTPTape A tiered $45 / $27 / $23 / $19 per device; Tape B $23; Tape C $24 New · CT PlanTape A is a single flat $26 — a cut for the vast majority of firms; Tapes B and C unchanged
Non-Professional fees Before · CTA + UTPFlat $1.00 per person per Tape New · CT PlanSliding scale from $0.90 down to $0.25 — lower at every tier, with deeper discounts at scale
Legacy Tape C fees Before · CTA + UTPDelayed redistributor fee, delayed annual administrative fee, voice-response port fee, single-security Derived Data fee liability New · CT PlanAll eliminated

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Professional Fees

Professional usage fees

Tape A: four legacy Professional tiers collapse into a single flat rate of $26 per user, aligned with Tapes B and C. Because the majority of firms today pay $45 or $27 per device on Tape A, most customers will see their aggregate Tape A Professional fees reduced. Per Quote pricing is unchanged at $0.0075, now with a uniform definition and monthly caps at the applicable Professional or Non-Professional rate on every Tape.

TapeLegacy monthly fee per ProfessionalCT Plan monthly fee
Tape A Legacy$45 / $27 / $23 / $19 (four tiers) CT Plan$26 flat
Tape B Legacy$23 CT Plan$23 (unchanged)
Tape C Legacy$24 CT Plan$24 (unchanged)

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Non-Professional Fees

Non-Professional usage fees

The flat $1.00 Non-Professional fee is replaced by a sliding scale on every Tape — so every firm pays less from the first subscriber, and discounts deepen as your usage grows. The scale works like tax brackets: each tier’s rate applies only to the portion of your Non-Professional base within that tier.

Individuals engaged in Non-Professional UseCT Plan fee per individualvs. legacy $1.00 flat
1 – 2,000 CT Plan$0.90 vs. legacy $1.0010% lower
2,001 – 50,000 CT Plan$0.75 vs. legacy $1.0025% lower
50,001 – 250,000 CT Plan$0.60 vs. legacy $1.0040% lower
250,001 – 1,000,000 CT Plan$0.40 vs. legacy $1.0060% lower
1,000,001 + CT Plan$0.25 vs. legacy $1.0075% lower

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Fee Simplification

Simplification

CT Plan Fees were further simplified by eliminating a number of fees:

  • Fees eliminated

    Tape C delayed redistributor fee ($250/month). Delayed and end-of-day redistribution is not fee liable on any Tape but still must be explicitly licensed.

  • Fees eliminated

    Tape C delayed annual administrative fee ($250/year).

  • Fees eliminated

    Tape C voice-response port fee ($21.25/port).

  • Fees eliminated

    Single-security Derived Data fee liability (Tape C). Display of Derived Data — single- or multiple-security — is now uniformly not fee liable across all Tapes.

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Enterprise & Other Fees

Enterprise fees

All three Tapes maintain an Enterprise Cap on Non-Professional fees: $648,000 for Tapes A and C, and $490,000 for Tape B. The caps are now consistent in scope — Non-Professional usage only, as Tape C always was and the Tape A and B cap levels were reduced (from $686,400 and $520,000) specifically to offset the removal of Professional Usage from those caps.

Other fees

The remaining differences between the legacy schedules have been reconciled into a single, predictable structure. Broadcast fees now follow one simple household-based rate schedule on every Tape (adopting the Tape C-style rates, with a definition updated for internet-era distribution), replacing three different television rate cards, minimums and ticker maximums. The Multiple Feed Charge ($200) and the Late/Clearly Erroneous Reporting Charge ($2,500) apply uniformly across all Tapes.

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