Halted Issue

A temporary stoppage of trading of the listed securities of an issuer, whichmay be imposed by the Exchange, its agent (Market Regulation Services Inc. (RS)), or voluntarily requested by the issuer. Usually an issuer's listed securities are halted pending a public announcement of material information about the issuer,but the Exchange or RS mayalso impose a halt if the issuer is not in compliance with Exchange requirementsor if the Exchange determines that it is in the public interest to do so.