Bloomberg Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

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LEI

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Bloomberg Legal

Entity Identifier (LEI)

A guide for setting up and renewing

your LEI with Bloomberg

USERGUIDE

Contents

1. LEI overview 01

1.1 Introduction 01

1.2 Which entities can register for an LEI? 01

1.3 Who can register my entity for an LEI? 01

1.4 Account/login setup 01

1.4.1 Updating proﬁle 02

1.4.2 Adding and removing emails 02

1.4.3 Adding and removing payment card details 02

1.4.4 Submission tracking and invoices 02

2. New LEI registration 03

2.1 General rules 03

2.2 Web form submission 03

2.3 Bulk Excel workbook submission 04

2.4 Shopping cart and payment form 05

3. LEI renewals 06

3.1 General rules 06

3.2 Manual renewal (web form submission) 06

3.3 Manual renewal (bulk excel submission) 07

3.4 Auto renewal 08

3.5 Updating the auto renewal details 08

4. LEI transfer 09

4.1 Transferring an LEI to Bloomberg 09

4.2 Transfer-in procedure (web form submission) 09

4.2.1 Transfer-in procedure (bulk submission) 10

4.3 LEI partner of Bloomberg 10

5. LEI update 11

5.1 Updating your LEI records – general guidance 11

5.2 Update procedure (web form submission) 11

5.3 Update procedure (bulk submission) 13

6. Frequently asked questions 14

6.1 LEI ownership transfer 14

6.2 Forgot your password 14

6.3 Technical errors 14

6.4 Other FAQ 14

1.1 Introduction

Legal Entity Identiﬁer (LEI) is a 20-character, alphanumeric code based on the ISO 17442

standard developed by the ISO, and it is endorsed by the G20. It connects to key reference

information that enables a clear and unique identiﬁcation of legal entities.

1.2 Which entities can register for an LEI?

An LEI can be requested for all parties in a ﬁnancial transaction including but not limited to:

• Registered Companies including Registered Subsidiaries

• Funds/Trusts

• Non Proﬁt/Charity Organizations

• Government Bodies and Organizations

• Sole Proprietors (Individuals that appear in their local register)

• Branch oces (Main HQ entity must already have an LEI)

An LEI should NOT be requested for individuals or operating divisions. These entities should

utilize the LEI of their parent organization.

1.3 Who can register my entity for an LEI?

LEI can be applied by the legal entity itself or can be requested by a third party. A self or third

party LEI authorization form must be submitted during the LEI registration process.

1.4 Account/login setup

• To create a new account, click the “Create an Account” tab at the top right hand corner.

• Complete all required ﬁelds (*), read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy,

check the check box in the form, then click on the “Sign Up” button.

• After clicking the “Sign Up” button, you will be directed to the login page and you will

receive an email verifying your account creation, as shown on the next page.

• To log in, enter account credentials and click Log in button.

• A Two-Factor Login Code (conﬁrmation code) will be sent to the requested email address.

• Enter the conﬁrmation code in the Two Factor Code box and proceed with logging into your

account. At this point, you are logged in and a secondary ribbon should appear containing

various action items as seen below.

1. LEI overview

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1.4.1 Updating proﬁle

After logging in, you can review your proﬁle or update any details there by going to the

account and my proﬁle tab. You can amend details including the contact name, company

name, contact phone number or address.

1.4.2 Adding and removing emails

An LEI account can be linked to up to 10 email addresses. You may use the same username

and login with any of these emails and the same password.

To add or update any emails, you can click on the “account” button on the main ribbon

and further click on “my proﬁle” from the drop-down menu.

If any of the users have forgotten the password, they can always reset the password.

1.4.3 Adding and removing payment card details

A credit card will need to be stored in the payment proﬁle page before setting up the auto

renewal. To add the card details, you can click on the “account” button on the main ribbon,

and then click on “my proﬁle” and “payment” tab.

You can manually add a card there. Or if you have successfully created or renewed an LEI

before, the card details will also be saved in this payment page.

1.4.4 Submission tracking and invoices

If you would like to check the submission status, you can click on the “account” button on

the main ribbon and click on “my request”. The tracking number and status will be shown

in this page. If you have successfully created an LEI or renewed an LEI earlier, you will also

ﬁnd the invoice shown in the “invoice” column. Feel free to download this pdf ﬁle.

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2.1 General rules

There are 2 dierent ways to register for an LEI, via the web form or bulk Excel upload.

The Excel template is typically used for submitting multiple records simultaneously.

To be considered for bulk pricing, a minimum of 10 records must be submitted per

submission. The maximum amount of records permitted is 250 per bulk submission.

(Therefore, in a scenario where you have 255 records to submit be sure to distribute

the requests so that both ﬁles include at least 10 records).

2.2 Web form submission

Client can submit an application via the web form.

Please see the detailed steps outlined below:

Step 1: To create a new LEI, click the “Create” tab on the LEI Toolbar.

Step 2: You will be prompted with the option of requesting a new LEI using either

a web form or a downloadable Excel template.

Step 3: Complete all required ﬁelds (*) in the form, including checking the Service

Customer Agreement box at the bottom of the page. Additionally, you will

have the option of adding supporting documentation in the ﬁle tab, by

clicking into or dropping a ﬁle in the provided box as seen on the next page.

You may also save your progress as a draft using the “Save Draft” button.

What should be ﬁlled into the dierent section:

2. New LEI registration

General: Legal Name, Entity

Category, Legal Jurisdiction

Country, Registration Authority,

Legal Form, Entity creation date.

Addresses: Legal and Headquarter

addresses.

Relationships: Direct and Ultimate

parent details (For funds, user

must ﬁll in the details of the fund

management entity (or Umbrella/

Feeder Fund) details.

Entity events: If there are any

Contact information: Contact

name, company, phone.

Files: Reference documents

to show the entity general

information and authorization

form. The authorization form

can be downloaded from the

FAQ session.

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2.3 Bulk Excel workbook submission

Users may submit their LEI requests through a bulk format by using the Excel workbook

provided by Bloomberg LEI. This option, along with the standard web form, will be available

when beginning the registration or update process. To be considered for bulk pricing, a

minimum of 10 records must be submitted per submission. The maximum amount of records

permitted is 250 per bulk submission. (Therefore, in a scenario where you have 255 records

to submit be sure to distribute the requests so that both ﬁles include at least 10 records).

Click the “Download Excel Workbook Template” button as seen below and populate

information accordingly using the Basic Sample as a guide if needed. Once the ﬁle has been

ﬁlled out, save it to your local PC and upload it to the site by either clicking into the Upload

box and selecting the ﬁle or dragging the ﬁle into the box.

After clicking Upload Workbook, you will be taken to a second page to review and publish the

entered payload data. Each row in the excel ﬁle will be represented by a unique payload. Any

supporting documentation referenced in the Excel template should be uploaded here using

the upload box. Once you have reviewed the payload data, the submission can be published

by agreeing to the Service Customer Agreement and clicking the Publish button.

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2.4 Shopping cart and payment form

If you have multiple LEIs to submit, you can use shopping carts to submit them altogether.

After using the web form to submit the entity details, you can select the option of “Add to cart”

to add this item into a shopping cart. After adding all your LEIs into the cart, you can proceed

to the “Cart” session at the toggle bar and checkout all of them together.

Payment

After submitting the Web Form or the Excel Workbook, you will be prompted for payment.

You are to complete all required ﬁelds (*) of the form, using ASCII characters only. Taxation

is determined based on the country of the domicile address. Once you have submitted your

payment information using the Finalize Order button, the payment details will be authorized

and stored alongside the registration data previously submitted. Please note your credit card

will NOT be charged until the submission is renewed and approved by our analysts. Clients

will see a charge on their credit card, but it is merely a hold until the submission is completed.

your credit card will not be charged until the submission is completed. Clients will see a

charge on their credit card, but it is merely a hold until the submission is completed.

The website will auto populate previously submitted payment details upon subsequent visits.

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3.1 General rules

Renewals utilize the same bulk form and web form submission templates as creating

and updating records. Renewals require payments and are expected annually.

3.2 Manual renewal (web form submission)

User can renew the LEI manually by visiting the LEI portal and submit the request once a year.

Procedure

Step 1: To renew a new LEI, click the “Renew” tab on the LEI Toolbar.

Step 2: You will be prompted with the option of accessing the web form or using a

downloadable Excel template, choose the web form and click on the LEI number.

Step 3: Review all pre-populated data ﬁelds (*) in the form, including checking the

Service Customer Agreement box at the bottom of the page. Additionally, you

will have the option of adding supporting documentation in the ﬁle tab if you

have updated any entity data. Our team will verify the data based on supporting

document and publicly available data.

There are 6 dierent tabs in the form and users will need to go over all of them

and edit the data accordingly. We have added a new ﬁeld of “Entity Creation

date” ﬁeld in the general tab and it is now a mandatory ﬁeld.

Step 4: Upload supporting documents which state the name, registry ID, entity creation

date and addresses if they are available.

3. LEI renewals

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3.3 Manual renewal (bulk excel submission)

Users may renew multiple LEIs through a bulk format by using the Excel workbook provided

by Bloomberg LEI. To be considered for bulk discounted pricing, a minimum of 10 records

must be submitted per submission. The maximum number of records permitted is 250 per

bulk submission. (Therefore, in a scenario where you have 255 records to submit be sure to

distribute the requests so that both ﬁles include at least 10 records).

Procedure

Step 1: Click the “Renew” tab on the LEI Toolbar.

Step 2: You will be prompted with the option of accessing the web form or using

a downloadable Excel template, choose the “Excel Workbook”

Step 3: Copy the LEI number in the “export your LEI to excel workbook: drop box

Step 4: Review all pre-populated data ﬁelds (*) in the excel workbook, prepare

a supporting document, and add the ﬁle name to the last column CT with

the name of Reference

Step 5: After clicking Upload Workbook, you will be taken to a second page

to review and publish the entered payload data. Each row in the excel ﬁle

will be represented by a unique payload.

Step 6: Any supporting documentation referenced in the Excel template should

be uploaded here using the upload box.

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3.4 Auto renewal

Auto Renew is a feature that allows LEIs to be renewed on a recurrent annual basis without

users having to submit a renewal application. Before setting this up, users should ensure their

payment details are up-to-date. To check and amend payment details users will need to log in

and go to Account, My Proﬁle, Payment tab.

To set up Auto Renew users can go to Account, My Requests, Auto Renew tab. Here they

can select the LEI(s) and then set day, month and payment type. By clicking on “Add/Edit

LEI(s)” they will save the setting. If the user wishes to set up Auto Renew for all of their LEIs

simultaneously they should ﬁrst select a date and payment method and then click on “Add/

Edit All” to save. Users will receive a conﬁrmation email of the successful setup of Auto-Renew.

The date chosen as “Auto Renew date” will determine when the automated renewal

application will be submitted to our team for review. Please note: This may not be the actual

day of the renewal completion, as it may take a few days to process the application. Therefore,

we suggest selecting a date prior to the LEI expiration (Next Renewal Date).

Users will be notiﬁed via email of the submission and later on of the completion of their

renewal application. The payment will be charged on the selected card once the renewal

has been conﬁrmed and an invoice will be sent within 24 hours of completion.

Auto Renew can be removed or amended any time on the same Auto Renew tab. Please

be aware that cancelling the Auto Renew setup on or after the Auto Renew date will not

cancel a renewal application that has already been generated.

3.5 Updating the auto renewal details

To change the credit card or auto renew date, you can visit the Auto renew tab in the

my request session.

Step 1: Go to “Account”->”My Proﬁle”->”Payment” and add your new card details.

Click “Add Card” at the bottom of the page

Step 2: After adding the new card details, go to “Account” > ”My Requests” >

”Auto Renew” and select the LEI you wish to update the payment for.

Step 3: Select the month/day and the payment type (Card) and then select the newly

added credit card. Click on “Add/Edit”.

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4.1 Transferring an LEI to Bloomberg

Users may request that management of their existing LEI record(s) currently registered with

another LOU be transferred to Bloomberg. This request can be submitted on the Transfer tab.

While the identiﬁer itself will not change, the ongoing maintenance and administration of the

LEI will be transferred. There is no fee to transfer unless the current registration status of your

LEI is Lapsed. In this case you will be charged a renewal fee at the time of transfer. Bloomberg

must rely on the action of the other LOU in order to complete the whole transfer process.

Therefore, the process might take longer.

4.2 Transfer-in procedure (web form submission)

To transfer fewer than 10 LEI number, you can use our web form to submit your transfer request.

Procedure

Step 1: Click on the “Transfer” button in the LEI toolbar.

Step 2: You will be prompted with the option of accessing the Web form or using

a downloadable Excel Workbook.

Step 3 If you already have your single LEI that you would like to transfer, you can click

on the web form button and just copy the number in the search bar.

Step 4: Click on the LEI number and review the data in the form. Please upload

supporting document in the ﬁles if you have updated any entity data.

Step 5: Please choose either “transfer and renew” or “only transfer my LEI”. If your LEI

is currently lapsed or will be lapse in 10 days, you will be prompted for payment

details to renew the LEI.

4. LEI transfer

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4.2.1 Transfer-in procedure (bulk submission)

To transfer 10 or more than 10 LEI, you are recommended to use our excel workbook to make

the transfer request.

Procedure

Step 1: Click on the “Transfer” button in the LEI toolbar.

Step 2: Then, please choose the excel workbook option.

Step 3: Copy the LEI number in the “export your LEI to excel workbook: drop box

and export the ﬁle.

Step 4: Review the data in the excel workbook and add the supporting document name

in the last column with the name of reference if you have updated any entity data.

We require a supporting document like the business registration document which

shows the updated information.

Step 5: Please choose either “transfer and renew” or “only transfer my LEI”. If your LEI

is currently lapsed or will be lapse in 10 days, you will be prompted for payment

details to renew the LEI.

4.3 LEI partner of Bloomberg

Bloomberg provides single and bulk LEI Registration for you. If your ﬁrm would like to

partner of Bloomberg. The customized solution allows you to obtain your LEI faster

and easier. Please contact us at lei-support@bloomberg.net if you are interested.

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5.1 Updating your LEI records – general guidance

Updating records can be done for individual records and in bulk using the web form

or excel template described above. It is important to note that updates do not require

payment. Throughout a given registration period (LEI Registration status is Issued), you

are free to update your LEI as often as you would like. Typical examples of updates are

in response to corporate actions of your company such as a name change, a location

change, or a change in incorporation. Generally, you cannot submit an update if your

record is in LAPSED registration state. If your LEI is LAPSED, you would need to renew

it ﬁrst in order to make an update.

5.2 Update procedure (web form submission)

To make an update with your LEI, you can either come to our “Web Form” or “Excel

Workbook” page where you can see your LEIs. The following steps share how you can

update the record by using the my requests function. Or if you have the LEI number,

you can copy and paste the number in the box next to “Web Form” selection

and you will be directed to the same web form.

Procedure

Step 1: Click on the “Update” button in the LEI toolbar.

Step 2: You will be prompted with the option of accessing the My requests,

Web form or using a downloadable Excel Workbook.

Step 3: If you choose the my request option, you will then need to go to click

on the second tab of “LEI” to view the whole list of LEIs managed by you.

Step 4: You can click on “update” in the Item Actions column and review the data

in the web form.

Step 5: If you have updated any entity data in the web form, data in the entity events

will need to be ﬁlled. Please update the event type, eective date and select

the type of validation documents.

Step 6: Please upload a supporting document which shows the updated data.

For example, if you have updated the name of the entity, please provide

a business registration document or change of name document.

5. LEI update

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5.3 Update procedure (bulk submission)

To update 10 or more than 10 LEIs, you are recommended to use our excel workbook to make

the update request.

Procedure

Step 1: Click on the “Update” button in the LEI toolbar.

Step 2: Then, please choose the excel workbook option.

Step 3: Copy the LEI number in the “export your LEI to excel workbook” drop box

and export the ﬁle.

Step 4: Update the data in the excel workbook and add the supporting document name

in the last column with the name of reference if you have updated any entity data.

If the document name is abc.pdf, please include the whole name with the ﬁle

format. (.pdf in this case) We require a supporting document like the business

registration document which shows the updated information.

Step 5: Upload the supporting document in the “Files” tab.

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6.1 LEI ownership transfer

If you would like to change an LEI account owner to another, you can assess the “Transfer

Ownership” tab. It can be assessed by clicking on the drop-down under the “Account” button

on the Toggle Bar and then click on my requests. For a single ownership transfer, you can

provide the LEI an destination username.

To continue the transfer process, click the “Add” button. This will auto-populate the entry

under “Conﬁrm your Transfers” section. Then click the “Submit” button to ﬁnalize the transfer.

To transfer a list of LEIs to another account, you can use the bulk ownership transfer feature.

Please provide a .csv ﬁle with the following headers, in order: LEI, Destination Username,

Destination email (Optional). Then hit the “Upload” button, to auto-populate the entry under

“Conﬁrm your Transfers” section. Then click the “Submit” button to ﬁnalize the transfer.

If you cannot access the original account, you will need to email a copy of the signed self or

third party authorization form, the LEI and destination username details to our support team.

(lei-support@bloomberg.net) The authorization form can be downloaded in the FAQ and

reference documents session.

6.2 Forgot your password

The password can be modiﬁed any time if you have forgotten it. Please click on Login at the

Toggle bar and come to the “forgot password? Reset it here” page. A 2 factor login code will

be sent to your email associated with the user account.

6.3 Technical errors

If you encountered any data service error during the login process, please try to change

your browser to chrome, delete cookies and clear cache.

If the problem still persists, please reach out to the support team by submitting

a feedback item.

6.4 Other FAQ

For further questions, please check our FAQ page. https://lei.bloomberg.com/docs/faq#

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