Rodgers Brothers Inc. has developed a Business Continuity Plan concerning our response to events that significantly disrupt our business.  Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is unpredictable, we will 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. 

Contacting Us

If after a significant business disruption you cannot contact us as you usually do at 724-779-2200, you should go to our web site at www.rodgersbrothers.com.  If you cannot access us through either of those means, you should contact the Client Services department at our clearing firm, Mesirow Financial Inc., at 1-800-552-2491 X7007 or clientservices@mesirowfinancial.com.  Mesirow will provide access to funds and securities and process other trade-related, cash and security transfer transactions. If clients of Rodgers Brothers are unable to reach Rodgers Brothers and wish to execute trades during a SBD, they can contact the trade desk at Mesirow Financial at 1-800-248-7220.

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; regulator reporting and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue business. 

Our clearing firm, Mesirow Financial Inc., 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 within 4 hours; to accept and process new transactions and payments within 48 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 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 within 48 hours.  In either situation, we plan to continue in business, transfer operations to our clearing firm if necessary, and notify you through our website or through the transferring of our main number 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 funds and securities.

If you have questions about our business continuity planning, you can contact us at

724-779-2200 or drodgers@rodgersbrothers.com.