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5860

P&S #:

5430

DATE:

July 20, 2004

TO:

ALL PARTICIPANTS

ATTENTION:

MANAGING PARTNER/OFFICER; OPERATIONS PARTNER/OFFICER; CASHIER; MANAGER P & S DEPARTMENT; MANAGER DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENT

FROM: VINCENT MC DEVITT
SUBJECT: CNS Testing Extended to July 29, 2004

CNS testing which was originally scheduled to end on July 22, 2004 has been extended an extra week and will end on July 29, 2004. This will give participants an extra test period to test changes to their systems prior to the August 6, 2004 implementation.

Firms wishing to participate in the CNS test should contact the Participant Test Group (PTG) at least 3 days prior to testing. For questions on the CNS testing setup, the PTG can be contacted at (212) 855-1144.


A copy of this Important Notice or any other NSCC Important Notice can be found at NSCC’s Web site http://www.nscc.com in the Important Notice section. If you have any questions regarding these modifications, please contact DTCC Relationship Management at (212) 855-4155, or the undersigned at (212) 855-5694.


Vincent Mc Devitt
Manager, Product Management