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5863

P&S #:

5433

DATE:

July 23, 2004

TO:

ALL PARTICIPANTS

ATTENTION:

MANAGER, PURCHASES AND SALES DEPARTMENT; CASHIER; FUND/SERV PARTICIPANTS; ACATS PARTICIPANTS; MUNICIPAL BOND COMPARISON PARTICIPANTS

FROM: Pablo Cubi, Membership Administration
SUBJECT: CHANGES IN THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

·        The following firms will retire from all services, as detailed below:

Last Trade Date July 19, 2004:

WS Griffith Securities, Inc.                                                                                           No.  0392

Last Trade Date July 30, 2004:

CNA Trust Corporation                                                                                               No.  2664

·        The following firm will begin participation in AMEX Listed Comparison, OTC Comparison, Fund Serv, Networking, ACATS, ACATS Fund/SERV, RECAPS, and Envelope Settlement services, as detailed below:

First Trade Date July 29, 2004:

TradeStation Securities, Inc.                                                                                         No.  0271

Listed Alpha Identifier                                                                                                          TSD

OTC Alpha Identifier                                                                                                           TRAD

Networking Code                                                                                                                OV

Envelope Location: Y (New York)

Contact: Stephen Hoefling

Phone:   (954) 652-7856

·        An additional number has been assigned to Linsco/Private Ledger Corp. (#0075) for the purpose of utilizing the Commission Settlement service, as detailed below:

First Trade Date, July 20, 2004:

Linsco/Private Ledger Corp.-WS Griffith Securities, Inc.                                               No.  0392

·        An additional number has been assigned to Union Bank of California, N.A. (#2145) for the purpose of utilizing the Fund/SERV, Networking, ACATS and ACATS Fund/SERV services, as detailed below:

First Trade Date, August 2, 2004:

Union Bank of California, N.A./CNA                                                                           No.  2664

Networking Code:                                                                                                               YH

Contact:  Maggi Boutelle

Phone:    (619) 230-3958

·        The following firm will no longer participate in the ACATS service, as detailed below:

Last Trade Date July 23, 2004:

Electronic Brokerage Systems, LLC                                                                             No.  0627

·        The following firm will change its name only, as detailed below:

Effective First Trade Date July 26, 2004:

From:  Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. – BGC Markets                                                          No.  0464

To:      Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. – BGC Securities                                                         No.  0464

·               Kindly update the NSCC Directory dated July 9, 2004 (for OTC Executed-By-List and Municipal Bond Comparison System) as detailed below:

 

Clearing Broker

Identifiers

Executing Broker

Identifiers

 

Alpha

Numeric

Alpha

Numeric

Delete Last Trade Date, July 21, 2004:

 

 

   

Dupont Securities Group, Inc.

PERS

0443

DSGI

 
   

 

   

Delete Last Trade Date, July 26, 2004:

 

 

   

J.W. Millegan, Inc.

LEGG

0740

JWML

 
   

 

   

Add First Trade Date, July 21, 2004:

 

 

   

Cabrera Capital Markets, Inc.

FSWC

0309

CABA

 

Salzburg Securities, LLC

NACI

0297

PSAS

 
   

 

   

Clearing Broker Change, Effective First Trade Date, July 21, 2004:

 

 

   

From: Cabrera Capital Markets, Inc.

FSWC

0309

CABR

 

To:     Cabrera Capital Markets, Inc.

NFSC

0226

CABR

 
   

 

   

From: Sterling Financial Investment Group, Inc.

WSPD

0030

SOAR

 

To:     Sterling Financial Investment Group, Inc.

NFSC

0226

SOAR

 
   

 

   

Clearing Broker Change, Effective First Trade Date, July 26, 2004:

 

 

   

From: Equity Trading Online, LLC

ABNA

0425

EQTO

 

To:     Equity Trading Online, LLC

NFSC

0226

EQTO

 
   

 

   

·                    Kindly update the NSCC Directory dated July 9, 2004 (for OTC Executed-By List) as detailed below:

 

Clearing Broker

Identifiers

Executing Broker

Identifiers

 

Alpha

Numeric

Alpha

Numeric

Delete Last Trade Date, July 21, 2004:

 

 

   

Equity Financial Management Services, Inc.

MSRO

0727

EFMS

 

Grace Brothers Ltd.

LEHM

0074

GRAC

 

Strategic Structuring and Solutions LLC

BSSC

0352

SSST

 
   

 

   

Add First Trade Date, July 21, 2004:

 

 

   

ML Professional CC/Redwood Trading

PRST

0551

PRRD

 
   

 

   

Add First Trade Date, July 23, 2004:

 

 

   

Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC

BERN

0013

BLAV

 
   

 

   

Clearing Broker Change, Effective First Trade Date, July 30, 2004:

 

 

   

From: Gardner Rich & Co.

ABNA

0425

GDNR

 

To:     Gardner Rich & Co.

MLCO

0161

GDNR

 
   

 

   

Executing Broker Name Change, Effective First Trade Date, July 22, 2004:

 

 

   

From: Ruane Cunniff & Co., Inc.

NEUB

0155

RCSK

 

To:     Ruane, Cunniff & Goldbarb LLC

NEUB

0155

RCSK

 
   

 

   

·                    Kindly update the NSCC Directory dated July 9, 2004 (for Municipal Bond Comparison) as detailed below:

 

Clearing Broker

Identifiers

Executing Broker

Identifiers

 

Alpha

Numeric

Alpha

Numeric

Add First Trade Date, July 30, 2004:

 

 

   

Gardner Rich & Co.

MLCO

0161

GDNR

 
   

 

   

Executing Broker Name Change, Effective First Trade Date, July 22, 2004:

 

 

   

From: Ruane Cunniff & Co., Inc.

UBSW

0642

RCSK

 

To:     Ruane, Cunniff & Goldbarb LLC

UBSW

0642

RCSK

 
   

 

   

If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact Frank DeRiso at (212) 855-4941 or Miriam Santiago at (212) 855-4947.