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P&S #:

5441

DATE:

July 30, 2004

TO:

ALL PARTICIPANTS

ATTENTION:

MANAGING PARTNER / OFFICER; OPERATIONS PARTNER / OFFICER; DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS; DATA PROCESSING MANAGER; MANAGER P & S DEPARTMENT; COMPLIANCE OFFICER

FROM: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT: DISTRIBUTION OF NSCC FIXED INCOME TRANSACTION SYSTEM (FITS) PRINT IMAGE CONTRACTS

NSCC’s FITS print image Contracts have been available to participants via NSCC’s PCWEB, which maintains them for three days, and via CPU-CPU AutoRoute transmission.

Effective June 14, 2004, the Real Time Trade Matching (RTTM) Web Report Center made Corporate, Municipal and Unit Investment Trust RTTM reports and FITS print image Contracts available to participants. At that time, FICC loaded all FITS print image Contracts going back to August 5, 2003 into the (RTTM) Web Report Center.

To consolidate processing, effective August 24, 2004, FITS print image Contracts will be available via RTTM Web and CPU-CPU AutoRoute transmission. NSCC’s PCWEB will not maintain any FITS reports after August 26, 2004.

Please contact your Member Services representative or the undersigned if you have any questions on the above.

Ed Fanning
Vice President, Product Management