A#

5885

P&S #:

5455

DATE:

August 18, 2004

TO:

ALL PARTICIPANTS

ATTENTION:

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

FROM: Product Marketing & Development
SUBJECT: RECAPS - BOND QUANTITY OUPUT MODIFICATIONS

As stated in NSCC’s Important Notice A#5793, P&S#5363 (dated March 24, 2004), effective in the September 2004 RECAPS cycle, and subject to SEC approval of the CNS rewrite Phase 2, The Reconfirmation and Repricing Service (RECAPS) will report all bond (Corporate and Municipals) activity in face value for the following print image and machine readable output:

 File/Report

Print Image

AutoRoute ID

MRO

AutoRoute ID

RECAPS CNS Projection Report

02050013

02050021

RECAPS CNS Compared Trade Summary

02050080

02050081

There will be no additional changes for these reports.

Example:

Current Reporting

September 2004 Reporting

1 = 1,000

1,000 = 1,000

250 = 250,000

250,000 = 250,000

The above listed file formats are available on the formats.nscc.com web-site.

  Questions regarding this notice should be directed to the relationship manager hotline at (212) 855-4155 or email the undersigned at Pinguanta@dtcc.com

Peter Inguanta

Director, Product Marketing and Development