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NASD Rule 2210
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The staff granted an exemption from NASD Rule 2790 in connection with new issue offering of a registered securities exchange for certain allocations as part of its issuer-directed share program.
December 3, 2004
Dana G. Fleischman, Esq.
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006-1470
Re: Request for Exemption from Rule 2790
Dear Ms. Fleischman
Executive SummaryOn October 1, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) approved an NASD rule filing amending the Trading Activity Fee (TAF) to reduce the TAF rate for covered equity securities, reduce the maximum per trade charge on covered equity securities, and assess the TAF on corporate debt securities that, under the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
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As of March 25, 1998, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing SystemSM (FIPSSM).
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
AMSD.GG
American Standard Inc
7.125
02/15/03
AMSD.GH
American Standard Inc
7.625
02/15/10
KVCO.GA
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Rule 2220 was intended to apply only to standardized options; therefore, advertisements, educational material and sales literature regarding conventional options need not be submitted to the Department for pre-use review and approval. However, advertisements, educational material and sales literature regarding conventional options remain subject to the general standards in both Rules 2210 and 2220 that prohibit untrue, false or misleading statements.
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Mutual funds that are sold with front-end sales loads often offer investors the opportunity to pay reduced sales loads under a variety
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As of October 27, 1995, the following bonds were added to the Fixed Income Pricing System (FIPSSM):
Symbol
Name
Coupon
Maturity
BG.GA
Brown Group
7.375
1/15/98
PRWL.GB
Price Cellular Wireless
12.250
10/1/03
UAL.GH
United Air
10.110
2/19/
