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August 18, 2003

New Message Type for AWO Trades

 

****IMPORTANT NOTICE****

Effective close of business, Thursday, August 21st for start of day, Friday August 22nd the American Stock Exchange (Amex) will implement a new outbound message type in the Equity Intra-Day Comparison System (IDCE) MQ Service.

This enhancement as earlier reported with a July 28th notice will provide Specialist Clearing Firms with the ability to receive notification of Specialist Action Without Order (AWO) transactions.

The new IDCE MQ outbound message will have a Record ID of "H" in position 6, a Trade Status Indicator of "U" in position 127, and a Branch Code of "ZYX" in positions 202 to 204. The prior July 28th notice had incorrectly listed "ZXY" as the Branch Code.

Questions regarding this circular should be directed to either Ed Cook at 212-306-1748, e-mail ecook@amex.com or Peter Fetiak at 212-306-1472, email at pfetiak@amex.com.