[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17428-17429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8797]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 34-41243; File No. SR-NASD-99-09]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Extension of the Comment
Period for the Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Establishment of an Agency
Quotation in Nasdaq
April 1, 1999.
On February 3, 1999, the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (``NASD'' or ``Association'') through its wholly owned
subsidiary the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (``Nasdaq'') filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') a proposal to
permit the separate display of customer orders by market makers in
Nasdaq through a market maker agency identification symbol (``Agency
Quote''). Notice of the proposed rule change was published for comment
on March 11, 1999.\1\
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\1\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 41128 (march 2, 1999),
64 FR 12198.
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To give the public additional time to comment on the proposal, the
Commission is extending the comment period for the NASD's Agency Quote
proposal to June 1, 1999. A copy of the proposed rule change is
available in the Commission's Public Reference Room in File No. SR-
NASD-99-09.
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
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arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Persons
making written submissions should file six copies thereof with Jonathan
G. Katz, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549-0609. Copies of the submission, all
subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the
proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all
written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from
the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for inspection and copying in the Commission's Public
Reference Room. Copies of such filings will also be available for
inspection and copying at the principal office of the NASD. All
submissions should refer to File No. SR-NASD-99-09 and should be
submitted by June 1, 1999.
For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\2\
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\2\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8797 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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