Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Equity Regulatory Alert #2008 - 24
NASDAQ Provides Updated Lists of Included Financial Firms in Response to the SEC’s Emergency Short Sale Order
Please Route To:
Head Traders; Technical Contacts; Compliance Officers; Buy-Side Traders
What you need to know:
- The following NASDAQ-listed companies are being added to NASDAQ's list of Included Financial Firms under the SEC's Emergency Short Sale Order:
- Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (HTGC)
- Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. (PCAP)
- Effective Wednesday, September 24, 2008, these companies will be subject to the restrictions of the SEC’s Emergency Order.
- The following NASDAQ-listed company has been voluntarily removed from the SEC’s original list of Included Financial Firms:
- Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (GLRE)
- Effective Wednesday, September 24, 2008, this company will not be subject to the restrictions of the SEC’s Emergency Order.
- Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (GLRE)
- Firms should visit the NASDAQ Trader website for future list updates.
- NASDAQ plans to work in concert with other exchanges to provide a consolidated list of all covered securities for the industry. We plan to provide this list tomorrow for trading on Thursday, September 25th.
Where can I get additional information?
- View Regulatory Alert #2008-21.
- View current and historical lists of Included Financial Firms on the NASDAQ Trader website.
- Contact NASDAQ Market Operations +1 212 231 5100.
- Contact NASDAQ MarketWatch at +1 800 211 4953.
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