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Friday, February 16, 2007

Equity Trader Alert #2007 - 34
NASDAQ Provides Testing for Changes to the Stock Symbol System Plan During All Trading Sessions

Please Route To: Head Traders; Technical Contacts; Compliance Officers; Vendor Technical Contacts

What you need to know:

  • As announced in Head Trader Alert #2007-011, NASDAQ will offer 1-, 2- and 3-character NASDAQ-listed test issues in production in all trading sessions, beginning on Tuesday, February 20, 2007.
  • Since NASDAQ will have the ability to accept and distribute symbols with less than 4 characters beginning on February 20th, NASDAQ strongly encourages all impacted customers participate in this testing.

Whom you should contact: NASDAQ Symbology Team

What is the stock symbol system plan update?
As announced in Head Trader Alert #2007-011, NASDAQ® will offer 1-, 2- and 3-character NASDAQ-listed test issues in production in all trading sessions, beginning on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Since NASDAQ will have the ability to accept and distribute symbols with less than 4 characters beginning on February 20th, NASDAQ strongly encourages all impacted customers participate in this testing.

What are the test symbols?
NASDAQ-Listed Test Stocks:

  • Z (NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM)
  • ZX (NASDAQ Global MarketSM)
  • ZZO (NASDAQ Capital Market®)

Please note that these test symbols are subject to change at any time. Updates to this list will be communicated via Head Trader Alerts and will be available on the NASDAQ Stock Symbol System Plan page of the NASDAQ Trader® website.

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