As previously announced, the NYSE will introduce a new subscription service on a Firm mnemonic basis that will return an unsolicited end of day “UROUT” message for all unexecuted “Day” orders sent to SDBK. The below notice describes the technical changes required in order to support this new service. We anticipate this service will be available for most symbols in the September ’09 timeframe. A future notification will provide the details and contact information on how to activate this new service. Member Firms are being advised in advance so they can prepare for this change.

Trading Technology Information Memo

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LYG), amount of cash payment determined and EX date has been changed to June 24, 2009. For the full announcement please refer to the following Information Notice.

EX Information Memo

With over 3200 NYSE and 15 NYSE Amex securities migrated over to the new SDBK database, customers are reminded that the NYSE now supports order quantities up to 6.5 million shares for orders destined to SDBK. For symbols that have not yet been migrated, the maximum share quantity supported remains at 3 million. For all symbols, the maximum auto-execution size remains at 1 million shares and the maximum quantity supported by the Broker systems remains at 6.5 million shares.

For more information on the symbols that support the increased maximum quantity, please refer to the SDBK Security Rollout list maintained on the NYSE Equities Reference page.

Members and member organizations should be aware that certain orders and order-entry practices can improperly dislocate the market in a security, raising regulatory concerns.
The below Regulatory Information Memo provides guidance to NYSE and NYSE Amex members and member organizations of their responsibilities when handling orders at or near the close.

NYSE Regulation Information Memo

NYSE procedures for Russell Reconstitution; MOC/LOC rules; Communication & Contingency Scenarios all follow in the memo provided in the link below. This notice has been updated with the newly released Russell Information Memo and Trading Near or on the Close FAQ.

On June 29, 2009, the newly rebalanced Russell indices (Russell Global Index, Russell 1000® Index, Russell 2000® Index Russell 3000® Index and Russell Microcap® Index) will go into effect and will remain in place for the next 12-month period. The newly reconstituted indices will take effect after the close of the U.S. equity markets on Friday, June 26, 2009. The Russell Investment Group will use the NYSE Closing trades to price the NYSE-listed and NYSE Amex-listed securities added to the indices.

Russell Reconstitution - NYSE Procedures
Russell Information Memo
Trading Near or on the Close FAQ

Effective Monday June 22, 2009, to improve the transparency of the closing process, the NYSE Closing Order Imbalance Information will include d-Quote interest using the maximum discretionary price that could be available on the close and pegging e-Quotes at their ceiling or floor price, beginning at 3:55 pm.

d-Quotes Imbalance Floor Memo

(UPDATE) Note: This new functionality is available in stocks that have been migrated to SDBK. This list of migrated stocks is available at: SDBK Security Rollout List

Beginning Friday, June 12th, 2009, the rollout of the new SDBK database will continue with the addition of 457 new securities for a total of 3229 NYSE listed securities and 15 NYSE Amex Securities. A list of the newly rolled out securities as well as all subsequent securities that are rolled out on to the SDBK database is being maintained on the NYSE Equities Reference page. Please check back to this page to follow the updates.

June 1, 2009 – Trading in General Motors corporation and related securities will open on the Stock Exchange following the normal indication process. See below for additional NYSE Regulation, Inc. Information.

NYSE Regulation, Inc. (“NYSE Regulation”) announced today that it determined that the common stock of General Motors Corporation (the “Company”) – ticker symbol GM – as well as the 10 related listed securities below, should be suspended prior to the opening on June 2, 2009.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announces that the common and related structured products of General Motors Corporation (ticker symbol GM) will be halted news dissemination during the pre-market and available to all markets for trading at 9:30am (EST) on the morning of Monday, June 1, 2009.