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December 9, 2004

Press Releases

• Fee Rate Advisory #6 for Fiscal Year 2005

Administrative Proceedings

• Graham Andrews (Release No. 34-50826)
   
• Koji Goto (Release No. 34-50825)
   
• Marshall S. Klein (Release No. 34-50824)
   

Final Rules

• Registration Under the Advisers Act of Certain Hedge Fund Advisers (html version)
   
• Disposal of Consumer Report Information (Federal Register PDF version)
   

Self-Regulatory Organization Rulemaking and National Market System Plans

• Notice of Filing of and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Certificate of Designation for Preferred Stock of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASD; Release No. 34-50823)
   
• Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to Repeal of Existing NASD Short Sale Rules in Light of SEC Regulation SHO (NASD; Release No. 34-50822)
   
• Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendments No. 2 and 3 Thereto to Establish Rules Implementing a Price Improvement Mechanism (ISE; Release No. 34-50819)
   
• Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to System-Assisted Quotation Services (ISE; Release No. 34-50813)
   
• Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Listing and Trading of Notes Linked to the Performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index (Amex; Release No. 34-50812)
   
• Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Temporarily Suspend the Specialist’s and Registered Traders’ Transaction Charges for the Trading of Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock® (Amex; Release No. 34-50811)
   
• Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Market Maker Quote Obligations Under the Rules of the Boston Options Exchange Facility (BSE; Release No. 34-50814)
   
• Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change to Restrict a Designated Primary Market-Maker’s Ability to Charge a Brokerage Commission (CBOE; Release No. 34-50821)
   
• Order Approving Proposed Rule Change to Create the Real-Time Transaction Price Service and Propose an Annual Subscription Fee for the Service (MSRB; Release No. 34-50820)

Division of Investment Management, Office of Public Utility Regulation

• Prepared Direct Testimony on Behalf of the American Electric Power Company, Inc., December 7, 2004
• David Harrison Jr., Ph.D. (AEP Exhibit No. 1)
• Paul B. Johnson (AEP Exhibit No. 2)
• Grid Interconnections (AEP Exhibit No. 3)
• Is Our Power Grid More Reliable One Year After the Blackout (article) (AEP Exhibit No. 4)
• J. Craig Baker (AEP Exhibit No. 5)
• AEP Energy Transfers Across Ameren Path (2000-2004) (AEP Exhibit No. 6)
• AEP Transactions Across Ameren Path 2000 - 10/2004 (AEP Exhibit No. 7)
• Alternative Transmission Service Paths (AEP Exhibit No. 8)
• Regional Transmission Organizations (AEP Exhibit No. 9)
• Southwest Power Pool (AEP Exhibit No. 10)
• AEP and First-Tier Interconnected Network and New AEP System (AEP Exhibit No. 11)