FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  99-116

Washington, DC, September 20, 1999

                         Media Advisory

Arthur Levitt to Deliver Major Address on the Structure of the
Securities Markets

What:     Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt
          will deliver a major address on the structure of the
          securities markets.

When:     Thursday, September 23, 1999
          6:00 p.m. EDT

Where:    Columbia University Law School
          Jerome L. Greene Hall
          Rooms 104 and 106
          435 West 116th Street
          New York, New York

Webcast:  An audio and video copy of the speech will be available
          at: www.law.columbia.edu

Contacts: Chris Ullman, SEC, 202.942.0020
          Jennifer Shotz, Columbia Law, 212.854.1376

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