The Securities Industry Association (SIA) provides comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Notice of Filing of Application for Registration as a national securities exchange under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), Release No. 34-44396, File No. 10-131. SIA requests an extension of the comment period for Form 1 from July 30, 2001 until October 31, 2001.

*SIFMA is the product of a merger between the Securities Industry Association (SIA) and The Bond Market Association (TBMA) in 2006.