Subject: File No. SR-NASDAQ-2006-040
From: Melvin J. Thompson

December 4, 2006

As a result of structuring fees under the Shareholder.com/Nasdaq relationship my client has seen a dramatic cost savings in fees related to making stock and investor information public.

My client, a $1.5 billion distributor of building supplies, may have the opportunity to try new services they were not previously paying for and exposed to.