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SEC-Required Report on Routing of Customer Orders
For Quarter Ending March 28, 2002

Romano Brothers & Co. has prepared this report pursuant to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring all brokerage firms to make publicly available quarterly reports on their order routing practices. The report provides information on the routing of "non-directed orders" - any order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed to a particular venue for execution. For these non-directed orders, Romano Brothers & Co. has selected the execution venue on behalf of its customers.

The report is divided into four sections: one for securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange, one for securities listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, one for securities listed on the American Stock Exchange or regional exchanges, and one for exchange-listed options. For each section, this report identifies the venues most often selected by Romano Brothers & Co., sets forth the percentage of various types of orders routed to the venues, and discusses the material aspects of Romano Brothers & Co.'s relationship with the venues. Romano Brothers & Co. does not receive any payment for order flow.

Security Type
Total Orders
Non-Directed Orders
Non-Directed
Market Orders
Non-Directed
Limit Orders
Non-Directed
Other Orders
NYSE
826
67%
647
78%
172
22%
7
1%
ASE & OTHER REG.
7
0%
6
85%
1
15%
0
0%
NASDAQ
352
28%
245
69%
102
28%
5
3%
OPTIONS (LISTED)
45
5%
45
100%
0
0%
0
0%
Total
1230
 
943
275
12
 

 

Listed on NYSE
Type
Total Orders
Non-Directed Orders
Non-Directed
Market Orders
Non-Directed
Limit Orders
Non-Directed
Other Orders
KNIGHT/TRIMARK
815
99%
636
98%
172
100%
7
100%
ABN-AMRO
11
1%
11
2%
0
0%
0
0%
Listed on ASE and other Regional Exchanges
KNIGHT/TRIMARK
7
100%
6
100%
1
100%
0
100%
Listed on NASDAQ
KNIGHT/TRIMARK
348
100%
241
99%
102
100%
5
100%
ABN-AMRO
4
0%
4
1%
0
0%
0
0%
Listed on Options
ABN-AMRO
45
100%
45
100%
0
0%
0
0%

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