AMENDED RULING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS [Dkt. No. 21]
HALL, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Lead plaintiffs Douglas M. Johnson (as a partner of DMJ Family LPLLP and a trustee of Douglas M. Johnson Trust), THS & H Investment Associates LLC, and Bruce Frank ("plaintiffs") bring this action on behalf of themselves and all others who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of NYFIX, Inc. ("NY-FIX") during the Class Period of March 30, 2000 to March 30, 2004. Plaintiffs allege that defendants NYFIX, Peter Kilbinger Hansen, Richard A. Castillo, George O. Deehan, William J. Lynch, and Carl E. Warden violated Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 77k (Count I), and that Hansen and Castillo violated Section 15 of the Securities Act, id. at § 78o (Count II). Plaintiffs further allege that NYFIX, Hansen, Castillo and Hahn violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5 (Count III). Finally, they allege that Hansen, Castillo and Hahn violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78t(a) (Count IV). All of these claims arise from NYFIX's method of accounting for its investment in NYFIX Millenium, L.L.C. ("Millenium"), which led NYFIX to report inflated financial results in numerous SEC filings and press releases.
Defendants move to dismiss the plaintiffs' First Amended Class Action Complaint (the "Amended Complaint") pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and 9(b) and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "PSLRA"), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4 et. seq. For the reasons that follow, Defendant's motion is granted.

Let me break this down as requested:

### Language ###
English

### Assessment ###
We can ask about the time period of the class action lawsuit, as this is a specific piece of information clearly stated in the text.

### Query ###
When did the NYFIX class action period begin and end?
When did the NYFIX class action period begin and end?