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2003 Individual Exemptions

Amendment of Prior Exemption and/or EXPRO Case

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Chronological Listing of Exemptions

Amendment of Prior Exemption and/or EXPRO Case

Captive Insurer Involvement

Coinvesting

Customer Notes

Exchange

Extension of Credit by Plan

Foreign Currency

Foreign Exchange Transactions

Guaranty/Guarantee

Holding by Plan of Other Assets

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Grant; PTE 2003-24

D-11004
D-11106

G: 68 FR 48637 (08/14/03)

P: 68 FR 28018 (05/22/03)

O: 68 FR 55993 (09/29/03) (Tech. Corr.)

See summary for Deutsche Bank AG, JP Morgan Chase Bank and their Affiliates under Underwriting Syndicates.

Grant; PTE 2003-19

D-11122

G: 68 FR 37526 (06/24/03)

P: 68 FR 6197 (02/06/03)

See summary for State Street Bank and Trust Company under Securities Lending – “Plan A”-Type Transactions.

Grant; PTE 2003-06

D-11059

G: 68 FR 18710 (04/16/03)

P: 68 FR 6205 (02/06/03)

See summary for Individual Exemption to Replace Prohibited Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) 81-56, 85-19 and 89-5 Involving the Truman Arnold Companies Retirement Plan and Trust under Lease by Plan.

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Captive Insurer Involvement

Grant; PTE 2003-07

D-11068

G: 68 FR 23764 (05/05/03)

P: 68 FR 10043 (03/03/03)

See summary for the Archer Daniels Midland Company under Reinsurance.

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Coinvesting

Grant; PTE 2003-38

D-11167

G: 68 FR 70315 (12/17/03)

P: 68 FR 55993 (09/29/03)

Aetna Life Insurance Company (Aetna) and UBS Realty Investors LLC (UBS Realty)

Permits certain transactions that may occur as a result of the sharing of real estate investments among various accounts maintained by Aetna, including the Aetna general account and the general accounts of Aetna’s affiliates which are insurance companies licensed to do business in at least one state (collectively, the General Account), and the ERISA-Covered Accounts with respect to which both Aetna and UBS Realty are fiduciaries. Aetna and UBS Realty (pursuant to the arrangement described therein) are primarily responsible for the acquisition, management and disposition of the assets allocated to the ERISA-Covered Accounts. Aetna has hired UBS Realty as a discretionary sub-advisor for the ERISA-Covered Accounts maintained by Aetna. UBS Realty will perform such services for the Accounts as of the transition effective date (October 1, 2003). However, Aetna will retain fiduciary authority over the ERISA-Covered Accounts after such date.

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Customer Notes

Grant; PTE 2003-21

D-11142

G: 68 FR 40693 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 23778 (05/05/03)

See summary for the Arizona Machinery Group, Inc. under Purchase by Plan of Other Assets.

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Exchange

Grant; PTE 2003-28

D-11171

G: 68 FR 52790 (09/05/03)

P: 68 FR 37545 (06/24/03)

Raleigh Pathology Laboratory Associates, P.A. Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan)

Permits the exchange of an unimproved waterfront lot owned by the Plan and allocated to the individually-directed account in the plan of James R. Edwards, M.D., for one unimproved tract of land owned personally by Dr. Edwards and his spouse, Mrs. Delores Edwards.

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Extension of Credit by Plan

Grant; PTE 2003-32

D-11067

G: 68 FR 64657 (11/14/03)

P: 68 FR 52791 (09/05/03)

See summary for the Sorenson Broadcasting Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust under Sale by Plan of Employer Securities.

Grant; PTE 2003-17

D-11119; D-11120

G: 68 FR 37521 (06/24/03)

P: 68 FR 3050 (01/22/03)

DuPont Capital Management Corporation (DCMC)

Permits the past extension of credit from the CONSOL Inc. Employee Retirement Plan and the CONSOL Inc. Investment Plan for Salaried Employees (collectively, the Plans) to Conoco Inc. (Conoco), a party in interest with respect to the Plans, as a result of the holding by the Plans of certain corporate debt securities issued by Conoco, for the period from December 29, 1999 through August 16, 2001.

Grant; PTE 2003-16

D-11114 to D-11118

G: 68 FR 37520 (06/24/03)

P: 68 FR 3048 (01/22/03)

DuPont Capital Management Corporation (DCMC)

Permits the past extension of credit from the DuPont Pension and Retirement Plan, the Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Retirement Plan, the Protein Technologies International Retirement Plan and the DuPont Savings and Investment Plan (collectively, the Plans) to ConAgra Foods, Inc. (ConAgra), a party in interest with respect to the Plans, as a result of the holding by the Plans of certain corporate debt securities issued by ConAgra, for the period from September 5, 2001 until October 17, 2001.

Grant; PTE 2003-15

D-11111 - D-11113

G: 68 FR 37519 (06/24/03)

P: 68 FR 3047 (01/22/03)

DuPont Capital Management Corporation (DCMC)

Permits the past extension of credit from the DuPont Pension and Retirement Plan, the Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Retirement Plan and the Protein Technologies International Retirement Plan (collectively, the Plans) to the Dow Chemical Company (Dow), a party in interest with respect to the Plans, as a result of the holding by the Plans of certain corporate debt securities issued by Dow, for the period from October 25, 2000 until July 10, 2001.

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Foreign Currency

Grant; PTE 2003-11

D-10840

G: 68 FR 34646 (06/10/03)

P: 68 FR 10035 (03/03/03)

See summary for Deutsche Bank AG under Investment by Plan in Bank Deposits.

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Foreign Exchange Transactions

Grant; PTE 2003-12

D-11055

G: 68 FR 34648 (06/10/03)

P: 67 FR 79649 (12/30/02)

Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank)

Permits, effective December 11, 2002, foreign exchange transactions (i.e., an income item conversion or a de minimus purchase or sale transaction) between Deutsche Bank or a foreign affiliate thereof that is a bank or broker-dealer (collectively, DBAG), and an employee benefit plan with respect to which DBAG is a trustee, custodian, fiduciary or other party in interest.

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Guaranty/Guarantee

Grant; PTE 2003-37

D-11136

G: 68 FR 70315 (12/17/03)

P: 68 FR 56006 (09/29/03)

The National Electrical Benefit Fund (the Plan)

Permits, effective October 17, 2002, (1) the provision, by Bank of America, N.A. (the Bank), a party in interest with respect to the Plan, of a guaranty of repayment for the benefit of the bondholders in the form of an Irrevocable Direct Draw Letter of Credit No. 3051512; and (2) the subsequent reimbursement to the Bank, by Colma Apartment Associates, L.P. (the Partnership), of amounts advanced by the Bank pursuant to the Letter of Credit in connection with the investment by the Plan in the Partnership.

Grant; PTE 2003-35

D-11194

G: 68 FR 64658 (11/14/03)

P: 68 FR 52796 (09/05/03)

See summary for the Newspaper Agency Corporation Pension Trust under Lease by Plan of Real Property.

Grant; PTE 2003-10

D-11062

G: 68 FR 28031 (05/22/03)

P: 68 FR 13954 (03/21/03)

See summary for the JP Morgan Chase Bank under Lease by Plan of Real Property.

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Holding by Plan of Other Assets

Grant; PTE 2003-21

D-11142

G: 68 FR 40693 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 23778 (05/05/03)

See summary for the Arizona Machinery Group, Inc. under Purchase by Plan of Other Assets.

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Inham - Type Transactions

Grant; PTE 2003-36

D-11086
D-11090

G: 68 FR 49792 (08/19/03)

P: 68 FR 2578 (01/17/03)

See summary for Deutsche Bank AG under QPAM-Type Transactions.

In Kind Contribution

Grant; PTE 2003-26

D-11137
D-11139

G: 68 FR 49792 (08/19/03)

P: 68 FR 2578 (01/17/03)

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Inham - Type Transactions

In Kind Contribution

In Kind Redemption

Insurance Contracts

Introducing Broker

Investment by Plan in Bank Deposits

Lease by Plan

Loan by Plan

Other Transactions

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O: 68 FR 11589 (03/11/03) (Hearing Notice)

Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, et al. (collectively, the Plans)

Permits, effective January 15, 2003, (1) the in kind contribution(s) of the common stock of either Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. or Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (Pinnacle Stock) to the Plans by Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest), a party in interest with respect to such Plans; (2) the holding of the Pinnacle Stock by the Plans; (3) the sale of the Pinnacle Stock by the Plans to Northwest; and (4) the acquisition, holding, and exercise by the Plans of a put option granted to the Plans by Northwest.

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In Kind Redemption

Grant; PTE 2003-01

D-10995

G: 68 FR 6194 (02/06/03)

P: 67 FR 69560 (11/18/02)

The Northern Trust Company and Affiliates (Northern)

Permits the in kind redemption by the Northern Trust Company Thrift-Incentive Plan of shares of proprietary mutual funds currently offered by, or offered in the future by, investment companies for which Northern or its affiliate provides investment advisory and/or other services.

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Insurance Contracts

Grant; PTE 2003-07

D-11068

G: 68 FR 23764 (05/05/03)

P: 68 FR 10043 (03/03/03)

See summary for the Archer Daniels Midland Company under Reinsurance.

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Introducing Broker

Grant; PTE 2003-19

D-11122

G: 68 FR 37526 (06/24/03)

P: 68 FR 6197 (02/06/03)

See summary for State Street Bank and Trust Company under Securities Lending – “Plan A”-Type Transactions.

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Investment by Plan in Bank Deposits

Grant; PTE 2003-11

D-10840

G: 68 FR 34646 (06/10/03)

P: 68 FR 10035 (03/03/03)

Deutsche Bank AG (DB)

Permits (1) retroactive exemptive relief from June 4, 1999 until the date of granting of the exemption for the investment of the assets of a Bank Plan or a Client Plan (either, a Plan) in deposits of DB, its current or future branches, and/or its current or future subsidiaries; and (2) prospective relief for the same transaction, but with additional conditions applying.

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Lease by Plan

Grant; PTE 2003-35

D-11194

G: 68 FR 64658 (11/14/03)

P: 68 FR 52796 (09/05/03)

Newspaper Agency Corporation Pension Trust (the Plan)

Permits (1) the leasing of certain improved real property by the Plan to the Newspaper Agency Corporation (the Employer), a party in interest with respect to the Plan, pursuant to the terms of a lease (the New Lease), effective August 1, 2003; and (2) the guarantee by MediaNews Group, Inc. and Deseret News Publishing Corporation (the owners of the Employer) of the obligations of the Employer under the terms of the New Lease.

Grant; PTE 2003-25

L-11155 and L-11156

G: 68 FR 48642 (08/14/03)

P: 68 FR 28026 (05/22/03)

IBEW Local No. 1 Health and Welfare Fund (the Welfare Fund); and Local No. 1, Apprenticeship and Training Fund (the Training Fund)

Permits the lease of certain classroom space and supplemental facilities by the Welfare Fund to the Training Fund, a party in interest with respect to the Welfare Fund.

Grant; PTE 2003-10

D-11062

G: 68 FR 28031 (05/22/03)

P: 68 FR 13954 (03/21/03)

The JP Morgan Chase Bank

Permits, effective, December 31, 2000, (a) the continuation of a lease, by the Commingled Pension Trust Fund of JPMorgan Chase Bank (the Fund) with respect to which JPMorgan Chase Bank (JPMCB) is the trustee, of office space in a certain commercial office building to Chase Global Funds Service Company, a party in interest with respect to employee benefit plans whose assets are invested in the Fund and an affiliate of JPMCB; and (b) the continued and future provision by JPMCB or its affiliates of letters of credit to guarantee the obligations of unrelated third-party tenants to pay rent to the Fund under the commercial real estate leases.

Grant; PTE 2003-06

D-11059

G: 68 FR 18710 (04/16/03)

P: 68 FR 6205 (02/06/03)

Individual Exemption to Replace Prohibited Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) 81-56, 85-19 and 89-5 (the Prior Exemptions) Involving the Truman Arnold Companies Retirement Plan and Trust (the Plan)

Each of the Prior Exemptions permitted the Truman Arnold Companies (the Employer) to contribute and/or lease from the Plan certain improved real property under the provisions of three distinct written leases. The exemption incorporates many of the facts and representations contained in the Prior Exemptions and updates information to the extent that there have been changes. Because it appears that PTE 81-56 expired on September 30, 1999, and the parties have not been covered by an administrative exemption since that time, the exemption provides retroactive exemptive relief from October 1, 1999 until September 30, 2002. In addition, to resolve uncertainty regarding the expiration dates of the leases described in PTEs 81-56 and 85-19, the exemption merges the leases, along with the lease described in PTE 89-5, under a new master lease and provides retroactive exemptive relief effective October 1, 2002 with respect to such past and continued lease arrangements. Further, the exemption permits the replacement of AmSouth Bank, the Plan’s former independent fiduciary, with Regions Bank, the Plan’s current trustee.

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Loan by Plan

Grant; PTE 2003-29

D-11172

G: 68 FR 52790 (09/05/03)

P: 68 FR 37546 (06/24/03)

Valley OB-GYN Clinic, P.C. Employees Pension Plan (the Plan)

Permits the loan of $550,000 by the Plan to Valley OB-GYN Realty Company, a party in interest with respect to the Plan.

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Other Transactions

Grant; PTE 2003-26

D-11137 – D-11139

G: 68 FR 49792 (08/19/03)

P: 68 FR 2578 (01/17/03)

O: 68 FR 11589 (03/11/03) (Hearing Notice)

See summary for the Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, et al. under In Kind Contribution.

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Pooled Fund - Bank

Grant; PTE 2003-24

D-11004
D-11106

G: 68 FR 48637 (08/14/03)

P: 68 FR 28018 (05/22/03)

O: 68 FR 55993 (09/29/03) (Tech. Corr.)

See summary for Deutsche Bank AG, JP Morgan Chase Bank and their Affiliates under Underwriting Syndicates.

Grant; PTE 2003-10

D-11062

G: 68 FR 28031 (05/22/03)

P: 68 FR 13954 (03/21/03)

See summary for the JP Morgan Chase Bank under Lease by Plan of Real Property.

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Pooled Fund - Bank

Pooled Fund - Mutual Fund

Portfolio Liquidation/Restructuring

Purchase by Plan of Other Assets

Purchase by Plan of Other Securities

Put Option

QPAM-Type Transactions

Receipt of Consideration by Plan

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Pooled Fund - Mutual Fund

Grant; PTE 2003-01

D-10995

G: 68 FR 6194 (02/06/03)

P: 67 FR 69560 (11/18/02)

See summary for the Northern Trust Company and Affiliates under In Kind Redemption.

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Portfolio Liquidation/Restructuring

Grant; PTE 2003-23

D-11169

G: 68 FR 40698 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 18698 (04/16/03)

See summary for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Its Affiliates under Purchase by Plan of Other Securities.

Grant; PTE 2003-20

D-10988

G: 68 FR 40689 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 6187 (02/06/03)

See summary for Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Its Affiliates under Purchase by Plan of Other Securities.

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Purchase by Plan of Other Assets

Grant; PTE 2003-21

D-11142

G: 68 FR 40693 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 23778 (05/05/03)

Arizona Machinery Group, Inc. (AMG)

Permits the (1) the acquisition by the Arizona Machinery Group Employees’ Profit Sharing Plan (the Plan) of customer notes acquired from the Plan sponsor, AMG, or from any successor employer which sponsors the Plan at the time of the acquisition of such customer note, or from any other employer which at the time of the acquisition of such customer note has adopted the Plan (including employers which adopt the Plan subsequent to the proposed exemption being granted) and which generates customer notes, or from any affiliate of any such employer; (2) the Plan’s holding of the customer notes, if the notes acquired and held by the Plan are guaranteed by the respective employer or affiliate, which accepted and held the customer notes prior to their acquisition by the Plan, as well as AMG (when the customer note was accepted and held by an employer other than AMG; and (3) the repurchase of customer notes from the Plan by the employer or affiliate which initially transferred those notes to the Plan.

Grant; PTE 2003-05

D-11061

G: 68 FR 18704 (04/16/03)

P: 68 FR 3040 (01/22/03)

John Hancock Life Insurance Company (Hancock)

Permits (1) the purchase of a timber asset from International Paper Company (International Paper) or any affiliate, by a certain insurance company separate account (ForesTree IP), maintained and managed by Hancock for the investment of the assets of one or more employee pension benefit plans sponsored by International Paper; and (2) the sale of a timber product to International Paper by ForesTree IP.

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Purchase by Plan of Other Securities

Grant; PTE 2003-23

D-11169

G: 68 FR 40698 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 18698 (04/16/03)

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Its Affiliates (Goldman)

Permits any purchase or sale of securities, in the context of a portfolio liquidation or restructuring, between (i) Goldman and its current and future affiliates, including foreign broker-dealers or banks (collectively, the Applicant) and (ii) employee benefit plans with respect to which the Applicant is a party in interest.

Grant; PTE 2003-22

D-11164

G: 68 FR 40694 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 18687 (04/16/03)

Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. (LBHI) and Lehman Brothers Inc. (LBI), et al.

Permits, effective April 16, 2003, the purchase of any securities by LBHI and LBI and their affiliates (collectively, the Asset Manager), on behalf of employee benefit plans (the Client Plans), including Client Plans investing in a pooled fund, for which the Asset Manager acts as a fiduciary, from any person other than the Asset Manager or an affiliate thereof, during the existence of an underwriting or selling syndicate with respect to such securities, where LBI and its affiliates are a manager or member of such syndicate.

Grant; PTE 2003-20

D-10988

G: 68 FR 40689 (07/08/03)

P: 68 FR 6187 (02/06/03)

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (DBSI) and Its Affiliates

Permits any purchase or sale of securities, in the context of a portfolio liquidation or restructuring, between (i) DBSI and its current or future affiliates, including certain foreign broker-dealers or banks (collectively, the Applicant) and (ii) employee benefit plans with respect to which the Applicant is a party in interest.

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Put Option

Grant; PTE 2003-26

D-11137 – D-11139

G: 68 FR 49792 (08/19/03)

P: 68 FR 2578 (01/17/03)

O: 68 FR 11589 (03/11/03) (Hearing Notice)

See summary for the Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, et al. under In Kind Contribution.

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QPAM-Type Transactions

Grant; PTE 2003-36

D-11086 – D-11090

G: 68 FR 70311 (12/17/03)

P: 68 FR 13960 (03/21/03)

Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank)

Permits, effective April 8, 2002, the following relief: (1) Basic Transaction -- any transaction between a party in interest with respect to the plan, provided that the Deutsche Bank In-house Manager (DBIM) has discretionary authority or control with respect to the plan assets involved in the transaction; (2) Leasing of Office Space -- the leasing of office or commercial space owned by a plan managed by a DBIM to an employer any of whose employees are covered by the plan or an affiliate of such an employer, and the leasing of residential space by a plan to a party in interest, provided various conditions are satisfied; and (3) Places of Public Accommodation -- the furnishing of services and facilities (and good incidental thereto) by a place of public accommodation owned by a plan and managed by a DBIM to a party in interest with respect to the plan, if the services and facilities (and incidental goods) are furnished on a comparable basis to the general public. The exemption is similar to PTE 84-14 (49 FR 9494, March 13, 1984), involving qualified professional asset managers and PTE 96-23 (61 FR 15975, April 10, 1996), involving in house asset managers.

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Receipt of Consideration by Plan

Grant; PTE 2003-02

D-10999

G: 68 FR 6196 (02/06/03)

P: 67 FR 62822 (10/08/02)

Brightpoint, Inc. (Brightpoint)

Permits, as of June 5, 2001: (1) the payment by Brightpoint of $108,738.85 to the Millennium Trust Company on behalf of the Brightpoint, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the Plan) for the purpose of satisfying a court-ordered assessment against the assets of the Plan that arose in connection with the $68,100,000 deficiency (the Deficiency) incurred by the Independent Trust Corporation; and (2) the transfer by the Plan to Brightpoint of certain assets recovered by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP in connection with the Deficiency.

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Receipt of Fees

Grant; PTE 2003-30

D-11101

G: 68 FR 59199 (10/14/03)

P: 68 FR 37539 (06/24/03)

Fifth Third Bank

Permits, effective April 2, 2001, the receipt of fees by Fifth Third, a Michigan banking corporation and its affiliates (collectively, Fifth Third), from the Kent Funds prior to October 26, 2001 or from the Fifth Third Fund on or after October 26, 2001 (collectively, the Funds), open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, for acting as an investment adviser for the Funds, as well as for acting as an administrator, custodian, transfer agent, and provider of other services to the Funds (including brokerage services in the future) which are not advisory services (collectively referred to as “Secondary Services”), in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of the Funds by certain employee benefit plans and individual retirement accounts for First Third serves as fiduciary with investment discretion.

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Receipt of Fees

Reimbursement by Plan

Reinsurance

Retroactive

Retroactive and Prospective

Rights Offering

Sale by Plan of Employer Securities

Sale by Plan of Other Assets

Sale by Plan of Other Securities

Sale by Plan of Personal Property Interest

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Grant; PTE 2003-19

D-11122

G: 68 FR 37526 (06/24/03)

P: 68 FR 6197 (02/06/03)

See summary for State Street Bank and Trust Company under Securities Lending – “Plan A”-Type Transactions.

Grant; PTE 2003-18