Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 57103

1Form N–8B–2 is the form used for registration 

statements filed by unit investment trusts under the 

1940 Act (except for unit investment trusts that are 

insurance company separate accounts issuing 

variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts, 

which instead register on Form N–4 and Form N–

6, respectively). The form requires that certain 

material information about the trust, its sponsor, its 

trustees, and its operation be disclosed. The 

registration on Form N–8B–2 is a one-time filing 

that applies to the first series of the unit investment 

trust as well as any subsequent series that is issued 

by the sponsor.

announcing premium changes for FEGLI 

and new age bands for Options B and C. 

The premiums for the new Option B age 

bands are being phased in over a 3-year 

period. The first set of premiums for 

these age bands was effective the first 

pay period beginning on or after January 

1, 2003. The second set of premiums for 

these age bands was effective the first 

pay period beginning on or after January 

1, 2004. 

This notice announces the third and 

final phase of the Option B premium 

changes. These premiums are effective 

the first pay period beginning on or after 

January 1, 2005.

OPTION B PREMIUM PER $1,000 OF

INSURANCE

Age band Biweekly Monthly 

65–69 .................... $0.72 $1.560 

70–74 .................... 1.20 2.600 

75–79 .................... 1.80 3.900 

80 and over .......... 2.40 5.200 

The premiums for compensationers, 

who are paid every 4 weeks, are 2 times 

the biweekly premium amounts. 

Premiums for other FEGLI coverages, 

including premiums for other Option B 

age bands, are not changing.

Kay Coles James, 

Director, U.S. Office Of Personnel 

Management.

[FR Doc. 04–21305 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon written request, copy available 

from: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549

Extension: 

Form S–6—SEC File No. 270–181—OMB 

Control No. 3235–0184.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

[(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)] the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments 

on the collection of information 

summarized below. The Commission 

plans to submit this existing collection 

of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for 

extension and approval. 

Form S–6—For Registration under the 

Securities Act of 1933 of Securities of 

Unit Investment Trusts Registered on 

Form N–8B–2. Unit investment trusts 

offering their securities to the public are 

required by two separate statutes to file 

registration statements with the 

Commission. They are required to 

register their securities under the 

Securities Act of 1933 (‘‘1933 Act’’), and 

to register as investment companies 

under the Investment Company Act of 

1940 (‘‘1940 Act’’). 

Form S–6 is used for registration 

under the 1933 Act of the securities of 

any unit investment trust that is 

registered under the 1940 Act on Form 

N–8B–2.1 A separate registration 

statement under the 1933 Act must be 

filed for each series of units issued by 

the trust. Form S–6 consists of, among 

other things, a prospectus, certain 

written consents, an undertaking to file 

supplementary information, and certain 

exhibits containing financial and other 

information required in the registration 

statement but not required to appear in 

the prospectus.

Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (15 

U.S.C. 77j(a)(3)) provides that when a 

prospectus is used more than nine 

months after the effective date of the 

registration statement, the information 

therein shall be as of a date not more 

than sixteen months prior to such use. 

As a result, most unit investment trusts 

that are registered under the 1940 Act 

on Form N–8B–2 update their 

registration statements on Form S–6 on 

an annual basis in order that their 

sponsors may continue to maintain a 

secondary market in the units. Unit 

investment trusts that are registered 

under the 1940 Act on Form N–8B–2 

file post-effective amendments to their 

registration statements on Form S–6 in 

order to update their prospectuses. 

The purpose of the registration 

statement on Form S–6 is to provide 

disclosure of financial and other 

information that investors may use to 

make informed decisions regarding the 

merits of the securities offered for sale. 

To that end, unit investment trusts that 

are registered under the 1940 Act on 

Form N–8B–2 must furnish to investors 

a prospectus containing pertinent 

information set forth in the registration 

statement. Without the registration 

requirement, this material information 

would not necessarily be available to 

investors. The Commission reviews 

registration statements filed on Form S–

6 to ensure adequate disclosure is made 

to investors. 

Each year investment companies file 

approximately 3,080 Forms S–6. It is 

estimated that preparing Form S–6 

requires a unit investment trust to spend 

approximately 35 hours so that the total 

burden of preparing Form S–6 for all 

affected investment companies is 

107,800 hours. Estimates of average 

burden hours are made solely for the 

purposes of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, and are not derived from a 

comprehensive or even a representative 

survey or study of the costs of 

Commission rules and forms. 

Written comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Consideration will be given 

to comments and suggestions submitted 

in writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

Please direct your written comments 

to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Office of 

Information Technology, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20549.

Dated: September 16, 2004. 

Margaret H. McFarland, 

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–21361 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application 

of Redline Performance Products, Inc., 

To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $.01 

Par Value, From Listing and 

Registration on the American Stock 

Exchange LLC File No. 1–32682

September 17, 2004. 

On September 9, 2004, Redline 

Performance Products, Inc., a Minnesota 

corporation (‘‘Issuer’’), filed an 

application with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

pursuant to section 12(d) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

57104 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 

1 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).

2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d).

3 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).

4 15 U.S.C. 78l(g). 5 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(1).

(‘‘Act)’’ 1 and Rule 12d2–2(d) 

thereunder,2 to withdraw its common 

stock, $.01 par value (‘‘Security’’), from 

listing and registration on the American 

Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘Amex’’).

The Board of Directors (‘‘Board’’) of 

the Issuer unanimously approved a 

resolution on August 30, 2004 to 

withdraw the Issuer’s Security from 

Listing on the Amex. The Board states 

that it is taking such action because the 

Issuer has filed for protection under 

Chapter 7 of the United States 

Bankruptcy Code, has ceased all 

business operations and does not have 

the financial resources necessary to 

maintain the listing and registration of 

the Issuer’s class of Security. The Board 

also determined that it is in the best 

interest of the Issuer to withdraw the 

Security from listing and registration on 

the Amex. In addition, the Issuer states 

that a trustee has been assigned and is 

working with the secured creditors to 

determine if there will be either a 

liquidation of all the assets, of if the 

secured creditors will take the assets 

and try to move forward. The Issuer also 

states that there is no plan on getting 

any new market makers and the Issuer 

has no plan to continue listing and 

trading in the public markets at this 

time. 

The Issuer states in its application 

that it has met the requirements of 

Amex Rule 18 by complying with all 

applicable laws in the State of 

Minnesota, in which it is incorporated, 

and with the Amex’s rules governing an 

issuer’s voluntary withdrawal of a 

security from listing and registration. 

The Issuer’s application relates solely 

to the withdrawal of the Security from 

listing on the Amex and from 

registration under section 12(2) of the 

Act,3 and shall not affect its obligation 

to be registered under section 12(g) of 

the Act.4

Any interested person may, on or 

before October 13, 2004, comment on 

the facts bearing upon whether the 

application has been made in 

accordance with the rules of the Amex, 

and what terms, if any, should be 

imposed by the Commission for the 

protection of investors. All comment 

letters may be submitted by either of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Comment 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include the 

File Number 1–31682 or; 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20549–0609.

All submissions should refer to File 

Number 1–31682. This file number 

should be included on the subject line 

if e-mail is used. To help us process and 

review comments more efficiently, 

please use only one method. The 

Commission will post all comments on 

the Commission’s Internet Web site 

http://www.sec.gov/rules/delist.shtml). 

Comments are also available for public 

inspection and copying in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20549. All comments received will be 

posted without change; we do not edit 

personal identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. 

The Commission, based on the 

information submitted to it, will issue 

an order granting the application after 

the date mentioned above, unless the 

Commission determines to order a 

hearing on the matter.

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.5

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–21328 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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[Release No. IC–26600; 812–12462] 

Federated Investors, Inc., et al. 

September 17, 2004.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an 

order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 

(‘‘Act’’) for exemptions from, 

alternatively, sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 

(B) of the Act, section 12(d)(1)(F)(ii) of 

the Act, and section 12(d)(1)(G)(i)(II) of 

the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 

17(b) of the Act for an exemption from 

section 17(a) of the Act. 

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: The order 

would permit, alternatively, certain 

registered open-end management 

investment companies (a) to acquire 

shares of other registered open-end 

management investment companies that 

are within and outside the same group 

of investment companies, (b) to invest 

pursuant to section 12(d)(1)(F) of the 

Act but charge a sales load in excess of 

11⁄2% and (c) to invest pursuant to 

section 12(d)(1)(G) of the Act but invest 

also in securities and other financial 

instruments.

APPLICANTS: Federated Investors, Inc. 

(‘‘Federated’’); Federated Advisory 

Services Company, Federated Equity 

Management Company of Pennsylvania, 

Federated Global Investment 

Management Corp., Federated 

Investment Counseling, Federated 

Investment Management Company, 

Passport Research Ltd. and Passport 

Research II, Ltd. (together with entities 

controlling, controlled by or under 

common control with these entities, the 

‘‘Federated Advisers’’); Brown Brothers 

Harriman & Co., CB Capital 

Management, Inc., Hibernia National 

Bank, M&I Investment Management 

Corp., Morgan Asset Management, Inc., 

Provident Investment Advisors, Inc., 

SouthTrust Bank, MTB Investment 

Advisors, Inc., WesBanco Bank, Inc., 

BB&T Asset Management, Inc., and 

Huntington Asset Advisors, Inc. 

(together with entities controlling, 

controlled by or under common control 

with these entities, the ‘‘Proprietary 

Advisers’’ and with the Federated 

Advisers, the ‘‘Advisers’’); Cash Trust 

Series, Cash Trust Series, Inc., Cash 

Trust Series II, Federated American 

Leaders Fund, Inc., Federated 

Adjustable Rate Securities Fund 

(formerly Federated ARMs Fund), 

Federated Core Trust, Federated Core 

Trust II, L.P., Federated Equity Funds, 

Federated Equity Income Fund, Inc., 

Federated Fixed Income Securities, Inc., 

Federated GNMA Trust, Federated 

Government Income Securities, Inc., 

Federated High Income Bond Fund, 

Inc., Federated High Yield Trust, 

Federated Income Securities Trust, 

Federated Income Trust, Federated 

Index Trust, Federated Institutional 

Trust, Federated Insurance Series, 

Federated International Series, Inc., 

Federated Investment Series Funds, 

Inc., Federated Limited Duration 

Government Fund, Inc. (formerly 

Federated Adjustable Rate U.S. 

Government Fund, Inc.), Federated 

Managed Allocation Portfolios, 

Federated Municipal Opportunities 

Fund, Inc., Federated Municipal 

Securities Fund, Inc., Federated 

Municipal Securities Income Trust, 

Federated Short-Term Municipal Trust, 

Federated Stock and Bond Fund, Inc., 

Federated Stock Trust, Federated Total 

Return Government Bond Fund 

(formerly Federated U.S. Government