[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 16385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6216]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2007-05; Exemption 
Application No. D-11370; Amendment to PTE 2000-58, 65 FR 67765 
(November 13, 2000) and PTE 2002-41, 67 FR 54487 (August 22, 2002) 
Involving Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Prudential Securities Incorporated 
et al. To Add Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited and Dominion Bond 
Rating Service, Inc. to the Definition of ``Rating Agency''

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor (the Department).

ACTION: Notice of technical correction.

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    On March 20, 2007, the Department published PTE 2007-05 in the 
Federal Register at 72 FR 13130. PTE 2007-05 expands the definition of 
``Rating Agency'' in section III.X of the Underwriter Exemptions to 
include Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited and Dominion Bond Rating 
Service, Inc. The Underwriter Exemptions are individual exemptions that 
provide relief for the origination and operation of certain asset pool 
investment trusts and the acquisition, holding and disposition by 
employee benefit plans of certain asset-backed, pass-through 
certificates representing undivided interests in those investment 
trusts, and also provided the same individual exemptive relief to: 
Deutsche Bank A.G., New York Branch and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. 
Lawrence Inc., Final Authorization Number (FAN) 97-03E (December 9, 
1996); Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc., FAN 97-21E (September 10, 
1997); ABN AMRO Inc., FAN 98-08E (April 27, 1998); Ironwood Capital 
Partners Ltd., FAN 99-31E (December 20, 1999) (supersedes FAN 97-02E 
(November 25, 1996)); William J. Mayer Securities LLC, FAN 01-25E 
(October 15, 2001); Raymond James & Associates Inc. & Raymond James 
Financial Inc., FAN 03-07E ( June 14, 2003); WAMU Capital Corporation, 
FAN 03-14E (August 24, 2003); and Terwin Capital LLC, FAN 04-16E 
(August 18, 2004); which received the approval of the Department to 
engage in transactions substantially similar to the transactions 
described in the Underwriter Exemptions pursuant to PTE 96-62, 61 FR 
39988 (July 31, 1996).
    In order to correct an inadvertent omission, the Department is 
adopting a technical correction to the final amendment. As corrected, 
at page 13130 of the notice granting the final amendment, the following 
organization and Final Authorization Number (FAN) is included in the 
list of organizations the Department is also granting individual 
exemptive relief for, after the phrase ``(August 24, 2003);'' 
``Barclays Bank PLC & Barclays Capital Inc., FAN 04-03E (February 4, 
2004);''.
    Subsequent to publication of the final amendment, the Department 
was informed that, effective January 22, 2007, Dominion Bond Rating 
Service Limited changed its name to ``DBRS Limited,'' and Dominion Bond 
Rating Service, Inc. changed its name to ``DBRS, Inc.'' These are name 
changes only. There has been no change in the corporate structure or 
business activities of DBRS Limited and DBRS, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy McColough of the Department 
at (202) 693-8553. (This is not a toll-free number.)

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of March, 2007.
Ivan L. Strasfeld,
Director of Exemption Determinations, Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. E7-6216 Filed 4-3-07; 8:45 am]
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