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

4 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(1). 

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

2 17 CFR 240.12d2–2(d). 

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

rules of PCX by providing PCX with the 

required documents governing the 

withdrawal of securities from listing 

and registration on PCX. 

The Issuer’s application relates solely 

to the withdrawal of the Security from 

listing on PCX, and shall not affect its 

continued listing on NYSE or its 

obligation to be registered under Section 

12(b) of the Act.3

Any interested person may, on or 

before October 11, 2005, comment on 

the facts bearing upon whether the 

application has been made in 

accordance with the rules of PCX, 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 Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/delist.shtml); or 

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

File Number 1–01553 or; 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–9303. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number 1–01553. This file number 

should be included on the subject line 

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

review your 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. 

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.4

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–5308 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P 

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COMMISSION 

[File No. 1–04121] 

Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application 

of Deere & Company To Withdraw Its 

Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value, From 

Listing and Registration on the 

Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. 

September 21, 2005. 

On August 31, 2005, Deere & 

Company, a Delaware corporation 

(‘‘Issuer’’), filed an application with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

12(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 12d2–2(d) 

thereunder,2 to withdraw its common 

stock, $1.00 par value (‘‘Security’’), from 

listing and registration on the Chicago 

Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CHX’’). 

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

of the Issuer approved a resolution on 

May 26, 2005 to withdraw the Security 

from listing on CHX. The Issuer stated 

that the Board decided to withdraw the 

Security from listing on CHX because it 

was not in the shareholders’ best 

interest to maintain a listing on multiple 

stock exchanges. The Issuer stated that 

the principal stock exchange on which 

the Security trades is the New York 

Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NYSE’’) and the 

Security will continue to be traded on 

NYSE. 

The Issuer stated in its application 

that it has complied with applicable 

rules of CHX by complying with all 

applicable laws in the State of Delaware, 

the state in which the Issuer is 

incorporated, and by providing CHX 

with the required documents governing 

the withdrawal of securities from listing 

and registration on CHX. The Issuer’s 

application relates solely to the 

withdrawal of the Security from listing 

on CHX and shall not affect its 

continued listing on NYSE, or its 

obligation to be registered under Section 

12(b) of the Act.3

Any interested person may, on or 

before October 11, 2005 comment on the 

facts bearing upon whether the 

application has been made in 

accordance with the rules of CHX, 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 Comments 

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

File Number 1–04121 or; 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–9303. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number 1–04121. This file number 

should be included on the subject line 

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

review your 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. 

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.4

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–5309 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] 

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Sunshine Act Meeting 

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: [70 FR 55638, 

September 22, 2005] 

STATUS: Closed Meeting. 

PLACE: 100 F Street, NE., Washington, 

DC. 

DATE AND TIME OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

MEETING: Monday, September 19, 2005. 

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Additional Item. 

The following item has been added to 

the Closed Meeting scheduled for 

Thursday, September 29, 2005: 

Formal order of investigation. 

Commissioner Atkins, as duty officer, 

voted to consider this item listed for the 

closed meeting in closed session and 

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1Nonutility Subsidiaries include companies 

formed according to rule 58 of the Act, EWGs, 

foreign utility companies, as defined in the Act, 

exempt telecommunications companies and other 

competitive direct or indirect subsidiaries of NU, 

the acquisition of which has been authorized by 

Commission orders. 

that no earlier notice thereof was 

possible. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. For further 

information and to ascertain what, if 

any, matters have been added, deleted 

or postponed, please contact the Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Dated: September 23, 2005. 

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–19499 Filed 9–26–05; 1:50 pm] 

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[Release No. 35–28034] 

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding 

Company Act of 1935, as Amended 

(‘‘Act’’) 

September 21, 2005. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

following filing has been made with the 

Commission pursuant to provisions of 

the Act and rules promulgated under 

the Act. All interested persons are 

referred to the Declaration for complete 

statements of the proposed transactions 

summarized below. The Declaration and 

any amendments are available for public 

inspection through the Commission’s 

Branch of Public Reference. 

Interested persons wishing to 

comment or request a hearing on the 

Declaration should submit their views 

in writing by October 17, 2005, to the 

Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Washington, DC 20549–

0609, and serve a copy on the declarants 

at the addresses specified below. Proof 

of service (by affidavit or, in the case of 

an attorney at law, by certificate) should 

be filed with the request. Any request 

for hearing should identify specifically 

the issues of fact or law that are 

disputed. A person who so requests will 

be notified of any hearing, if ordered, 

and will receive a copy of any notice or 

order issued in this matter. After 

October 17, 2005, the Declaration, as 

filed or as amended, may be granted or/ 

or permitted to become effective. 

Northeast Utilities, et al. (70–10315) 

Northeast Utilities (‘‘NU’’), a public 

utility holding company registered 

under the Act, located at One Federal 

Street, Springfield Massachusetts, 

01105; has filed a Declaration seeking 

authorization under sections 6(a) and 7 

of the Act and rules 53 and 54 under the 

Act for debt and equity financing and 

related transactions. NU is the parent of 

a number of companies comprising the 

NU system (the ‘‘System’’) and is not 

itself an operating company. The 

System furnishes franchised retail 

electric service in Connecticut, New 

Hampshire and western Massachusetts 

through three of NU’s wholly-owned 

subsidiaries, The Connecticut Light and 

Power Company, Public Service 

Company of New Hampshire and 

Western Massachusetts Electric 

Company. In addition, NU owns 

Holyoke Water Power Company 

(‘‘HWP’’), a utility for purposes of the 

Act. HWP owns a 147 megawatt coalfired plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts 

and sells all of the output of its 

generation assets directly to a nonutility affiliate, Select Energy, Inc., 

under a wholesale contract. 

NU is also the parent of Yankee 

Energy System, Inc. (‘‘YES’’), an exempt 

gas utility holding company. YES is 

primarily engaged in the retail 

distribution of natural gas through its 

wholly-owned subsidiary, Yankee Gas 

Services Company, a Connecticut retail 

gas distribution company, and also has 

several nonutility subsidiaries. 

NU Enterprises, Inc. (‘‘NUEI’’), a 

wholly-owned subsidiary of NU, acts as 

the holding company for NU’s 

unregulated businesses. NUEI has 

numerous direct and indirect nonutility 

subsidiaries, including, Select Energy, 

Inc.; Northeast Generation Company 

(‘‘NGC’’), the system’s only exempt 

wholesale generator (‘‘EWG’’); Mode 1 

Communications, Inc. and Woods 

Network Services, Inc., exempt 

telecommunications companies as 

defined in Section 34 of the Act; Select 

Energy Services, Inc., a nonutility 

subsidiary whose securities NUEI 

acquired pursuant to express 

Commission authorization (see Holding 

Co. Act Release No. 26939, November 

12, 1998); and other ‘‘energy-related 

companies’’ as defined in Rule 58 under 

the Act, such as E.S. Boulos Company 

and Northeast Generation Services 

Company. 

The current authorization of NU to 

engage in long-term financing 

transactions and other related 

transactions is set forth in Release No. 

35–27659, 70–10051 (March 18, 2003) 

(the ‘‘Prior Order’’). The Prior Order 

authorized NU to issue up to $600 

million in long-term debt and to enter 

into hedging transactions with respect 

to existing indebtedness of NU and its 

nonutility subsidiaries (‘‘Nonutility 

Subsidiaries’’) 1 and enter into hedging 

transactions with respect to future 

expected debt issuances of NU and its 

Nonutility Subsidiaries through June 30, 

2005. Under the Prior Order, NU, in 

March 2003 executed two rate swaps 

from fixed to floating rates on $263 

million of 7.25% Senior notes, Series A, 

due 2012, and in June 2003, NU issued 

$150 million of 3.30% Senior Notes, 

Series B, due 2008. On June 30, 2004 

(Release No. 35–27870, File No. 70–

9755), the Commission authorized NU 

to issue up to $450 million in short-term 

debt through June 30, 2007 and to also 

enter into interest rate hedges on such 

debt. 

NU requests approval for a program of 

external financing and other related 

proposals for the period commencing 

upon the issuance of the Commission 

order sought through this Declaration 

and extending through February 8, 2006 

(‘‘Authorization Period’’). Specifically, 

NU is requesting authorization: 

(i) To issue and sell, from time to time 

during the Authorization Period, any 

combination of the following types of 

securities, provided that the aggregate 

amount of all such new securities issued 

during the Authorization Period shall 

not exceed $750 million outstanding at 

any time: (A) common shares (including 

options and warrants exercisable for 

common shares), share purchase 

contracts (‘‘Share Purchase Contracts’’), 

share units consisting of a Share 

Purchase Contract coupled with a debt 

security or preferred security of NU or 

an affiliated entity (‘‘Share Purchase 

Units’’) and/or other equity or equitylinked securities of types generally sold 

in the current marketplace (collectively, 

‘‘Equity Securities’’), (B) preferred 

securities (including without limitation 

preferred stock and monthly income 

preferred trust securities) (‘‘Preferred 

Securities’’), and (C) long-term debt 

securities having maturities of one to 

fifty years (‘‘Long-term Debt’’); and 

(ii) To the extent not exempt under 

Rule 52, to enter into various risk 

management instruments commonly 

used in today’s capital markets to 

manage equity price and credit risk 

(‘‘Equity Hedges’’), to manage interest 

rate risk with respect to existing 

indebtedness of NU and its Nonutility 

Subsidiaries (‘‘Interest Rate Hedges’’

and collectively with Equity Hedges, 

‘‘Hedges’’), and to enter into hedging 

transactions (‘‘Anticipatory Hedges’’) 

with respect to anticipatory debt 

issuances of NU and its Nonutility 

Subsidiaries in order to lock in current 

interest rates and/or manage interest 

rate risk exposure.