52892 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 177 / Thursday, September 11, 2008 / Notices 

1Notice of United States Postal Service of Filing 

of Functionally Equivalent Global Expedited 

Package Services 1 Negotiated Service Agreements, 

August 5, 2008, filed in Docket Nos. CP2008–11, 

CP2008–12, and CP2008–13 (Notices). 2 Docket No. CP2008–5, Order Concerning Global 

Expedited Package Services Contracts, July 23, 2008 

(Order No. 86). 3Order No. 86 at 7 (‘‘The Commission will verify 

whether or not any subsequent contract is in fact 

substantially equivalent. Contracts not having 

substantially the same terms and conditions as the 

GEPS 1 contract must be filed under 39 CFR part 

3020, subpart B.’’). 

4 Docket No. CP2008–5, United States Postal 

Service Notice of Filing Redacted Copy of 

Governors’ Decision No. 08–7, July 23, 2008. 

1Applicants request that any relief granted 

pursuant to the application also apply to any other 

company of which Prudential is or may become an 

affiliated person (together with the Applicants, the 

‘‘Covered Persons’’). 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2008–11, CP2008–12, and 

CP2008–13; Order No. 95] 

Global Expedited Package Services 1 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

filing of three Postal Service notices 

regarding Global Expedited Package 

Service (GEPS) contracts and related 

Commission review. Publication of this 

document satisfies procedural 

requirements. It also allows interested 

persons an opportunity to comment. 

DATES: Postal Service filings are due 

August 15, 2008. Public comments are 

due August 20, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, 

202–789–6820 and 

stephen.sharfman@prc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

5, 2008, the Postal Service filed three 

identical notices, which have been 

assigned to Docket Nos. CP2008–11, 

CP2008–12, and CP2008–13, 

announcing prices and classification 

changes for competitive products not of 

general applicability.1 These notices 

announce individual negotiated service 

agreements, namely, specific Global 

Expedited Package Service (GEPS) 

contracts the Postal Service has entered 

into with individual mailers. The Postal 

Service believes each is functionally 

equivalent to the Global Expedited 

Package Services 1 (GEPS 1) product 

established in Docket No. CP2008–5. 

These dockets have been filed pursuant 

to 39 U.S.C. 3633, 39 CFR 3015.5 and 

Order No. 86.2 In Order No. 86, the 

Commission found that additional 

contracts may be included as part of the 

GEPS 1 product if they meet the 

requirements of 39 U.S.C. 3633 and if 

they are substantially equivalent to the 

initial GEPS 1 contract.3

In support of each of these dockets, 

the Postal Service also filed the contract 

and supporting materials under seal. 

The Governor’s Decision supporting the 

GEPS 1 product was filed in 

consolidated Docket No. CP2008–5.4

The Notices also contain the Postal 

Service’s arguments that these 

agreements are substantially equivalent 

and that they exhibit similar cost and 

market characteristics. Notices at 3–5. 

Interested persons may express views 

and offer comments on whether the 

planned changes are consistent with the 

policies of 39 U.S.C. 3632, 3633, or 

3642. Comments are due no later than 

August 20, 2008. 

In addition, the Commission directs 

the Postal Service to provide a detailed 

justification for why it believes that 

information other than the name of the 

contracting party and the percentages 

listed in the certification and 

explanation filed pursuant to 39 CFR 

3015.5(c)(2) is considered highly 

confidential or otherwise entitled to be 

filed under seal. An answer is due no 

later than August 15, 2008. If the Postal 

Service determines that the filing of a 

redacted version of the certification is 

appropriate, it shall file such 

certification as soon as possible. 

Pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505, Michael 

Ravnitzky is appointed to serve as 

officer of the Commission (Public 

Representative) to represent the 

interests of the general public in the 

above-captioned dockets. 

Ordering Paragraphs 

It is Ordered: 

1. Comments on issues in these 

proceedings are due no later than 

August 20, 2008. 

2. The Postal Service is directed to 

provide a response to the Commission’s 

inquiry as set forth in the body of this 

order no later than August 15, 2008. 

3. The Commission appoints Michael 

Ravnitzky as Public Representative to 

represent the interests of the general 

public in this proceeding. 

4. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

Issued: August 11, 2008. 

By the Commission. 

Steven W. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–21055 Filed 9–10–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. IC–28377; 812–13572] 

Prudential Financial, Inc., et al.; Notice 

of Application and Temporary Order 

September 5, 2008. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Temporary order and notice of 

application for a permanent order under 

section 9(c) of the Investment Company 

Act of 1940 (‘‘Act’’). 

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants 

have received a temporary order 

exempting them from section 9(a) of the 

Act, with respect to an injunction 

entered against Prudential Financial, 

Inc. (‘‘Prudential’’) on September 4, 

2008 by the United States District Court 

for the District of New Jersey 

(‘‘Injunction’’) until the Commission 

takes final action on an application for 

a permanent order. Applicants also have 

applied for a permanent order. 

APPLICANTS: Prudential, Prudential 

Investment Management, Inc. (‘‘PIM, 

Inc.’’), Prudential Investments LLC 

(‘‘PI LLC’’), The Prudential Insurance 

Company of America (‘‘Prudential 

Insurance’’), Jennison Associates LLC 

(‘‘Jennison’’), Prudential Bache Asset 

Management, Inc. (‘‘Bache’’), 

Quantitative Management Associates 

LLC (‘‘QMA, LLC’’), Pruco Securities, 

LLC (‘‘Pruco’’), AST Investment 

Services, Inc. (‘‘AST Investment’’), 

Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. 

(‘‘PAD’’), Prudential Investment 

Management Services LLC (‘‘PIMS 

LLC’’), Pruco Life Insurance Company 

(‘‘Pruco Life’’), Pruco Life Insurance 

Company of New Jersey (‘‘Pruco Life 

NJ’’), Prudential Annuities Life 

Assurance Corporation (‘‘PALAC’’) and 

Prudential Retirement Insurance and 

Annuity Company (‘‘PRIAC’’) 

(collectively, other than Prudential, the 

‘‘Fund Servicing Applicants’’ and 

together with Prudential, the 

‘‘Applicants’’).1

FILING DATES: The application was filed 

on September 5, 2008. 

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: 

An order granting the application will 

be issued unless the Commission orders 

a hearing. Interested persons may 

request a hearing by writing to the 

Commission’s Secretary and serving 

applicants with a copy of the request, 

personally or by mail. Hearing requests 


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