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The U.S. Fixed Income Portfolio [File
No. 811–7858]
The Diversified Portfolio [File No. 811–
7860]
The U.S. Equity Portfolio [File No. 811–
7880]
The U.S. Small Company Portfolio [File
No. 811–7882]
International Equity Portfolio [File No.
811–7884]
The Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio
[File No. 811–8102]
SUMMARY: Each applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. On September 1,
2001, each applicant transferred its
assets to a corresponding series of J.P.
Morgan Institutional Funds, based on
net asset value. All expenses incurred in
connection with the reorganizations
were paid by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,
applicants’ investment adviser.
FILING DATES: The applications were
filed on April 5, 2005, and amended on
May 11, 2005.
APPLICANTS’ ADDRESS: J.P. Morgan
Investment Management Inc., 522 Fifth
Ave., New York, NY 10036.
The Federal Money Market Portfolio
[File No. 811–7406]
The Tax Exempt Money Market
Portfolio [File No. 811–7842]
The Prime Money Market Portfolio [File
No. 811–7898]
Each applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. On September 1,
2001, each applicant transferred its
assets to a corresponding series of J.P.
Morgan Mutual Fund Trust, based on
net asset value. All expenses incurred in
connection with the reorganizations
were paid by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,
applicants’ investment adviser.
FILING DATES: The applications were
filed on April 5, 2005, and amended on
May 11, 2005.
APPLICANTS’ ADDRESS: J.P. Morgan
Investment Management Inc., 522 Fifth
Ave., New York, NY 10036.
Morgan Stanley Multi-State Municipal
Series Trust [File No. 811–6208]
Morgan Stanley Latin American Growth
Fund [File No. 811–6608]
Morgan Stanley Hawaii Municipal Trust
[File No. 811–7263]
SUMMARY:
SUMMARY: Each applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. On August 20,
2004, October 22, 2004, and August 20,
2004, respectively, each applicant made
a liquidating distribution to its
shareholders, based on net asset value.
Expenses of $31,100, $39,300 and
$14,200, respectively, incurred in
connection with the liquidations were
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paid by Morgan Stanley Investment
Advisors Inc., applicants’ investment
adviser.
FILING DATES: The applications were
filed on March 14, 2005, and amended
on May 6, 2005.
APPLICANTS’ ADDRESS: 1221 Avenue of
the Americas, New York, NY 10020.
Fremont Mutual Funds, Inc. [File No.
811–5632]
SUMMARY: Applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. On January 14,
2005, applicant transferred its assets to
corresponding series of Managers Trust
I and The Managers Funds, based on net
asset value. Expenses of approximately
$1,850,000 incurred in connection with
the reorganization were paid by
Fremont Investment Advisors, Inc.,
applicant’s investment adviser, and The
Managers Funds LLC, the acquiring
fund’s investment adviser.
FILING DATES: The application was filed
on April 12, 2005, and amended on May
4, 2005.
APPLICANT’S ADDRESS: 333 Market St.,
26th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.
Lake Forest Funds [File No. 811–8906]
SUMMARY: Applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. On November 16,
2004, applicant’s Lake Forest Money
Market Fund made a liquidating
distribution to its shareholders, based
on net asset value. On November 22,
2004, applicant’s Lake Forest Core
Equity Fund transferred its assets to
Profit Fund Investment Trust, based on
net asset value. Expenses of $52,164
incurred in connection with the
liquidation and reorganization were
paid by applicant’s investment adviser,
Profit Investment Management.
FILING DATES: The application was filed
on March 7, 2005, and amended on
April 27, 2005.
APPLICANT’S ADDRESS: 8720 Georgia
Ave., Suite 808, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
The Great Hall Unit Investment Trusts
Series [File No. 811–7894]
SUMMARY: Applicant, a unit investment
trust, seeks an order declaring that it has
ceased to be an investment company.
On April 6, 1999, applicant made a final
liquidating distribution to its
unitholders, based on net asset value.
Applicant incurred no expenses in
connection with the liquidation.
FILING DATES: The application was filed
on March 14, 2005, and amended on
May 6, 2005.
APPLICANT’S ADDRESS: First Trust
Portfolios, L.P., 1001 Warrenville Rd.,
Suite 300, Lisle, IL 60532.
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Expedition Funds [File No. 811–5900]
SUMMARY: Applicant seeks an order
declaring that it has ceased to be an
investment company. On February 25,
2005, applicant transferred its assets to
corresponding series of Goldman Sachs
Trust, based on net asset value.
Expenses of $269,039 incurred in
connection with the reorganization were
paid by Compass Asset Management,
applicant’s investment adviser, and
Goldman Sachs Asset Management,
L.P., investment adviser to the acquiring
fund.
FILING DATES: The application was filed
on April 8, 2005, and amended on May
13, 2005.
APPLICANT’S ADDRESS: 101 Federal St.,
Boston, MA 02110.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, pursuant to
delegated authority.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
the provisions of the Government in the
Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the
Securities and Exchange Commission
will hold the following meeting during
the week of June 6, 2005:
A Closed Meeting will be held on
Monday, June 6, 2005 at 2 p.m.
Commissioners, Counsel to the
Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries
will attend the Closed Meeting. Certain
staff members who have an interest in
the matters may also be present.
The General Counsel of the
Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or
more of the exemptions set forth in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (4), (5), (7), (9)(B), and
(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3), (4), (5),
(7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration
of the scheduled matters at the Closed
Meeting.
Commissioner Glassman, as duty
officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meeting in closed
session and that no earlier notice thereof
was possible.
The subject matter of the Closed
Meeting scheduled for Monday, June 6,
2005, will be:
Formal orders of investigations;
Institution and settlement of
injunctive actions;
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Institution and settlement of
administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature; and a
Regulatory matter concerning a
financial institution.
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) 942–7070.
Dated: May 31, 2005.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
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[Release No. 35–27975]
Filing Under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as Amended
(‘‘Act’’)
May 31, 2005.
Notice is hereby given that the
following filings have been made with
the Commission pursuant to provisions
of the Act and rules promulgated under
the Act. All interested persons are
referred to the application(s) and/or
declaration(s) for complete statements of
the proposed transaction(s) summarized
below. The application(s) and/or
declaration(s) and any amendment(s)
are available for public inspection
through the Commission’s Branch of
Public Reference.
Interested persons wishing to
comment or request a hearing on the
application(s) and/or declaration(s)
should submit their views in writing by
June 21, 2005, to the Secretary,
Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, DC 20549–0609, and serve
a copy on the applicant(s) and/or
declarant(s), at the address(es) 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 the matter.
After June 21, 2005, the applicationdeclaration, as filed or as amended, may
be granted and/or permitted to become
effective.
Cinergy Corp. (70–10281)
Cinergy Corp. (‘‘Cinergy’’), a
registered holding company, 139 East
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Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202,
has filed an Application-Declaration, as
amended, (‘‘Application’’) under
sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10, 12, 32 and 33
of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended and rules 45
and 53 under the Act.
Background
Cinergy directly or indirectly owns all
the outstanding common stock of public
utility companies operating in Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky, the most
significant of which are PSI Energy, Inc.
(‘‘PSI’’) and The Cincinnati Gas &
Electric Company (‘‘CG&E’’). PSI is a
vertically integrated electric utility
operating in Indiana, serving more than
700,000 customers in 69 of the state’s 92
counties. CG&E is a combination gas
and electric public utility holding
company exempt from registration
pursuant to rule 2(b) and provides gas
and electric service in the southwestern
portion of Ohio. CG&E’s principal
subsidiary is The Union Light, Heat and
Power Company (‘‘ULH&P’’) which
provides gas and electric service in
northern Kentucky. Cinergy’s three
utility companies are jointly referred to
as the ‘‘Operating Companies.’’
Cinergy also owns numerous
nonutility subsidiaries engaged in
businesses authorized under the Act, by
Commission order or otherwise,
including ‘‘exempt wholesale
generators’’ (‘‘EWGs’’) as defined in
Section 32 of the Act, ‘‘foreign utility
companies’’ (‘‘FUCOs’’) as defined in
Section 34 of the Act, ‘‘exempt
telecommunications companies’’ as
defined in Section 34 of the Act and
‘‘energy-related companies’’ as defined
in rule 58.
Requested Authorization
Summary of Transactions
Cinergy requests authorization to
engage in the transactions summarized
below,1 and described in more detail in
section l of this Notice, during the
period from the effective date of the
order issued in this filing through the
period ending the earlier of (a)
consummation of the pending merger
between Cinergy and Duke Energy
1 By prior orders Cinergy is authorized to engage
in various financing transactions through June 23,
2005 and to issue and sell up to 50 million shares
of its common stock under its stock-based employee
benefit plans through December 8, 2010.
Specifically, these orders are dated June 23, 2000,
HCAR No. 27190 (the ‘‘Financing Order’’);
December 8, 2000, HCAR No. 27295 (the ‘‘Stock
Plans Order’’) and May 18, 2001, HCAR No. 27400
(the ‘‘EWG/FUCO Order) Collectively, the three
orders are referred to as the ‘‘Prior Orders’’.
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Corporation,2 and (b) the expiration of
12 months from the date of the
Commission’s order in this matter
granting and permitting to become
effective some or all of the transactions
requested in the underlying
Application, (‘‘Authorization Period’’)
and to replace and supersede the
authority granted under the Prior Orders
with the financing authority sought in
the Application. Among other things,
Cinergy requests authority to:
(1) Increase total capitalization by
$5.0 billion through the issuance and
sale of any combination of equity and
debt securities as more fully described
below; 3
(2) Provide guarantees in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $3.0 billion; 4
(3) Form and utilize special-purpose
financing subsidiaries to issue and sell
equity and debt securities;
(4) Enter into transactions to manage
interest rate and foreign currency
exchange risk;
(5) Invest financing proceeds in EWG/
FUCO projects in an amount not to
exceed 100% of Cinergy’s consolidated
retained earnings plus $2.0 billion (the
‘‘EWG/FUCO Projects Limit’’); Cinergy
request that the Commission reserve
jurisdiction over investments subject to
the Restructuring Limit; and
(6) Invest financing proceeds in
certain EWG associate companies, in the
event of a transfer of part or all of
certain CG&E generating facilities to one
or more EWG associate companies, in an
amount not to exceed the net book value
of the generating facilities at the time of
transfer.
A. Parameters for Financing
Authorization
The following general terms would be
applicable, as appropriate, to the
financing transactions requested to be
authorized in the Application:
(1) Common Equity Ratio. Cinergy
states that, at all times during the
Authorization Period, it will maintain a
common stock equity ratio, as reflected
in Cinergy’s most recent quarterly or
annual report on Form 10–Q or Form
10–K, equal to at least 30% of Cinergy’s
consolidated capitalization except that,
even if common equity falls below that
level, Cinergy requests authorization to
issue common stock at any time during
2 On May 8, 2005 Cinergy filed a Current Report
on Form 8–K with the Commission announcing the
proposed merger with Duke Energy Corporation.
3 As of September 30, 2004, Cinergy’s total
capitalization (excluding retained earnings and
accumulated other income) was approximately $3.7
billion.
4 As of September 30, 2004, the aggregate amount
of Cinergy’s outstanding guarantees was $705
million.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and
Exchange Commission will hold the following meeting during the week of
June 6, 2005:
A Closed Meeting will be held on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 2 p.m.
Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the Closed Meeting.
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be
present.
The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (4), (5), (7), (9)(B), and (10) and 17 CFR
200.402(a)(3), (4), (5), (7), 9(ii) and (10), permit consideration of
the scheduled matters at the Closed Meeting.
Commissioner Glassman, as duty officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meeting in closed session and that no earlier
notice thereof was possible.
The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Monday, June
6, 2005, will be:
Formal orders of investigations;
Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
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Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an
enforcement nature; and a
Regulatory matter concerning a financial institution.
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) 942-7070.
Dated: May 31, 2005.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-11159 Filed 6-1-05; 11:46 am]
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