Publication of Year 2006 Form M-1 With Electronic Filing Option, Notice

Thu, Dec 7 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This document announces the availability of the Year 2006 Form M1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Entities Claiming Exception. It is substantively identical to the 2005 Form M1. The Form M1 may again be filed electronically over the Internet.

Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2006-19; Grant of Individual Exemption Involving Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and Its

Thu, Dec 7 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This document contains a final exemption before the Department of Labor (the Department) that provides relief from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act).\1\ The exemption permits, effective July 6, 2006, (1) the acquisition by the VEBA for Retirees of Kaiser Aluminum (the Hourly VEBA) and by the Kaiser Aluminum Salaried Retirees VEBA (the Salaried VEBA; together, the VEBAs) of certain publicly traded common stock issued by Kaiser (the Stock or the Shares), through an inkind contribution to the VEBAs by Kaiser of such Stock, for the purpose of prefunding VEBA welfare benefits; (2) the holding by the VEBAs of such Stock acquired pursuant to the contribution; and (3) the management of the Shares, including their voting and disposition, by an independent fiduciary (the Independent Fiduciary) designated to represent the interests of each VEBA with respect to the transactions. The exemption affects the VEBAs and their particip

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Publication of Year 2006 Form M-1 With Electronic Filing Option, Notice

Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2006-19; Grant of Individual Exemption Involving Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and Its