Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 37

Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 2004, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 37 (“IET TC 37”), by its Secretariat, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (“NEMA”), has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.

Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization is: International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 37, Rosslyn, VA. The nature and scope of IEC TC 37's standards development activities are: to develop and maintain standards related to surge arresters. IEC TC 37 currently maintains a series of IEC 60099 standards dealing with general requirements for surge arresters. The standards developed by IEC TC 37 are published by NEMA.