Proposed Exemptions; The Retirement Plan for Salaried and Certain Hourly Employees of Keebler Company (the Plan)

Summary

The Keebler Company has submitted a proposal to the Department of Labor for exemptions from certain prohibited transaction restrictions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The proposal aims to exempt the company's retirement plan for salaried and certain hourly employees from these restrictions.