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November 20, 2008
hp-1286
Treasury Enters into Agreement
to Assist the Reserve Fund’s US Government Money Market Fund
Washington- The U.S. Treasury Department announced today that it agreed to
assist with the liquidation of The Reserve Fund's U.S. Government Fund, due to
unique and extraordinary circumstances.
The fund, which Treasury accepted into its temporary guarantee program for
money market funds, has not made a claim to Treasury under the program. In a
separate agreement with the fund, the Treasury has agreed to serve as a buyer of
last resort for the fund's securities, which consist of short-term U.S. government
and government sponsored enterprise securities.
This action is being taken to ensure that the fund is liquidated in an orderly and
timely fashion.
The agreement grants the fund a 45-day period where it will continue to sell assets
at or above their amortized cost. At the conclusion of this period, Treasury's
Exchange Stabilization Fund will purchase any remaining securities at amortized
cost, up to an amount required to ensure that each shareholder receives $1 for
every share they own.
This extraordinary action is in response to the unique situation of the money
market fund. This fund was permitted to suspend share redemptions as of
September 17, in accordance with an order issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
No other funds participating in Treasury's temporary guarantee program received a
similar order from the SEC. Because of this, Treasury does not foresee a need to
take similar actions with regard to any other funds participating in Treasury's
temporary guarantee program.
Treasury's agreement with the fund requires the fund's adviser and its trustees to
waive their fees accrued after November 19 to the extent that fund shareholders do
not receive distributions of $1 per share.
-30REPORTS
Letter Agreement
 

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