CUSIP #

[Belgarath]

Evidently line 8b of the PBGC form 1 asks for a CUSIP #. I didn't know what a CUSIP # was, so I googled the definition, and here's what I came up with:

A nine-character number that uniquely identifies a particular security. CUSIP is an acronym for the Committee on Uniform Securities and Identification Procedures, the standards body which created and maintains the classification system. Foreign securities have a similar number, called the CINS number.

If it identifies a particular "security" - why would it be used? And what if there is more than one? This doesn't make sense to me...anyone familiar with this?

[mwyatt]

If the plan sponsor is publicy traded, then they will have a CUSIP number (they should know what you're talking about).

[david rigby]

You can use this to search for a CUSIP:

http://activequote.fidelity.com/mmnet/SymLookup.phtml/