4th Quarter - Report

NOBLE STRATEGIES for MONSANTO COMPANY

Period 4th Quarter 2010 Filed Jan 18, 2011 Signed by Ben Noble, President

Official filing
Firm
NOBLE STRATEGIES
Client
MONSANTO COMPANY
Income
$30,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

HR 1260 Patent Reform Act of 2009 S 610 Patent Reform Act of 2009

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BENJAMIN CRAIG NOBLE —

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1260 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Agriculture Consolidation and Competition

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BENJAMIN CRAIG NOBLE —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Deferral of Foreign Source income HR 2098: CFC Look Through; S 1203: Grow Research Opportunities with Tax credits Help Act HR 422: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010 International tax reform issues including foreign tax credit, expense disallowance, check the box reforms; HR 4213 Tax Extenders Act of 2009; HR 4154-Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Business Act of 2009

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BENJAMIN CRAIG NOBLE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 422 (111th), H.R. 4154 (111th), H.R. 2098 (111th)

Agriculture AGR

Biotech Regulations Roundup Ready Alfalfa Roundup Ready Sugarbeets

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BENJAMIN CRAIG NOBLE —

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.