LD-1 Disclosure Form

Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov

Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

			1. Effective Date of Registration		01/01/2008
2. House Identification	31110			Senate Identification	31680

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant

Organization

PODESTA GROUP, INC.

Address

1001 G STREET, NW

Address2

SUITE 900 EAST

City

WASHINGTON

State

Zip

20001

Country

USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

City

State

Zip

Country

5. Contact name and telephone number

International Number

Contact

Ms. Kimberley Fritts

Telephone

2023931010

E-mail

LOBBYING@PODESTA.COM

6. General description of registrant’s business or activities

Public Policy, Government Relations and Public Affairs Firm

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name	NOVARTIS
Address	701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 725

City

Washington

State

Zip

20004

Country

USA

8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)

City

State

Zip

Country

9. General description of client’s business or activities

Vaccine and diagnostic manufacturing

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name			Covered Official Position (if applicable)
First	Last	Suffix
Sharon	Cohen
John	Scofield		Comm. Dir., House Approps. Committee
John	Scofield		Press Sec'y, Rep. Frank LoBiondo
John	Scofield		Ass't Press Sec'y, Sen. Mark Hatfield
David	Morrison		OMB - NSD, analyst; Sen. Approps Def Subcmtee

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

BUD

HCR

12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Supplemental, LHHS Appropriations, Vaccine Issues, Pandemic Influenza

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14.

Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.

Internet Address:

Name

Address

Principal Place of Business

Street

City

State/Province

Zip Code

Country

City

State

Country

City

State

Country

City

State

Country

FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration.

Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.

Address

Ownership

Name

Street

Principal place of business

Amount of contribution

City

State/Province

Country

(city and state or country)

for lobbying activities

Lichtstrasse

City

Basel

Novartis AG

Basel

SUI

State

Country

SUI

0.00

100

City

State

Country

Signature

Digitally Signed By: Kimberley Fritts, CEO

Date

04/21/2008

ADDITIONAL LOBBYISTS

10. Supplemental. List any additional lobbyists for this client not listed on page 1, number 10.

Name			Covered Official Position (if applicable)	Have you been convicted of a crime?
First	Last	Suffix
David	Morrison		OMB - NSD, Dep. Div. Chief; Dep. Assoc. Dir.
David	Morrison		Sen. Approps. Defense Subcmttee, Dep. Staff Dir.
David	Morrison		House Approps. Defense Subcmttee, Staff Dir.
Lantie	Slenzak		Leg Dir. Reps. Fritz Hollings, John Spratt
Lantie	Slenzak		Legislative Director, Rep. Gene Green
Anne Marie	Polak		Leg. Correspondent for Cong. Mike Ferguson

ADDITIONAL LOBBYING ISSUES
11. Supplemental. General lobbying issue areas. Enter any additional codes for issues not listed on page 2, number 11.

ADDITIONAL AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS13. Supplemental. List any other affiliated organization that meets the criteria specified and is not listed on page 2, number 13.

Name

Address

Principal Place of Business

Street

City

State/Province

Zip Code

Country

City

State

Country

City

State

Country

City

State

Country

ADDITIONAL FOREIGN ENTITIES
14. Supplemental. List any other foreign entity that meets the criteria specified and is not listed on page 2, number 14.

Name

Address

Principal place of business
(city and state or country)

Amount of contribution for lobbying activities

Ownership

Street
City	State/Province	Country

City
State		Country

City
State		Country

City
State		Country