[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53873-53876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21466]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period 
Under the Premerger Notification Rules

    Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II 
of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, requires 
persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions to give the 
Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General advance 
notice and to wait designated periods before consummation of such 
plans. Section 7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, in individual 
cases, to terminate this waiting period prior to its expiration and 
requires that notice of this action be published in the Federal 
Register.
    The following transactions were granted early termination of the 
waiting period provided by law and the premerger notification rules. 
The grants were made by the Federal Trade Comission and the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice. Neither agency intends to take any action with respect to 
these proposed acquisitions during the applicable waiting period.

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      Trans No.           Acquiring         Acquired         Entities
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              Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/05
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20081512.............  TCV V, L.P.....  RiskMetrics      RiskMetrics
                                         Group, Inc..     Group, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/06/2008
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20081498.............  Entegris, Inc..  Cowen            Poco Graphite
                                         Investments      Holdings, LLC
                                         Holding, LLC.    Poco Graphite,
                                                          Inc.; Poco
                                                          Graphite
                                                          International;
                                                          Poco Graphite,
                                                          SARL.
20081524.............  Inergy, L.P....  Demetree Salt    U.S. Salt, LLC.
                                         Holdings, LLC.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/06/2008
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20081536.............  Ashland Inc....  Hercules         Hercules
                                         Incorporated.    Incorporated.
20081557.............  AEA Investors    Quad-C Partners  Behavioral
                        2006 Fund VI,    L.P.             Holding Corp.
                        L.P.
20081559.............  Cross Country    MDA Holdings,    Allied Health
                        Healthcare,      Inc.             Group, Inc.;
                        Inc.                              Credent
                                                          Verification
                                                          and Licensing
                                                          Services,
                                                          Inc.;
                                                          Jamestown
                                                          Indemnity,
                                                          Ltd.; Medical
                                                          Doctor
                                                          Associates,
                                                          Inc.
20081560.............  Microsoft        DATAllegro, Inc  DATAllegro,
                        Corporation.                      Inc.
20081564.............  Blackstone RGIS  Ronald 0.        Allied Security
                        Capital          Perelman.        Holdings LLC.
                        Partners V L.P.
20081570.............  Convergys        Intervoice, Inc  Intervoice,
                        Corporation.                      Inc.
20081579.............  CVT Holding      Financiere       Financiere
                        S.A.S.           Cover team SAS.  Coverteam SAS.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/10/2008
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19882164.............  Anacomp, Inc...  Xidex            Xidex
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/12/2008
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20081398.............  Smith            W-H Energy       W-H Energy
                        International,   Services, Inc.   Services, Inc.
                        Inc.
20081525.............  American         Yardarm Knot,    Highland Light
                        Seafoods L.P.    Inc.             Seafoods, LLC;
                                                          Tracy Anne,
                                                          Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/13/2008
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20071584.............  Sun              Taro             Taro
                        Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical
                        Industries Ltd.  Industries Ltd.  Industries
                                                          Ltd.
20081529.............  David and        99 cents Only    99 cents Only
                        Sherry Gold.     Stores.          Stores.
20081563.............  Nam Jung Kim...  Del Monte Foods  Del Monte Foods
                                         Company.         Company;
                                                          Galapesca,
                                                          S.A.; Marine
                                                          Trading
                                                          Pacific, Inc.;
                                                          Panapesca
                                                          Fishing, Inc.;
                                                          Star-Kist
                                                          Samoa, Inc.
20081568.............  Motorola, Inc..  Jay Chaudhry...  AirDefense,
                                                          Inc.
20081577.............  DeVry Inc......  U.S. Education   U.S. Education
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/14/2008
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20081585.............  Tilman J.......  Fertitta         Landry's
                                         Landry's         Restaurants,
                                         Restaurants,     Inc.
                                         Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/15/2008
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20081532.............  Nycomed S.C.A.   Immunomedics,    Immunomedics,
                        SICAR.           Inc.             Inc.
20081571.............  David Gelbaum    GridPoint, Inc.  GridPoint, Inc.
                        and Monica
                        Chavez Gelbaum.
20081593.............  International    ILOG S.A.......  ILOG S.A.
                        Business
                        Machines
                        Corporation.
20081595.............  Bay Harbour      S&B Industries   S&B Industries
                        Holdings, LLC.   Inc. (debtor-    Inc. (debtor-
                                         in-possession.   in-
                                                          possession).
20081598.............  Michel Reybier.  Chateau          Chateau
                                         Montelena (FNA   Montelena (FNA
                                         Montelena        Montelena
                                         Associates).     Associates).
20081600.............  Macquarie        Marathon Fund    Petermann
                        Global           Limited.         Holding Co.
                        Partnership V
                        Opportunities
                        Partners, L.P.
20081601.............  TowerCo II       Sprint Nextel    Sprint Nextel
                        Holdings LLC.    Corporation.     Corporation.
20081609.............  4116372 Canada   American         American
                        Inc.             Greetings        Greetings
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
20081612.............  Alcatel Lucent.  Motive, Inc....  Motive, Inc.
20081614.............  CHS Private      Web Service      Web Service
                        Equity V LP.     Company, Inc.    Company, LLC.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/18/2008
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20081599.............  Iberdrola, S.A.  Energy East      Energy East
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.

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20081606.............  Quadrangle       Stephen E.       Smart City
                        (AIV) Capital    Myers.           Information
                        Partners II LP.                   Services, LLC
                                                          OFL LLC);
                                                          Smart City/
                                                          mpiNET, LLC
                                                          (FL LLC);
                                                          Smart City
                                                          Solutions, LLC
                                                          (FL LLC);
                                                          Smart City
                                                          Telecommunicat
                                                          ions LLC (Del.
                                                          LLC); Smart
                                                          City
                                                          Television LLC
                                                          (Del. LLC).
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/19/2008
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20081608.............  Time Warner Inc  Ripplewood       QSP, Inc.
                                         Partners II,
                                         LP.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/20/2008
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20081517.............  MetLife Inc....  First Horizon    First Horizon
                                         National         National
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
20081527.............  ABB Ltd........  KEC Acquisition  KEC Acquisition
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
20081607.............  Kenneth J, Feld  Live Nation,     Live Nation
                                         Inc.             Motor Sports,
                                                          Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/21/2008
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20081544.............  Commercial       Alfredo Bubion.  Bubion
                        Metals Company                    Investment Co.
                        Reinforcing-                      Regional Steel
                        Tensioning                        Corporation;
                        Services, Inc.                    RPS Cable
                                                          Corporation;
                                                          The Dawn
                                                          Lizabeth
                                                          Bubion 2003
                                                          Trust; The
                                                          Debbie Ann
                                                          Martinez 2003
                                                          Trust.
20081594.............  Charlesbank      Cardinal         Tecomet Inc.
                        Equity Fund      Health, Inc..    (``Tecomet'').
                        VI, Limited
                        Partnership.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/22/2008
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20081554.............  Cleveland        Alpha Natural    Alpha Natural
                        Cliffs Inc.      Resources, Inc.  Resources,
                                                          Inc.
20081574.............  Ametek, Inc....  Xantrex          Elgar Holdings,
                                         Technology Inc.  Inc.
20081586.............  Schneider        Xantrex          Xantrex
                        Electric SA.     Technology,      Technology
                                         Inc.             Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/25/2008
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20081589.............  Pershing         Longs Drug       Longs Drug
                        Square, L.P.     Stores           Stores
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
20081620.............  Markit Group     JPMorgan Chase   J.P. Morgan FCS
                        Holdings         & Co.            Corp.
                        Limited.
20081623.............  Temasek Capital  Merrill Lynch &  Merrill Lynch &
                        (Private)        Co., Inc.        Co., Inc.
                        Limited.
20081629.............  Covance Inc....  Eli Lilly and    Eli Lilly and
                                         Company.         Company.
20081633.............  LLR Equity       SunTrust Banks,  TransPlatinum
                        Partners III,    Inc.             Service Corp.
                        L.P.
20081634.............  The Walt Disney  The Active       The Active
                        Company.         Network, Inc.    Network, Inc.
20081642.............  Gannett Co.,     CareerBuilder,   CareerBuilder,
                        Inc.             LLC.             LLC.
20081645.............  Deutsche         NextWave         AWS Wireless
                        Telekom AG.      Wireless, Inc.   Inc.
20081651.............  Diamond Foods,   General Mills,   General Mills,
                        Inc.             Inc.             Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/26/2008
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20081562.............  JV Holdings....  Spitzer Holding  Spitzer
                                         Company.         Industries
                                                          LLC.
20081617.............  Georg F.W......  Continental AG   Continental AG.
                                         Schaeffler.
20081625.............  Arlington        General          General
                        Tankers Ltd.     Maritime         Maritime
                                         Corporation.     Corporation.
20081626.............  General          Arlington        Arlington
                        Maritime         Tankers Ltd.     Tankers Ltd.
                        Corporation.
20081631.............  Peter C.         Galileo Holding  Galileo Holding
                        Georgiopoulos.   Corporation.     Corporation.
20081638.............  PTT Chemical     Cognis Holding   Cognis
                        Public Company   Luxembourg       Olechemicals
                        Limited.         S.a.r.l.         (M) Sdn. Bhd.
20081639.............  PTT Chemical     Permodalan       Cognis
                        Public Company   Nasional         Olechemicals
                        Limited.         Berhad.          (M) Sdn. Bhd.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/27/2008
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20081436.............  Finmeccanica-    DRS              DRS
                        Societa' per     Technologies,    Technologies,
                        azioni.          Inc.             Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/28/2008
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20081622.............  Ameriprise       William C.       J.& W. Seligman
                        Financial, Inc.  Morris.          & Co.
                                                          Incorporated.
20081628.............  Macquarie        Sentient Jet     AvBuy, LLC;
                        Global           Holdings, LLC.   PNFS, LLC;
                        Opportunities                     Private Jets,
                        Partners, L.P.                    Inc.; Sentient
                                                          Flight Group,
                                                          Inc.; Sentient
                                                          Jet, Inc.
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           Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/29/2008
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20081489.............  Else Kroner-     Dr. Patrick      APP
                        Fresenius-       Soon-Shiong,     Pharmaceutical
                        Stiftung.        M.D.             s, Inc.
20081597.............  Johnson &        Amgen Inc......  Amgen Inc.
                        Johnson.
20081653.............  Assurant, Inc..  Trident II, L.P  Trident Signal
                                                          Holdings, Inc.
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    For Further Information Contact: Sandra M. Peay, Contact 
Representative, or Renee Hallman, Contact Representative, Federal Trade 
Commission, Premerger Notification Office, Bureau Of Competition, Room 
H-303, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-21466 Filed 9-16-08; 8:45 am]
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