Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 194 / Monday, October 6, 2008 / Notices 58237 

1. Clyde Ray White, Clydine 

Covington White, and Jarrah Reed 

White, all of Monroe, Louisiana; Larry 

Nolan White and Virginia Owens White, 

both of Colleyville, Texas; and Patrick 

Slade White, Huntsville, Alabama, 

acting in concert to acquire voting 

shares of Ouachita Bancshares 

Corporation, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of Ouachita 

Independent Bank, both of Monroe, 

Louisiana. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 1, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–23521 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. Additional information on all 

bank holding companies may be 

obtained from the National Information 

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than October 31, 2008. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(Steve Foley, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. First Trust Corporation, New 

Orleans, Louisiana, to indirectly acquire 

100 percent of the voting shares of 

Globe Bancorp, Inc., and thereby 

indirectly acquire Globe Homestead 

Savings Bank, FSA, both of Metairie, 

Louisiana, and thereby engage in 

operating a savings association, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(i) of 

Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 1, 2008. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc.E8–23519 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

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 

Commission 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. 

Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/02/2008 

20081619 ....... JANA Offshore Partners, Ltd ............ Convergys Corporation ..................... Convergys Corporation. 

20081641 ....... GTCR Fund lX/A, L.P ....................... TA IX L.P .......................................... Triumph HealthCare Holdings, Inc. 

20081644 ....... Teck Cominco Limited ...................... Fording Canadian Coal Trust ........... 1231207 Alberta ULC. 

627066 Alberta Ltd. 

Ardley Coal Limited. 

Beachpoint Holdings Ltd. 

Bitmin Resources Inc. 

Fording Amalco Inc. 

Fording Coal Limited. 

20081647 ....... Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc ............... Philadelphia Consolidated Holding 

Corp.

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. 

20081649 ....... USA Credit Union ............................. T & C Federal Credit Union ............. T & C Federal Credit Union. 

20081657 ....... Gores Capital Partners, L.P ............. Gores LuxCo I, S.a r.I ...................... Gores LuxCo I, S.a r.I. 

20081658 ....... CapCom Credit Union ...................... DFCU Financial Federal Credit 

Union.

DFCU Financial Federal Credit Union. 

20081660 ....... Comcast Corporation ........................ Pilot Group LP .................................. Daily Candy, Inc. 

20081661 ....... FMG Acquisition Corp ...................... United Insurance Holdings, L.C ....... United Insurance Holdings L.C. 

20081670 ....... Deutsche Telekom AG ..................... AT&T Inc ........................................... AT&T Mobility LLC f/k/a. 

Cingular Wirelesss LLC. 

AT&T Mobility LLC F/k/a. 

Dobson Cellular Systems, LLC. 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. 


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Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/04/2008 

20081611 ....... ABRY Partners V, L.P ...................... Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, 

L.P.

ChartOne, Inc. 

20081662 ....... Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ........ PDL BioPharma, Inc ......................... PDL BioPharma, Inc. 

20081667 ....... Janus Capital Group, Inc .................. Mac-Per-Wolf Company ................... Perkins, Wolf, McDonnell and Company, LLC. 

20081669 ....... Li & Fung Limited ............................. Bruce Makowsky and Kathleen Van 

Zeeland.

Van Zeeland, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/05/2008 

20081511 ....... ION Geophysical Corporation .......... Donald G. Chamberlain .................... ARAM Systems, Ltd. 

Canadian Seismic Rentals Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/08/2008 

20081500 ....... Sisters of Providence—Mother Joseph Province.HOP, Inc ........................................... HCP, Inc. 

20081671 ....... AT&T Inc ........................................... Deutsche Telekom AG ..................... AT&T Mobility LLC f/k/a. 

Cingular Wirelesss LLC. 

AT&T Mobility LLC F/k/a. 

Dobson Cellular Systems, LLC. 

T-Mobile USA, Inc. 

20081677 ....... Ameriprise Financial, Inc .................. H&R Block, Inc ................................. HRB Financial Corporation. 

20081685 ....... Denbury Resources, Inc ................... Wapiti Energy, LLC .......................... Wapiti Energy, LLC. 

Wapiti Gathering, LLC. 

Wapiti Operating, LLC. 

20081686 ....... Voting Trust Relating to Issued 

Share Cap. of Magnetar Cap.

Chaparral Energy, Inc ...................... Chaparral Energy, Inc. 

20081687 ....... Black Canyon Direct Investment 

Fund, L.P.

Dr. Richard J. Malouf ....................... All Smiles Dental Center, Inc. 

20081690 ....... Providence Equity Partners VI L.P ... World Triathlon Corporation ............. World Triathlon Corporation. 

20081691 ....... Sempra Energy ................................. EnergySouth, Inc .............................. EnergySouth, Inc. 

20081696 ....... Billabong International Limited ......... Robert Kaplan ................................... Da Kine Hawaii Corporation. 

20081700 ....... Community Health Systems, Inc ...... Empire Health Services .................... Empire Health Services. 

Inland Empire Hospital Services Association. 

20081707 ....... JPMorgan Chase & Co .................... Johnson & Johnson .......................... Ethicon, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/09/2008 

20081698 ....... Complete Production Services, Inc .. Appalachian Well Services, Inc ........ Appalachian Well Services, Inc. 

Titan Wireline Services, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/10/2008 

20081688 ....... 4 Garages LLC ................................. General Electric Company ............... UGP—Tower, LLC. 

Urban Growth Wabash. 

Randolph, LLC. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/11/2008 

20081650 ....... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc ...... Griffon Corporation ........................... Griffon Corporation. 

20081654 ....... Lime Rock Partners IV, L.P .............. Industrial Rubber Products, Inc ........ Industrial Rubber Products, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/12/2008 

20081632 ....... Humana Inc ...................................... Covenant Health ............................... PHP Companies, Inc. 

20081643 ....... Cobham plc ...................................... Tyco Electronics Ltd ......................... AMP Products Pacific Limited. 

Laser Diode, Inc. 

M/A–COM Eurotec B.V. 

M/A–COM, Inc. 

Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH. 

Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Limited. 

Tyco Electronics Corporation India Pvt. Limited. 

Tyco Electronics France SAS. 

Tyco Electronics H.K. Limited. 

Tyco Electronics Israel Ltd. 

Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH. 

Tyco Electronics Raychem SA. 

Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 

Tyco Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 

Tyco Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd. 

Tyco Electronics Svenska AB. 

Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. 

Tyco Holdings (Bermuda). 


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Trans No. Acquiring Acquired Entities 

No. 7 Ltd., Taiwan Branch. 

20081682 ....... GeNx36O Capital Partners, L.P ....... GSC Recovery IIA, L.P .................... Precision Partners, Inc. 

20081703 ....... AEP Industries Inc ............................ Atlantis Plastics, Inc ......................... Atlantis Plastic Films, Inc. 

Linear Films, Inc. 

20081711 ....... Ecopetrol S.A .................................... Chevron Corporation ........................ Union Oil Company of California. 

20081718 ....... Fortune Brands, Inc .......................... Pernod Ricard SA ............................. Cruzan Viril, Ltd. 

The Absolut Spirits Company, Inc. 

V&S Vin Spirit AB. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/15/2008 

20080831 ....... Reed Elsevier PLC ........................... ChoicePoint Inc ................................ ChoicePoint Inc. 

20080832 ....... Reed Elsevier NV ............................. ChoicePoint Inc ................................ ChoicePoint Inc. 

20080987 ....... Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. 

KGaA.

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited ... Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

20081648 ....... Kulicke and Sofia Industries ............. Orthodyne Electronics Corporation .. Orthodyne Electronics Corporation. 

20081666 ....... JDA Software Group, Inc ................. i2 Technologies, Inc ......................... i2 Technologies, Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/16/2008 

20081683 ....... The Middleby Corporation ................ TurboChef Technologies, Inc ........... TurboChef Technologies, Inc. 

20081684 ....... Johnson & Johnson .......................... SurgRx, Inc ....................................... SurgRx, Inc. 

20081695 ....... Eli Lilly and Company ....................... Monsanto Company ......................... Monsanto Company. 

20081706 ....... Orkla ASA ......................................... Benson Holdings, Inc ....................... Benson Industries LLC. 

20081720 ....... Assurant, Inc ..................................... General Electric Company ............... General Electric Company. 

20081729 ....... Alberto-Culver Company .................. The Procter & Gamble Company ..... Noxell Corporation. 

20081735 ....... Arbor Investments II, L.P .................. Bradshaw International, Inc .............. Bradshaw International, Inc.

20081737 ....... J.P. Morgan Chase & Co ................. X-Rite, Incorporated ......................... X-Rite, Incorporated. 

20081738 ....... The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc .. AIX Holdings, Inc .............................. AIX Holdings, Inc. 

20081742 ....... Covanta Holding Corporation ........... Ridgewood Electric Power Trust IV .. Indeck Maine Energy, LLC. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/18/2008 

20081783 ....... Barclays PLC .................................... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., a 

debtor-in-possession.

LB 745 LLC. 

Lehman Brothers Inc. 

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—09/19/2008 

20081665 ....... Owens & Minor, Inc .......................... Mr. George Burrows ......................... The Burrows Company. 

20081719 ....... Chesapeake Energy Corporation ..... Cinco County Barnet Shale, LLC ..... DDJET Limited LLP. 

20081743 ....... Covanta Holding Corporation ........... Ridgewood Electric Power Trust V .. Indeck Maine Energy, LLC. 

V20081746 ..... Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund 

V, L.P.

Commercial Markets Holdco, Inc ..... JohnsonDiversey Canada, Inc. 

JohnsonDiversey, Inc. 

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. E8–23330 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Declaration Under the Public 

Readiness and Emergency 

Preparedness Act 

October 1, 2008. 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Declaration pursuant to 

section 319F–3 of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d) to 

provide targeted liability protections for 

anthrax countermeasures based on a 

credible risk that the threat of exposure 

to Bacillus anthracis and the resulting 

disease constitutes a public health 

emergency. 

DATES: This notice and the attached 

declaration are effective as of the date of 

signature of the declaration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RADM W.C. Vanderwagen, Assistant 

Secretary for Preparedness and 

Response, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 200 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20201, Telephone 

(202) 205–2882 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

HHS Secretary’s Declaration for 

Utilization of Public Readiness and 

Emergency Preparedness Act for 

Anthrax Countermeasures 

Whereas significant changes in the 

nature, regularity and degree of threats 

to health posed by the use of infectious 

agents as weapons of biological warfare 

have generated increased concern for 

the safety of the general American 

population particularly following the 

deliberate exposure of citizens in the 


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