[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 194 (Monday, October 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58237-58239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23330]


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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 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.

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          Trans No.                   Acquiring                  Acquired                     Entities
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/02/2008
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20081619....................  JANA Offshore Partners,    Convergys Corporation...  Convergys Corporation.
                               Ltd.
20081641....................  GTCR Fund lX/A, L.P......  TA IX L.P...............  Triumph HealthCare Holdings,
                                                                                    Inc.
20081644....................  Teck Cominco Limited.....  Fording Canadian Coal     1231207 Alberta ULC.
                                                          Trust.                   627066 Alberta Ltd.
                                                                                   Ardley Coal Limited.
                                                                                   Beachpoint Holdings Ltd.
                                                                                   Bitmin Resources Inc.
                                                                                   Fording Amalco Inc.
                                                                                   Fording Coal Limited.
20081647....................  Tokio Marine Holdings,     Philadelphia              Philadelphia Consolidated
                               Inc.                       Consolidated Holding      Holding Corp.
                                                          Corp.
20081649....................  USA Credit Union.........  T & C Federal Credit      T & C Federal Credit Union.
                                                          Union.
20081657....................  Gores Capital Partners,    Gores LuxCo I, S.a r.I..  Gores LuxCo I, S.a r.I.
                               L.P.
20081658....................  CapCom Credit Union......  DFCU Financial Federal    DFCU Financial Federal Credit
                                                          Credit Union.             Union.
20081660....................  Comcast Corporation......  Pilot Group LP..........  Daily Candy, Inc.
20081661....................  FMG Acquisition Corp.....  United Insurance          United Insurance Holdings
                                                          Holdings, L.C.            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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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/04/2008
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20081611....................  ABRY Partners V, L.P.....  Warburg, Pincus Equity    ChartOne, Inc.
                                                          Partners, L.P.
20081662....................  Bristol-Myers Squibb       PDL BioPharma, Inc......  PDL BioPharma, Inc.
                               Company.
20081667....................  Janus Capital Group, Inc.  Mac-Per-Wolf Company....  Perkins, Wolf, McDonnell and
                                                                                    Company, LLC.
20081669....................  Li & Fung Limited........  Bruce Makowsky and        Van Zeeland, Inc.
                                                          Kathleen Van Zeeland.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/05/2008
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20081511....................  ION Geophysical            Donald G. Chamberlain...  ARAM Systems, Ltd.
                               Corporation.
                                                                                   Canadian Seismic Rentals Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/08/2008
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20081500....................  Sisters of Providence--    HOP, Inc................  HCP, Inc.
                               Mother Joseph Province.
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   Chaparral Energy, Inc...  Chaparral Energy, Inc.
                               Issued Share Cap. of
                               Magnetar Cap.
20081687....................  Black Canyon Direct        Dr. Richard J. Malouf...  All Smiles Dental Center,
                               Investment Fund, L.P.                                Inc.
20081690....................  Providence Equity          World Triathlon           World Triathlon Corporation.
                               Partners VI L.P.           Corporation.
20081691....................  Sempra Energy............  EnergySouth, Inc........  EnergySouth, Inc.
20081696....................  Billabong International    Robert Kaplan...........  Da Kine Hawaii Corporation.
                               Limited.
20081700....................  Community Health Systems,  Empire Health Services..  Empire Health Services.
                               Inc.
                                                                                   Inland Empire Hospital
                                                                                    Services Association.
20081707....................  JPMorgan Chase & Co......  Johnson & Johnson.......  Ethicon, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/09/2008
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20081698....................  Complete Production        Appalachian Well          Appalachian Well Services,
                               Services, Inc.             Services, Inc.            Inc.
                                                                                   Titan Wireline Services, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/10/2008
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20081688....................  4 Garages LLC............  General Electric Company  UGP--Tower, LLC.
                                                                                   Urban Growth Wabash.
                                                                                   Randolph, LLC.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/11/2008
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20081650....................  The Goldman Sachs Group,   Griffon Corporation.....  Griffon Corporation.
                               Inc.
20081654....................  Lime Rock Partners IV,     Industrial Rubber         Industrial Rubber Products,
                               L.P.                       Products, Inc.            Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/12/2008
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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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                                                                                   No. 7 Ltd., Taiwan Branch.
20081682....................  GeNx36O Capital Partners,  GSC Recovery IIA, L.P...  Precision Partners, Inc.
                               L.P.
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.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/15/2008
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20080831....................  Reed Elsevier PLC........  ChoicePoint Inc.........  ChoicePoint Inc.
20080832....................  Reed Elsevier NV.........  ChoicePoint Inc.........  ChoicePoint Inc.
20080987....................  Fresenius Medical Care AG  Daiichi Sankyo Company,   Luitpold Pharmaceuticals,
                               & Co. KGaA.                Limited.                  Inc.
20081648....................  Kulicke and Sofia          Orthodyne Electronics     Orthodyne Electronics
                               Industries.                Corporation.              Corporation.
20081666....................  JDA Software Group, Inc..  i2 Technologies, Inc....  i2 Technologies, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/16/2008
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20081683....................  The Middleby Corporation.  TurboChef Technologies,   TurboChef Technologies, Inc.
                                                          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      Noxell Corporation.
                                                          Company.
20081735....................  Arbor Investments II, L.P  Bradshaw International,   Bradshaw International, Inc.
                                                          Inc.
20081737....................  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co...  X-Rite, Incorporated....  X-Rite, Incorporated.
20081738....................  The Hanover Insurance      AIX Holdings, Inc.......  AIX Holdings, Inc.
                               Group, Inc.
20081742....................  Covanta Holding            Ridgewood Electric Power  Indeck Maine Energy, LLC.
                               Corporation.               Trust IV.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/18/2008
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20081783....................  Barclays PLC.............  Lehman Brothers Holdings  LB 745 LLC.
                                                          Inc., a debtor-in-       Lehman Brothers Inc.
                                                          possession.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/19/2008
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20081665....................  Owens & Minor, Inc.......  Mr. George Burrows......  The Burrows Company.
20081719....................  Chesapeake Energy          Cinco County Barnet       DDJET Limited LLP.
                               Corporation.               Shale, LLC.
20081743....................  Covanta Holding            Ridgewood Electric Power  Indeck Maine Energy, LLC.
                               Corporation.               Trust V.
V20081746...................  Riverside Capital          Commercial Markets        JohnsonDiversey Canada, Inc.
                               Appreciation Fund V, L.P.  Holdco, Inc.             JohnsonDiversey, 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. E8-23330 Filed 10-3-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M