54566 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held on September 

22 and 23, 2009, which includes the domestic 

policy directive issued at the meeting, are available 

upon request to the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C. 20551. 

The minutes are published in the Federal Reserve 

Bulletin and in the Board’s annual report. 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on September 22 and 23, 2009.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

To further its long–run objectives, the 

Committee seeks conditions in reserve 

markets consistent with federal funds 

trading in a range from 0 to 1⁄4 percent. 

The Committee directs the Desk to 

purchase agency debt, agency MBS, and 

longer–term Treasury securities during 

the intermeeting period with the aim of 

providing support to private credit 

markets and economic activity. The 

timing and pace of these purchases 

should depend on conditions in the 

markets for such securities and on a 

broader assessment of private credit 

market conditions. The Desk is expected 

to complete purchases of about $300 

billion of longer–term Treasury 

securities by the end of October. It is 

also expected to execute purchases of 

up to $200 billion in housing–related 

agency debt and about $1.25 trillion of 

agency MBS by the end of the first 

quarter of 2010. The Desk is expected to 

gradually slow the pace of these 

purchases as they near completion. The 

Committee anticipates that outright 

purchases of securities will cause the 

size of the Federal Reserve’s balance 

sheet to expand significantly in coming 

months. The System Open Market 

Account Manager and the Secretary will 

keep the Committee informed of 

ongoing developments regarding the 

System’s balance sheet that could affect 

the attainment over time of the 

Committee’s objectives of maximum 

employment and price stability. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, October 15, 2009. 

Brian F. Madigan, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–25425 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

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 each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than November 16, 

2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Todd Offenbacker, Assistant Vice 

President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. Stockmens Financial Corporation, 

Rapid City, South Dakota; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Valentine 

Bancorporation, and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of First National 

Bank of Valentine, both of Valentine, 

Nebraska. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 19, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–25448 Filed 10–21–09; 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. 

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION

ET date Trans No. ET req 

status Party name 

08–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090701 G Clayton, Dubifler & Rice Fund VIII, L.P. 

G NCI Building Systems, Inc. 

G NCI Building Systems, Inc. 

20090705 G MD Investors Corporation. 

G Metaldyne Corporation. 

G Metaldyne Corporation. 

09–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090675 G AT&T Inc. 

G Paul G. Allen. 

G Vulcan Spectrum LLC. 

10–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090649 G Voting Shares Trust. 


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TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—Continued 

ET date Trans No. ET req 

status Party name 

G Metagenics, Inc. 

G Metagenics, Inc. 

20090651 G Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. 

G Diamond Wire Technology, LLC. 

G Diamond Wire Technology, LLC. 

20090652 G Richard M. DeVos. 

G Metagenics, Inc. 

G Metagenics, Inc. 

14–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090711 G Howard D. Schultz. 

G Starbucks Corporation. 

G Starbucks Corporation. 

20090712 G Leonard A. Lauder. 

G The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 

G The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. 

20090715 G Advent CR Holdings, Inc. 

G Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. 

G Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. 

20090717 G Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. 

G Crosstex Energy, L.P. 

G Crosstex Treating Services, L.P. 

20090718 G Big River Resources, LLC. 

G RBF Acquisition III, LLC. 

G RBF Acquisition III, LLC. 

20090719 G TCV VII, LP. 

G HomeAway, Inc. 

G HomeAway, Inc. 

20090721 G Associated Food Stores, Inc. 

G SUPERVALU INC. 

G New Albertson’s, Inc. 

20090722 G Murphy Oil Corporation. 

G RBF Acquisition IV, LLC. 

G RBF Acquisition IV, LLC. 

20090724 G Quanta Services, Inc. 

G Price Gregory Services, Inc. 

G Price Gregory Services, Inc. 

20090726 G Terra Firma Capital Partners Ill, L.P. 

G EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc. 

G EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc. 

5–SEP–09 .............................................................. 20090713 G Comvest Investment Partners III, LP. 

G Cynergy Data, LLC. 

G Cynergy Data, LLC. 

6–SEP–09 .............................................................. 20090710 G SPO Partners II, L.P. 

G Resolute Energy Corporation. 

G Resolute Energy Corporation. 

21–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090678 G Google Inc. 

G On2 Technologies, Inc. 

G On2 Technologies, Inc. 

22–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090685 G Providence Equity Partners VI International L.P. 

G Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. 

G Stream Global Services, Inc. 

20090686 G Mermac, Inc. 

G Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund II, L.P. 

G Stream Global Services, Inc. 

20090745 G TA X L.P. 

G Wellspring Capital Partners Ill, L.P. 

G Vatterott Education Holding, Inc. 

23–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090720 G Agropur Cooperative. 

G Mr. Martin J. Margherio. 

G Asceptic Newco LLC. 

20090766 G Berkshire Fund VII, L.P. 

G United BioSource Corporation. 

G United BioSource Corporation. 

25–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090384 G K + S Aktiengesellschaft. 

G The Dow Chemical Company. 

G Morton International, Inc. 

G Rohm and Haas Denmark China Salt Holdings ApS. 

20090412 G Dean Foods Company. 

G Jack H. Brown. 

G Santee Dairies, LLC. 

20090735 G Rocket Software, Inc. 

G International Business Machines Corporation. 


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54568 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION—Continued 

ET date Trans No. ET req 

status Party name 

G International Business Machines Corporation. 

20090747 G Court Square Capital Partners II, L.P. 

G Rocket Software, Inc. 

G Rocket Software, Inc. 

20090757 G H.I.G. Capital Partners IV, L.P. 

G Stant Parent Corp. 

G Standard-Thomson Corporation. 

G Stant Holding Corp. 

G Thomson International Corporation. 

G Stant Manufacturing, Inc. 

G Stant Corporation. 

20090770 G M. Brooks Smith. 

G Ami Shashoua. 

G QPay, Inc. 

20090771 G M. Brooks Smith. 

G Yossi Amossy. 

G QPay, Inc. 

28–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090742 G Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 

G Sony Corporation. 

G Sony Electronics Inc. 

G Sony Baja California, SA. de C.V. 

29–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090732 G Warner Chilcott plc. 

G The Procter & Gamble Company. 

G Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Longjumeau SAS. 

G Procter & Gamble S.p.A. 

G Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals France SAS. 

G Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 

G Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Germany GmbH. 

G Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals S.a.r.l. 

G Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Iberia S.L. 

G Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals UK Limited. 

30–SEP–09 ............................................................ 20090752 G LEO Fondet. 

G Peplin, Inc. 

G Peplin, 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. E9–25376 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M 

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. 

TRANSACTION GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION

ET date Trans No. ET req 

status Party name 

14–AUG–09 ........................................................... 20090623 G PartnerRe Ltd. 

G PARIS RE Holdings Limited. 

G PARIS RE Holdings Limited. 

20090627 G Oglethorpe Power Corporation. 

G International Power plc. 

G Hartwell Energy Limited Partnership. 

20090630 G Oglethorpe Power Corporation. 

G Natural Gas Partners VIII, L.P. 

G Hartwell Energy Limited Partnership. 

20090644 G Career Education Corporation. 


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