Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: December 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 235)]

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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.

Trans Acquiring

Acquired

Entities

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/01/2004

20050086............................. Warburg Pincus Private Parthenon Investors II, Spheris Inc. Equity VIII, L.P.

L.P. 20050097............................. FS Equity Partners V, Gregg Appliances Inc... Gregg Appliances Inc. L.P. 20050103............................. Sumner M. Redstone..... Raul Alarcon, Jr....... Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. 20050121............................. Warburg Pincus Private Spheris Holding III, Spheris Holding III, Equity VIII, L.P.

Inc.

Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/03/2004

20050090............................. Takeda Pharmaceutical BioNumerik

BioNumerik Company Limited.

Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/03/2004

20050050............................. Henkel KGaA............ The Clorox Company..... Splitco 20050051............................. Cooper Cameron

Precision Castparts.... AOP Industries, Inc., Corporation.

CW Valves Services Co., Inc., PCC Flow Technologies LP, PCC Valves & Controls, Inc. 20050081............................. William Sauder......... Riverside Forest

Riverside Forest Products Limited.

Products Limited. 20050094............................. Wellspring Capital The Stanley Works...... The Stanley Works. Partners III, LLP. 20050102............................. Computershare Limited.. DST Systems, Inc....... EquiServe, Inc. 20050108............................. Computer Associates Netegrity, Inc......... Netegrity, Inc. International, Inc.

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20050117............................. Estate of Ernest L. Mr. Charles E. Pompea.. Primac Corp., Primary Samuel.

Steel, Inc., Primtech LLC

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/04/2004

20050020............................. PacifiCare Health

American Medical

American Medical Systems, Inc.

Security Group, Inc. Security Group, Inc. 20050039............................. J. W. Childs Equity Vestar Capital

Sheridan Holdings, Inc. Partners, III, L.P. Partners, III, L.P. 20050069............................. AFFC Holdings, Inc..... BP p.l.c............... Amoco Fabrics and Fibers Company, BP Corporation North America Inc. 20050087............................. ViroPharma Incorporated Eli Lilly and Company.. Eli Lilly and Company.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/05/2004

20050073............................. Worley Group Limited... Parsons Employee Stock Parsons E&C Corporation Ownership Plan. 20050104............................. Raul Alarcon, Jr....... Sumner M. Redstone..... Infinity Broadcasting Corporation of San Francisco 20050105............................. CompuCredit Corporation Dennis M. Mathisen..... BANKFIRST. 20050114............................. Atlantic Power

Teton Power Holdings, Onondaga Cogeneration Corporation.

LLC.

Limited Partnership, Split Rock Holdings, LLC, Topsham Hydroelectric Generating Facility. 20050115............................. Atlantic Power

ArcLight Energy

Umatilla Power Funding, Corporation.

Partners Fund II, L.P. LLC 20050122............................. Cypress Merchant

Stone Canyon

Stone Canyon Banking Partners II Entertainment Corp. Entertainment Corp. L.P. 20050129............................. Ryerson Tull, Inc...... Alcoa Inc.............. Integris Metals, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/08/2004

20050113............................. Southern Wine & Spirits David Taub............. Darmart Enterprises, of America, Inc.

Inc., Gallo Wines Distributors, L.L.C. d/ b/a, Premier Wines & Spirit, New York Depot Distributing Co., LLC. 20050125............................. United Online, Inc..... Classmates Online, Inc. Classmates Online, Inc. 20050126............................. Warburg Pincus Private Avicis, Inc............ Avicis, Inc. Equity VIII, L.P. 20050127............................. World Directories

VNU N.V................ VNU World Directories S.a.r.l. (``WDS'').

Inc. 20050128............................. Ryerson Tull, Inc...... BHP Billiton Pic....... Integris Metals, Inc. 20050130............................. Rush Enterprises, Inc.. Jesse and Milo Kirk.... American Truck Source, Inc. 20050131............................. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Michael Hirtenstein.... WestCom Corporation 20050133............................. Centene Corporation.... Swope Community

FirstGuard Health Plan, Enterprises.

Inc., FirstGuard, Inc. 20050134............................. Auto Sueco, Lda........ Aktiebolaget Volvo..... SABA Holding Company. 20050135............................. CharterMac............. Capri Realty Capital, Capri Capital Limited LLC.

Partnership 20050138............................. KeyCorp................ American Express

American Express Company.

Business Finance Corporation

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/09/2004

20050066............................. Armor Holdings, Inc.... The Specialty Group, The Specialty Group, Inc.

Inc. 20050120............................. Fuji Photo Film Co., Arch Chemicals, Inc.... Arch Chemical Ltd.

Specialties Products, Inc., Arch Electronic Chemicals, Inc., Arch Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, Contact Representative, or Renee Hallman, Case Management Assistant, 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. 04-26938 Filed 12-7-04; 8:45 am]

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