Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules,
[Federal Register: January 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 8)]
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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--12/17/2007
20080293............................. United Stationers, Inc. Brazos Equity Fund II, ORS Nasco Holding, Inc. LP. 20080322............................. Rudolph Technologies, Applied Precision
Applied Precision Inc.
Holdings, LLC.
Holdings, LLC. 20080327............................. Live Nation, Inc....... Mr. Dell R. Furano..... Signatures SNI, Inc. 20080332............................. American Industrial Emerson Electric Co.... Brooks Instrument B.V.; Partners Capital Fund
Emerson Electric Co.; IV, L.P.
Emerson Electric Korea Ltd.; Emerson Japan Ltd.; Emerson Process Management Magyarorszag Kft; Mobrey S.A. 20080374............................. Sun Capital Partners V, Darden Restaurants, Inc GMRI, Inc; GMR L.P.
Restaurants of Pennsylvania, Inc.; Smokey Bones LLC. 20080380............................. Knology, Inc........... C. Christopher Dupree.. Graceba Total Communications, Inc. 20080383............................. William Sauder......... Pope & Talbot, Inc..... Pope & Talbot, Inc.; Pope & Talbot Ltd.; Pope & Talbot Lumber Sales, Inc.; Pope & Talbot Spearfish Limited Partnership. 20080385............................. Sanofi-Aventis......... Regeneron
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 20080387............................. Valitas Equity LLC..... Madison Dearborn
Valitas Health Capital Partners, LP. Services, Inc. 20080389............................. General Electric
Southwestern Energy Arkansas Western Gas Company.
Company.
Company. 20080396............................. Versa Capital Fund I, InPhonic, Inc.......... InPhonic, Inc. LP. 20080397............................. Nirma Limited.......... Sun Capital Partners Searles Valley Minerals III QP, LP.
Inc.; Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc. 20080406............................. MarkWest Energy
MarkWest Hydrocarbon, MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Partners, LP.
Inc.
Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/18/2007
20080336............................. Getinge AB............. Boston Scientific
AFx LLC; CardioThoracic Corporation.
Systems LLC; Origin Medsystems LLC. 20080337............................. Trian Star Trust....... The Cheesecake Factory The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.
Incorporated. 20080355............................. Inverness Medical
ParadigmHealth, Inc.... ParadigmHealth, Inc. Innovations, Inc. 20080407............................. Odyssey Investment American Capital
Ranpak Inc. Partners Fund III, LP. Strategies, Ltd.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/19/2007
20080299............................. Deffenbaugh Disposal, The Ronald D.
Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc.
Deffenbaugh
Inc. Irrevocable Trust of 2007. 20080357............................. GCA Holdings
Savvian, LLC........... Savvian, LLC. Corporation. 20080399............................. Motorola, Inc.......... Vertex Standard Co. Ltd Vertex Standard Co. Ltd. 20080401............................. Borse Dubai Limited.... The Nasdaq Stock
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
Market, Inc. 20080405............................. C.R. Bard, Inc......... Edwards Lifesciences Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.
A.G.; Edwards Lifesciences LLC. 20080410............................. Littlejohn Fund II, LP. Rodney P. Hunt......... RS Information Systems, LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/20/2007
20071179............................. Google Inc............. Hellman & Friedman Click Holding Corp. Capital Partners V, LP. 20071755............................. Barry Diller........... Paciolan, Inc.......... Paciolan, Inc. 20080339............................. VT Group plc........... AEPCO, Inc............. AEPCO, Inc. 20080341............................. Donata Holding SE...... Kelso Investment
DLI Holding Corp. Associates VII, LP. 20080384............................. KS Vista Trust......... KGen Power Corporation. KGen Power Corporation. 20080390............................. Robert J. Schlegel..... Melton L. Bacon........ AAA Manufacturing Stone, Inc.; Colorado Stone Products of Texas, Inc.; Creative Stone Mfg., Inc.; Desert Pumice, Inc.
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20080419............................. GTCR Fund IX/A, LP..... Dubai Aerospace
Corporate Jets, Inc.; Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation, LLC; Piedmont/Hawthorne Canada, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/21/2007
20080324............................. Leeds Equity Partners GTCO Corporation....... GTCO Corporation. IV, LP. 20080400............................. The Nasdaq Stock
Philadelphia Stock Philadelphia Stock Market, Inc.
Exchange, Inc.
Exchange, Inc. 20080414............................. Macquarie Group Limited Edward Barlow.......... Chesapeake Publishing Corporation. 20080416............................. Gary Segal............. WDF Services
WDF Services Corporation.
Corporation. 20080426............................. Wendel Investissement.. WESCO International, LADD Industries, LLC. Inc. 20080427............................. Regency Energy
Carlyle/Riverstone CDM CDM Resource Partners, LP.
Corp. Holdings II, LLC. Management, Ltd. 20080429............................. AT&T Inc............... Harbor Wireless, LLC... Harbor Wireless, LLC. 20080432............................. Liberty Media
Milestone Partners II, Bodybuilding.com, LLC.; Corporation.
LP.
Higher Power Nutrition Common Holdings, LLC. 20080437............................. Light Tower Holdings Quadrangle Capital DataNet Communications LLC.
Partners LP.
Group, Inc. 20080442............................. Halyard Capital Fund 2000 Riverside Capital HCPro Holdings, Inc. II, LP.
Appreciation Fund, LP. 20080443............................. AT&T Inc............... Edge Wireless Holding Edge Wireless, LLC. Company, LLC. 20080446............................. Tangent Fund
Weatherford
Weatherford Shareholders Trust. International Ltd. International Ltd. 20080451............................. Regency Energy Partners General Electric
FrontStreet Hugoton, LP.
Company.
LLC. 20080456............................. SUPERVALU Inc.......... Albertson's LLC........ ABS RM Investor LLC.; ABS RM Lease Investor LLC.; Albertson's LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/26/2007
20080363............................. PolyOne Corporation.... Great Lakes Synergy GLS Corporation; GLS Corporation.
International, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/28/2007
20080350............................. Multiband Corporation.. DirecTECH Holding
DirecTECH Holding Company Employee Stock Company, Inc. Ownership Trust. 20080360............................. Stichting Gerdau
Quanex Corporation..... Quanex Corporation. Johannpeter. 20080361............................. National Oilwell Varco, H. Lee Welch, Jr....... Welch Power Source, Inc.
LLC.; Welch Sales and Service, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/31/2007
20080379............................. Essentia Health........ Dakota Clinic, Ltd..... Dakota Clinic, Ltd. 20080388............................. VeraSun Energy
US BioEnergy
US BioEnergy Corporation.
Corporation.
Corporation. 20080411............................. Trian Star Trust....... Marsh & McLennan
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Companies, Inc. 20080412............................. Trian Partners, LP..... Marsh & McLennan
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Companies, Inc. 20080440............................. Highland Crusader Fund ICO Global
ICO Global II, Ltd.
Communications
Communications (Holdings) Limited. (Holdings) Limited.
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. 08-77 Filed 01-10-08; 8:45 am]
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