Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Federal Register: January 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 7)
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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 No.
Acquiring
Acquired
Entities
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/15/2008
20090154............................. Eli Lilly and Company.. United Therapeutics
United Therapeutics
Corporation.
Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/16/2008
20090194............................. BB&T Corporation....... Mr. Tapley 0. Johnson, Charleston Premium
III.
Finance Company.
Charleston Premium
Finance Company of
California, Inc. TAPCO
Underwriters, Inc. 20090195............................. Mr. Tapley 0. Johnson, BB&T Corporation....... BB&T Corporation.
III.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/17/2008
20090181............................. Lifespan Corporation... Care New England Health Care New England Health
System.
System. 20090204............................. State Automobile Mutual HBK Offshore Fund Ltd.. Rockhill Holding
Insurance Company.
Company.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/18/2008
20090171............................. Welsh, Carson, Anderson Bruce E. Toll and Robbi National Renal
& Stowe X, L.P.
S. Toll.
Alliance, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/19/2008
20081575............................. Teva Pharmaceutical
Barr Pharmaceuticals,
Barr Pharmaceuticals,
Industries Limited.
Inc..
Inc. 20090203............................. Nelson Peltz........... Wendy's/Arby's Group,
Wendy's/Arby's Group,
Inc..
Inc. 20090205............................. United Farmers of
Stuart Utgaard......... Sportsman's Warehouse
Alberta Co-operative
Holdings, Inc.
Limited.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/24/2008
20081692............................. King Pharmaceuticals,
Alpharma, Inc.......... Alpharma, Inc.
Inc.. 20090185............................. Wells Fargo & Company.. New Omaha Holdings L.P. Wells Fargo Merchant
Services, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/30/2008
20090206............................. Wilton Re Holdings
MetLife, Inc........... Cova Corporation.
Limited. 20090218............................. Bank of America
Yum! Brands, Inc....... Pizza Hut, Inc.
Corporation. 20090222............................. NuVision Federal Credit El Financial Credit
El Financial Credit
Union.
Union.
Union.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--12/31/2008
20090221............................. MiTAC Inter-national
Magellan Investors LLC. Magellan Navigation,
Corporation.
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. E9-240 Filed 1-9-09; 8:45 am
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