Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,
[Federal Register: January 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 6)]
[Notices]
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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-Rodine 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--12/05/2005
20060211............................. Novartis AG............ Chiron Corporation..... Chiron Corporation. 20060214............................. MVP Health Plan, Inc... Preferred Care, Inc.... Preferred Care, Inc. 20060220............................. Allis-Chalmers Energy Joe Van Matre.......... Specialty Rental Tools Inc.
Inc. 20060224............................. Josue Christiano Gomes Spring Global S.A...... Springs Global S.A. da Silva. 20060229............................. KKR European Fund II, Vestar-AIV Holdings A FL Spring, S.p.A. Limited Partnership. L.P.. 20060235............................. Roger S. Penske........ Stephen P. Cushman..... Cush A-KM, Inc., Cush Enterprises, Cush H-E, Inc., Cush J-KM, Inc., Cush M-E, Inc., M.S.M. Group, Inc. 20060237............................. Hanson PLC............. PaverModule, Inc....... PaverModule, Inc. 20060240............................. Horizon Health
P. Byron DeFoor........ Delaware Investment Corporation.
Associates, LLC, Focus Healthcare, LLC, Focus Healthcare of Delaware, LLC, Focus Health of Florida, LLC, Focus Healthcare of Georgia, LLC, Focus Healthcare of Ohio, LLC, Highpoint Investment, LLC. 20060241............................. Ronald B. Dana......... Rex V. Ecoff........... Liquid Transport Corp. 20060242............................. Francisco Partners, FrontRange Limited..... Cayo Communications, L.P..
Inc., FrontRange Solutions Inc. 20060259............................. Lodge Holdco I LLC..... La Quinta Corporation.. La Quinta Corporation. 20060264............................. Berkshire Fund VI, L.P. PDS Associates, Inc.... PDS Associates, Inc. 20060267............................. GUS plc................ PriceGrabber.com, LLC.. PriceGrabber.com, LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/06/2005
20060215............................. Aleris International, Ormet Corporation...... Ormet Corporation. Inc.. 20060275............................. Jones Lang LaSalle Spaulding and Slye Spaulding and Slye LLC. Incorporation.
Partner LLC.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/08/2005
20060256............................. U.S. Bancorp........... Wachovia Corporation... Delaware Trust Company, National Association, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd., Wachovia Bank, National Association, Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association, Wachovia Trust Company of California. 20060277............................. Avnet, Inc............. Calence, LLC........... Calence, LLC. 20060279............................. General Atlantic
NYMEX Holdings, Inc.... NYMEX Holdings, Inc. Partners 82, L.P..
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/09/2005
20060253............................. Goense Bounds &
Frank Scardino......... Capital Drywall, Inc. Partners A, L.P.. 20060254............................. Goense Bounds &
James R. Gates and Capital Drywall, Inc. Partners A, L.P..
Angela Gates. 20060282............................. Aetna Inc.............. Express Scripts, Inc... Aetna Specialty Pharmacy, LLC. 20060285............................. Merrill Corporation.... WordWave, Inc.......... WordWave, Inc.
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20060286............................. Franz Haniel & Cie. George Mosher.......... Alfax Wholesale GmbH.
Furniture, Inc., National Business Furniture, Inc., Officefurniture.com, Inc. 20060288............................. Kelso Investment
Voting Trust 12/4/68 of Hallmark Entertainment, Associates VII, L.P.. v/s of Hallmark Cards, LLC. Incorporated. 20060303............................. Gores ENT Holdings, Enterasys Networks, Enterasys Networks, Inc..
Inc..
Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/12/2005
20060231............................. Agrium Inc............. Royster-Clark Ltd...... Royster-Clark Ltd. 20060250............................. Novartis AG............ Abbott Laboratories.... TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. 20060251............................. Novartis AG............ Takeda Pharmaceuticals TAP Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.
Products, Inc. 20060255............................. Legg Mason Investment Syntroleum Corporation. Syntroleum Corporation. Trust, Inc.. 20060257............................. Intel Corporation...... Micron Technology, Inc. Micron Technology, Inc. 20060271............................. Deutsche Bahn AG....... The Brink's Company.... BAX Global Inc. 20060300............................. CSK Auto Corporation... J.W. Childs Equity Murray's Discount Auto Partners III, L.P.. Stores. 20060301............................. Macquarie Bank Limited. The Mallah
TMO Parent LLC. Organizations, Inc.. 20060306............................. D.E. Shaw Composite KRG Capital Fund II, Aspen Marketing International Fund. L.P..
Holdings, Inc. 20060314............................. Tate & Lyle PLC........ Continental Custom Continental Custom Ingredients, Inc.. Ingredients, Inc. 20060315............................. DC Chemical Co., Ltd... Phelps Dodge
Columbia Chemical Corporation.
Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/13/2005
20060276............................. Anheuser-Busch
Merian Credit Union.... Merian Credit Union. Employees' Credit Union. 20060287............................. Cortec Group Fund III, Linsalata Capital
Snyder Acquisition L.P..
Partners Fund III, Corporation. L.P.. 20060294............................. Garda World Security SPX Corporation........ Vance International, Corporation.
Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/14/2005
20060280............................. The George B. Horne Evan J. Segal.......... Dormont Manufacturing Voting Trust.
Company, Dormont Realty Partners LLC. 200602894............................ MKS Instruments, Inc... TWCP, L.P.............. Ion Systems, Inc. 20060295............................. Marathon Fund Limited Westlake Hardware, Inc. Westlake Hardware, Inc. Partnership V. 20060297............................. SAP AG................. KhiMetrics, Inc........ KhiMetrics, Inc. 20060305............................. Dycom Industries, Inc.. The Berwind Company LLC Prince Telecom Holdings, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/16/2005
20060260............................. Hoshizaki Electric Lancer Corporation..... Lancer Corporation. Company, Ltd.. 20060291............................. Reckitt Benckiser PLC.. Boots Group PLC........ BHI Holdings (BHI) Limited, Boots Healthcare Deutschland GmbH, The Boots Company plc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/19/2005
20060261............................. The TriZetto Group, CareKey, Inc........... CareKey, Inc. Inc.. 20060273............................. Finmeccanica S.p.A..... Textron Inc............ Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company LLC. 20060304............................. Western Forest Products Partners Limited....... Cascadia Forest Inc..
Products Ltd. 20060316............................. A.B.C. Learning Centres Benjamin R. Jacobson... Learning Care Group, Limited.
Inc. 20060317............................. Christopher M. Jeffries The Sports Club
Pontius Realty, Inc., Company, Inc..
SF Sports Club, Inc., Talla New York, Inc., Washington D.C. Sports Club, Inc. 20060319............................. Spring Nextel
Alamosa Holdings, Inc.. Alamosa Holdings, Inc. Corporation. 20060323............................. Archer-Daniels-Midland Mellon Financial
Mellon Financial Corp. Company.
Corporation.
4. 20060325............................. Gray Television, Inc... University of Notre Michiana Telecasting Dame du Lac.
Corp. 20060336............................. MHM Holdings GmbH...... Bilakhia Holdings
Micro Inks Limited. Private Limited.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/20/2005
20060308............................. Roche Holding Ltd...... BioCryst
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 20060326............................. Bank of America
Precision Camera & Precision Camera & Corporation.
Video Repair, Inc.. Video Repair, Inc. 20060332............................. Saurer AG.............. Fairfield Manufacturing Fairfield Manufacturing Company, Inc..
Company, Inc. 20060333............................. Brazos Electric Power Dean Vanech............ Ponderosa Pine Energy Cooperative, Inc.
Partners, Ltd.
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20060338............................. MarineMax, Inc......... Cecil Van Tuyl......... Lake Port Marine, Inc., Port Arrowhead, Inc., Port Arrowhead Marine, Inc.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/21/2005
20060327............................. OCM/GFI Power
GT Equipment
GT Equipment Opportunities Fund II, Technologies, Inc.. Technologies, Inc. L.P..
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/22/2005
20060565............................. Sierra Pacific
Pinnacle West Capital GenWest, LLC. Resources.
Corporation. 20060263............................. Wyeth.................. Trubion
Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 20060346............................. Embridge Inc........... BP P.L.C............... Olympic Pipe Line Company.
Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/23/2005
20060335............................. Richard L. Scott....... Secure Computing
Secure Computing Corporations.
Corporations. 20060345............................. Danaher Corporation.... Visual Networks, Inc... Visual Networks, Inc. 20060347............................. Yell Group PLC......... James W. Clarke, Sr.... Clarke Directory Publications, Inc. 20060349............................. PMC-Sierra, Inc........ Bali Investments
Avago Technologies S.a.r.l..
Storage (U.S.A.) Inc. 20060356............................. Brown & Brown, Inc..... Horace M. Johnson, Jr.. Axion Intermediaries, LLC. 20060359............................. Sprint Nextel
Velocita Holdings, LLC. Velocita Wireless Corporation.
Holding Corp. 20060361............................. The Related Company, Equinox Holdings, L.P.. Equinox Holdings, L.P. L.P.. 20060363............................. OCM/GFA Power
Equitable Resources Noresco Holdings, Inc. Opportunities Fund II, Inc.. L.P.. 20060366............................. Steel Dynamics, Inc.... Roanoke Electric Steel Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation.
Corporation. 20060377............................. Silver Lake Partners Serena Software, Inc... Serena Software, Inc. II, L.P..
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. 06-176 Filed 1-09-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6750-01-M
