Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,
[Federal Register: February 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 29)]
[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. 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 7 A(b )(2) of the Act permits the agencies, in individual cases, to terminate this
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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--01/23/2007
20070377........... Northrop Grumman Essex
Essex Corporation. Corporation. Corporation. 20070522........... Wintergames Oak Hill Capital Steamboat Ski & Holdings SARL. Partners, L.P. Resort Corporation. 20070574........... On Assignment, Oxford Global Oxford Global Inc.
Resources, Inc. Resources, Inc. 20070594........... QBE Insurance HDI
Praetorian Group Limited. Haftpflichtverb Financial and der
Group, Inc. Deutschen Industrie VaG. 20070600........... Cisco Systems, IronPort
ironPort Inc.
Systems, Inc. Systems, Inc. 20070602........... American
NEP, Inc........ NEP, Inc. Securities Partners IV, L.P. 20070604........... Elder Health, Health Partners Health Partners Inc.
of
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Inc.
Inc. 20070616........... Ripplewood
Ripplewood
WRC Media, Inc. Partners II, Partners, L.P. L.P. 20070620........... D.E. Shaw
Foamex
Foamex Composite
International, International, International Inc.
Inc. Fund. 20070621........... The Goldman Foamex
Foamex Sachs Group, International, International, Inc.
Inc.
Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/24/2007
20070539........... American Capital Explorer
CITGO Pipeline Strategies, Ltd. Pipeline
Holding I, Company, Inc. LLC. 20070561........... Seminole Hard The Rank Group Rank America, Rock
Plc.
Inc. Entertainment,
Rank Group Inc.
Holdings Limited. Rank Holding Espana SA. Rank Holdings (France) SA. Rank Holdings (Germany) GmbH. Rank Holdings (Netherlands) BV. Rank Leisure Holdings Limited. Rank Overseas Holdings Limited. Rank (UK) Holdings Limited. 20070571........... KAR Holdings II, ADESA, Inc...... ADESA, Inc. LLC. 20070591........... Macquarie
David G. Price.. Aviation Infrastructure
Contract Company Trust.
Services, Inc. Superman of Stewart, LLC. Supermarine Aviation, Limited. Supermarine Investors, Inc. Supermarine of Santa Monica, a California Limited Partnership. Supermarine of Stewart, LLC. 2070592............ Macquarie
Dallas Price-Van Aviation Infrastructure Breda.
Contract Company Trust.
Services, Inc. Supermarine Aviation, Limited. Supermarine Investors, Inc. Supermarine of Santa Monica, a California Ltd. Partnership. Supermarine of Stewart, LLC. 20070603........... BG Group plc.... Lake Road
Lake Road Holding
Generating Company, LLC. Company, LP. 20080605........... Arlington
Michael W. Major Cambridge Major Capital
Laboratories, Partners II,
Inc. L.P. 20070613........... Airline Partners Qantas Airways Qantas Airways Australia Fund. Limited.
Limited.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/25/2007
20070390........... Knight Holdco Kinder Morgan, Kinder Morgan, LLC.
Inc.
Inc. 20070578........... KGen Power
MatlinPatterson KGen Partners Corporation. Global
LLC. Opportunities Partners II, L.P. 20070584........... Mittal Steel Julio Cesar BSRM Holdings, Company N.V. Villarreal
Inc. Guajardo. Servicios Operativos del Centro, S.A. de C.V. Siderurgica Lazaro Cardenas las Truchas, S.A. de C.V. V.I. Holding, Inc. 20070589........... MPBP Holdings Three Cities Cohr Holdings, Inc..
Offshore II, Inc. C.V.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/26/2007
20070555........... Kennametal Inc.. Federal Signal Clapp Dico Corporation. Corporation. Manchester Tool Company. On Time Machining Company. 20070562........... Schering-Plough ALK-Abello A/S.. ALK-Abello A/S. Corporation. 20070565........... Bridgestone Bandag,
Bandag, Corporation. Incorporated. Incorporated. 20070590........... Jolly Roger Hilton Hotels Hilton Hotels Offshore Fund, Corporation. Corporation. LTD.
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TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/30/2007
20070587........... Berkshire
Paul E. Andrews, CJE, Inc. Hathaway, Inc. Jr..
Mouser Electronics, Inc. TTI, Inc. 20070628........... Stifel Financial BFC Financial Ryan Beck Corp.
Corporation. Holdings, Inc. 20070629........... BFC Financial Stifel Financial Stifel Corporation. Corp.
Financial Corp. 20070633........... Oak Hill Capital The New York KAUT-TV, LLC. Partners II, Times Company. New York Times L.P.
Management Services. NYT Broadcast Holdings, LLC. NYT Holdings, Inc. 20070644........... Quadrangle
Integrated Alarm Integrated Capital
Services Group, Alarm Services Partners LP. Inc.
Group, Inc. 20070646........... Bucyrus
RAG
DBT GmbH. International, Akiengesellscha Inc.
ft. 20070647........... Gryphon Partners Norm Daniels.... G.I. Joe's, III, L.P.
Inc. 20070648........... Welsh, Carson, United Surgical United Surgical Anderson &
Partners
Partners Stowe X, L.P. International, International, Inc.
Inc. 20070649........... Brockway Moran & Odyssey
TSEI Holdings, Partners Fund Investment
Inc. II, L.P.
Partners Fund, L.P. 20070652........... Basic Energy JetStar
JetStar Services, Inc. Consolidated Consolidated Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc. 20070656........... EXCO Resources, Anadarko
Anadarko Inc.
Petroleum
Gathering Corporation. Company.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/31/2007
20070607........... The Goldman He Xiangjian.... GuangDong Midea Sachs Group,
Electric Inc.
Appliances Co., Ltd. Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. Media Industrial City, Shunde, Foshan. 20070609........... FR XI Offshore Brand Holdings, Brand Energy & AIV., L.P.
LLC.
Infrastructure Services, Inc. 20070625........... Nucor
Harris Steel Harris Steel Corporation. Group, Inc. Group, Inc. 20070626........... WLR Recovery WLR Recovery BST US Fund II, L.P. Fund III, L.P. Holdings, Inc. 20070640........... Financiere
Lafarge, S.A.... Clay Tiles Daunou 12.
Holdings Inc. Lafarge Roofing Holdings Inc. MonierLifetile LLC. Tile Service Company LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/02/2007
20070381........... Jefferson Health Riddle Health Riddle Systems, Inc. System.
Healthcare Associates. Riddle Health Care Services. Riddle Memorial Hospital. Riddle System Services. RMH Physician Services. 20070569........... Harsco
William Blair Excell Corpration. Mezzanine
Materials, Capital Fund Inc. III, L.P. 20070608........... Welsh, Carson, Spectrum Equity CBD Investor, Anderson &
Investors IV, Inc. Stowe X, L.P. L.P. CBD Media, LLC. c/o CBD Investor, Inc. 20070653........... Advent OXO
Celanese
Celanese (Cayman)
Corporation. Chemicals Limited.
Europe GmbH. Celanese Ltd. European Oxo Chemicals GmbH. Infraserv GmbH & Co. Ticona Polymers, Inc. 20070658........... Warburg Pincus Dominion
Armstrong Equity IX, L.P. Resources, Inc. Energy Limited Partnership, LLP. Dominion Armstrong Services Company, Inc. Dominion Pleasants Services Company, Inc. Dominion Troy Services Company, Inc. Pleasants Energy, LLC. Troy Energy, LLC. 20070659........... Time Warner, Inc Sci
Sci Entertainment Entertainment Group Plc.
Group Plc. 20070661........... B.S.A........... Mozzarella
Mozzarella Fresca,
Fresca, Incorporated. Incorporated. 20070663........... Knology, Inc.... PrairieWave PrairieWave Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc. 20070667........... Macquarie Bank American
American Limited.
Consolidated Consolidated Media, L.P. Media, Inc. Valley Newspaper Holdings, L.P. 20070668........... Tinicum Capital Enesco Group, Enesco Group, Partners II, Inc.
Inc. L.P. 20070670........... Cenveo, Inc..... The Huron Fund PC Ink Corp. LP. 20070672........... Leucadia
Samer Tawfik.... Dialaround National
Enterprises, Corporation.
Inc. Phonecard Enterprises, Inc. STi Mobile, Inc. STi PCS, LLC.
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STi Phonecard, Inc. Telco Group, Inc. VOIP Enterprises Inc. 20070674........... GS Capital
USI Holdings USI Holdings Partners VI, Corporation. Corporation. L.P.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/05/2007
20070516........... GlaxoSmithKline Genmab A/S...... Genmab A/S. plc. 20070580........... Cenveo, Inc..... Cadmus
Cadmus Communications Communications Corporation. Corporation. 20070611........... Welsh, Carson, Windstream
Windstream Anderson &
Corporation. Regatta Stowe VIII, L.P.
Holdings. 20070612........... Welsh, Carson, Windstream
Windstream Anderson &
Corporation. Regatta Stowe IX, L.P.
Holdings. 20070654........... Roche Holding Seattle
Seattle Ltd.
Genetics, Inc. Genetics, Inc. 20070677........... Citigroup, Inc.. ABN AMRO Holding AAMBG N.V.
Reinsurance, Inc. ABN AMRO Mortgage Corporation. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. Mortgage Group Reinsurance, Ltd. 20070686........... 4363205 Canada, BCE, Inc........ Telesat Canada. Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/06/2007
20070639........... Intuit, Inc..... Electronic
Electronic Clearing House, Clearing Inc.
House, Inc. 20070689........... B&G Foods, Inc.. Altria Group, COWC Inc.
Acquisition Corp. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/07/2007
20070615........... eBay, Inc....... StubHub, Inc.... StubHub, Inc. 20070682........... Redpoint
BigBand
BigBand Ventures I, L.P. Networks, Inc. Networks, Inc. 20070685........... FIF III Liberty SureWest
SureWest Holdings LLC. Communications. Directories.
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. 07-633 Filed 2-12-07; 8:45 am]
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