Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: April 27, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 81)]

[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-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--03/26/2007

20070800.......... Tesoro

John J. Moller.. Palisades Gas Corporation.

and Wash, Inc., USA Gasoline Corporation, USA Petroleum Corporation, USA San Diego LLC.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/27/2007

20070802.......... Tesoro

Royal Dutch Equilon Corporation. Shell pic.

Enterprises LLC dba Shell Oil Products USA. 20070983.......... Campbell Timber Menasha Forest Menasha Forest Fund II, L.P. Products

Products Corporation. Corporation. 20070988.......... Trivest Fund Michael D.

Twin-Star III, L.P.

Horvitz.

International, Inc.

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20070989.......... Trivest Fund Mark Asofsky.... Twin-Star III, L.P.

International, Inc. 20070992.......... L'Oreal S.A..... Douglas J. Von Beauty Alliance, Allmen.

L.L.C.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/28/2007

20070915.......... Apollo

Mr. Jean-Charles Casino USA, Investment Fund Naouri.

Inc., Smart & VI, L.P.

Final Inc. 20070927.......... Catterton

Leggett & Platt, Crest-Foam Partners

Incorporated. Corp., LEGGETT, Comfort

L&P Financial Holding, L.P.

Services Co., L&P Property Management Company. 20070938.......... Deere & Company. LESCO, Inc...... LESCO, Inc. 20070959.......... JPMorgan Chase & ArvinMeritor, ArvinMeritor Co.

Inc.

Argentina S.A., ArvinMeritor Emissions Technologies Kft., ArvinMeritor Emissions Technologies SA (Proprietary) Limited, ArvinMeritor Emissions Technologies Spartansburg, Inc., ArvinMeritor ET B.V., ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems Parts (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (Yantai) Co., Ltd., Arvin Meritor Thailand, LLC, Arvin Veritor Emissions Technologies GmbH, Zeuna Starker Produzione Italia S.p.A.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/29/2007

20070905.......... KCPC Holdings, Central Parking Central Parking Inc.

Corporation. Corporation. 20070924.......... Trian Partners, Tiffany & Co.... Tiffany & Co. L.P. 20070925.......... Trian Star Trust Tiffany & Co.... Tiffany & Co. 20070934.......... Alon Israel Oil Skinny's Inc.... Skinny's Inc. Company, Ltd. 20070978.......... Brazos Equity Amy Anderson Ennis Paint, Fund II, L.P. Zicarelli.

Inc. 20070979.......... Brazos Equity John Anderson... Ennis Paint, Fund II, L.P.

Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--03/30/2007

20070880.......... Garda World Robert G. Irvin. ATI Systems Security

International, Corporation.

Inc. 20070937.......... Walgreen Co..... Familymeds

Arrow Group, Inc. Prescription Leasing Corp.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/02/2007

20070874.......... Odyssey

Diamond Castle NES Tank, L.P. Investment

Parners IV, L.P. Partners Fund III, LP. 20070964.......... CCG Investment Brian R. Kahn Veritek Fund, L.P.

and Lauren

Manufacturing Kahn, as

Services, LLC Tenants by the Entirety. 20070985.......... Telefonaktiebola TANDBERG

TANDBERG get LM Ericsson. Television ASA. Television ASA. 20070993.......... Francisco

FX Solutions LLC FX Solutions Partners II,

LLC. L.P. 20070994.......... Castlerigg

Madison Dearborn US Power International Capital Patners Generating Limited.

IV, L.P.

Company. 20070999.......... Vector Stealth SafeNet, Inc.... SafeNet, Inc. Holdings II, L.L.C. 20071000.......... Gibraltar

The Employee The Employee Industries, Inc. Ownership

Ownership Holding

Holding Company, Inc. Company, Inc. 20071001.......... Madison Dearborn The Topps

The Topps Capital

Company, Inc. Company, Inc. Partners V-A, L.P. 20071004.......... Lake Capital Cornerstone Vestor Partners II LP. Equity

Investment Investors IV, Holdings, Inc. L.P. 20071006.......... Rethmann AG & SHV Holdings N.V Euro-Scrap Co. KG.

Alliance B.V., SHV Recycling Germany GmbH, TSR Recycling Holding GmbH, TSR Recycling Verwaltung GmbH. 20071010.......... Pitney Bowes Maplinfo

Maplinfo Inc..

Corporation. Corporation. 20071011.......... Fenway Partners Rick An......... World Super Capital Fund

Services, Inc. III, L.P. 20071013.......... FIF III Liberty Helen K. Copley Copley Ohio Holdings LLC. Revocable Trust. Newspapers, Inc., The Peoria Journal Star, Inc. 20071016.......... OCM Prinicipal KKR 1996 GP LLC. Alliance Opportunities

Imaging, Inc. Fund IV, L.P. 20071019.......... Statoil ASA..... Norsk Hydro ASA. Norsk Hydro ASA. 20071022.......... KKR 2006 Fund Dollar General Dollar General L.P.

Corporation. Corporation. 20071023.......... The Investment Ford Motor

Aston Martin Dar Company Company.

Lagonda Group K.S.C.

Limited. 20071027.......... Summit Partners Willis Stein & National Private Equity Partners, L.P. Veterinary VII-A, L.P.P.

Associates Holdings, Inc. 20071033.......... Cortec Group The Hygenic The Hygenic Fund IV, L.P. Acquisition Co. Acquisition Co.

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20071036.......... Eisai Co., Ltd.. Morphotek, Inc.. Morphotek, Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/04/2007

20070901.......... M & F Worldwide John H. Harland John H. Harland Corp.

Company.

Company. 20071017.......... JetDirect

Sentient Jet, Sentient Jet, Aviation LLC. Inc.

Inc. 20071025.......... NC VI Limited... Brightpoint, Inc Brightpoint, Inc. 20071041.......... Olam

Queensland

Queensland International Cotton Holdings Cotton Holdings Limited.

Limited.

Limited.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/05/2007

20070987.......... Third Point PDL BioPharma, PDL BioPharma, Offshore Fund, Inc.

Inc. Ltd. 20071008.......... Global Partners ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil LP.

Corporation. Corporation. 20071021.......... The Marcus

Cinema

Cinema Corporation. Entertainment Entertainment Corporation. Corporation.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/06/2007

20070290.......... Cemex, S.A.B. de Rinker Group Rinker Group C.V.

Limited.

Limited. 20071018.......... Cisco Systems, WebEx

WebEx Inc.

Communications, Communications, Inc.

Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/09/2007

20071049.......... David and Gail Stephen A.

C&H Productions, Liniger.

Haselton.

Inc., RE/MAX of California & Hawaii Inc. 20071050.......... David and Gail Sidney K.

C&H Productions, Liniger.

Syvertson.

Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/10/2007

20070996.......... Jean-Claude Dendrite

Dendrite Labrune.

International, International, Inc.

Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/11/2007

20070958.......... Warburg Pincus CB Holdings, Inc CB Holdings, Private Equity

Inc. IX LP. 20071026.......... FairPoint

Northern New Northern New Communications, England Spinco England Spinco Inc.

Inc.

Inc. 20071032.......... Edwards UKCo 1 Linde AG........ BOC Edwards Limited.

Brasil Limitada, BOC Edwards Chemical Management Europe Limited, BOC Edwards GmbH, BOC Edwards HTC Limited, BOC Edwards, Inc., BOC Edwards Japan Limited, BOC Edwards Services s.r.o., BOC Edwards S.p.A., BOC Edwards, s.r.o., BOC Edwards Vacuum Engineering (Shanghai) Company Limited, BOC (Europe) Holdings Limited, BOC Technologies Sdn Bhd, BOC Technologies Singapore Pte Limited, BOC Trading (Shanghai Company Limited, Edwards High Vacuum International Limited, Edwards India Private Limited, Edwards Israel Vaccum Limited, Edwards SAS, Edwards Technologies Limited, Hibon International SA, Societe de Mecanique Magnetique SA, Songwon Edwards Limited. 20071035.......... Francisco

Aeroflex

Aeroflex Partners II, Incorporated. Incorporated. L.P. 20071038.......... Apollo

Claire's Stores, Claire's Stores, Investment Fund Inc.

Inc. VI, L.P. 20071046.......... City National Lydian Trust Newco, LLC. Corporation. Company. 20071048.......... Dayton-Cox Trust Discovery

Newco. A.

Holding Company. 20071051.......... JPMorgan Chase & Vertrue

Vertrue Co.

Incorporated. Incorporated. 20071053.......... Best Buy Co., Speakeasy, Inc.. Speakeasy, Inc. Inc. 20071054.......... JLL Partners Melrose PLC..... Linread Limited, Fund V, L.P.

Melrose US 3 LLC, Technical Airborne Components Limited. 20071057.......... Blackstone

PHH Corporation. Atrium Insurance Capital

Corporation, Partners V L.P.

Bishop's Gate Residential Mortgage Trust, Haddonfield Holding Corporation, PHH Broker Partner Corporation, PHH Mortgage Corporation, Speedy Title and Appraisal Review Services LLC. 20071059.......... Mitsui & Co., Steel

Steel Ltd.

Technologies Technologies Inc.

Inc. 20071060.......... Odewald &

IWKA

IWKA Packaging Compagnie GmbH Aktiengesellsch Vewaltungs & Co.

aft.

GmbH.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/12/2007

20070737.......... General Electric Smiths Group plc Smiths Aerospace Company.

Group Ltd.

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20071009.......... Microsoft

Tellme Networks, Tellme Networks, Corporation. Inc.

Inc.

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--04/13/2007

20070449.......... Actavis Group hf Alan P. Cohen... Abrika Pharmaceuticals , Inc. 20070980.......... Pentair, Inc.... Porous Media Porous Media Corporation. Corporation. 20070981.......... Pentair, Inc.... Porous Media Ltd Porous Media Ltd. 20071005.......... Umicore S.A./N.V Neptune......... Neptune.

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. 07-2073 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]

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