Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations,

[Federal Register: September 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 181)]

[Notices]

[Page 53581-53584]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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--08/20/2007

20071881............. Mr. Ronny Pecik Springwater MWZ MWZ Holdings

Beteiligungs- S.a.r.l..

GmbH. 20071882............. Mag. Georg Springwater MWZ MWZ Stumpf.

Holdings

Beteiligungs- S.a.r.l..

GmbH. 20071921............. Hewlett-Packard Opsware Inc.... Opsware Inc. Company. 20071934............. Intel

EMC Corporation VMware, Inc. Corporation. 20071941............. Chrestview Ronald I.

FHC Health Partners, L.P. Dozeretz, M.D. Systems, Inc. 20071945............. Cisco Systems, EMC Corporation VMware, Inc. Inc. 20071947............. Gordon W. Ommen US BioEnergy US BioEnergy Corporation. Corporation. 20071957............. EMC Corporation BusinessEdge BusinessEdge Solutions Inc. Solutions Inc.

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20071961............. Concur

Jupiter

H-G Holdings, Technologies, Partners L.P. Inc. Inc. 20071974............. HBK Fund, L.P.. Blackstone ECC Montecito Communications Television Partners, L.P. License Corp. of Topeka, Montecito Television License Corp. of Wichita, SJL of Kansas Corp., Topeka Television Corp. 20071976............. Warburg Pincus Inspire

Inspire Private Equity Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical IX, L.P.

s, Inc.

s, Inc. 20071986............. Sector

Joseph D.

Unitek USA, Performance Kestenbaum. LLC. Fund, LP. 20071994............. Anil Ambani.... Yipes Holdings, Yipes Holdings, Inc.

Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/21/2007

20071931............. Waste

Dominick

BroadAcre Connections, DiVello.

Landfill, Inc.

Inc., U.S. Waste Industries, Inc. 20071932............. Waste

Victor DiVello. BroadAcre Connections,

Landfill, Inc.

Inc., U.S. Waste Industries, Inc. 20071968............. Wolseley plc... Davidson Pipe Davidson Pipe Company Inc. Company Inc. 20071972............. F5 Networks, Acopia

Acopia Inc.

Networks, Inc. Networks, Inc. 20071980............. Bank of America ABN AMRO

ABN AMRO North Corporation. Holdings N.V. America Holding Company.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/22/2007

20071346............. Rockwood

Elementis plc.. Elementis Holdings, Inc.

Holdings Ltd. 20071939............. Harold L.

W. Barry Milner Exploreco Rosbottom, Jr.

Energy, Inc., Exploreco Pipe LLC. 20071940............. Harold L.

Don K. Milner.. Exploreco Rosbottom, Jr.

Energy, Inc., Exploreco Pipe LLC. 20071942............. HTS Stiftung... Austria Metall Austria Metall Aktiengesellsc Aktiengesellsc haft.

haft.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/23/2007

20071853............. Carl C. Icahn.. Biogen Idec Inc Biogen Idec Inc. 20071854............. Ichan Partners Biogen Idec Inc Biogen Idec Master Fund LP.

Inc. 20071855............. Icahn Partners Biogen Idec Inc Biogen Idec Master Fund II

Inc. L.P. 20071856............. Icahn Partners Biogen Idec Inc Biogen Idec L.P.

Inc. 20071936............. BBA Aviation Landow Aviation Landow Aviation PLC.

Limited

Limited Partnership. Partnership. 20071943............. Citigroup Inc.. Ameriquest ACC Capital Capital

Holdings Corporation. Corporation, AMC Mortgage Services, Inc., Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Argent Mortgage Company LLC. 20071969............. IHOP Corp...... Applebee's Applebee's International, International, Inc.

Inc. 20071970............. Ristretto

Williams

Williams Holdings SCA. Scotsman

Scotsman International, International, Inc.

Inc. 20071981............. ZM Private EAC Holdings, Erickson Air- Equity Fund I, L.L.C.

Crane L.P.

Incorporated.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/24/2007

20071804............. Cenveo, Inc.... Ira B. Kristel. Commercial Envelope Manufacturing Co., Inc. 20071848............. Mr. Leonardo Jim H. Jannard. Oakley Inc. Del Vecchio. 20071891............. GS Global

Trust of Fred FRS Capital Infrastructure R. Smith and Corp. Partners I, Ouida M. Smith. L.P. 20071904............. Time Warner Inc Tacoda, Inc.... Tacoda, Inc. 20071935............. Veolia

Allied Waste Allied Environnement Industries, Services, LLC, S.A.

Inc.

Allied Waste Transportation , Inc., Awin Leasing, Inc., BFI Waste Services, LLC, Blue Ridge Landfill General Partnership, E Leasing Company, LLC, Golden Waste Disposal, Inc., H. Leasing Company, LLC, Local Sanitation of Rowen County, L.L.C., Packerton Land Company, L.L.C., Wayne County Landfill IL, Inc. 20071937............. Richard L. DHP Acquisition DESA Europe Duobossois. Corp.

B.V., DESA Heating, LLC, DESA Industries of Canada, Inc., DESA LLC, DESA, LLC, DESA Speacialty, LLC, DESA (UK) Limited, Heath Company Limited, HIG- DHP Barbados, Ltd. 20071952............. MMI

The Brink's The Brink's Investments, Company.

Company. L.P. 20071957............. Castlerigg Plains

Plains International Exploration & Exploration & Limited.

Production Production Company.

Company. 20071965............. Compagnie

Cooper Tire & Oliver Rubber Generale des Rubber Company. Company. Etablissements Michelin.

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Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/27/2007

20071641............. Ceradyne, Inc.. EaglePicher EaglePicher Corporation. Boron, LLC. 20071873............. Great Plains Aquila, Inc.... Aquila, Inc. Energy Incorporated. 20071919............. Black Hills Aquila, Inc.... Aquila, Inc. Corporation. 20071951............. Pella

EFCO

EFCO Corporation. Corporation. Corporation. 20071984............. AT&T Inc....... Deutsche

AT&T Mobility Telekom AG. LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc. 20071985............. Deutsche

AT&T Inc....... AT&T Mobility Telekom AG.

LLC. 20071989............. RoundTable Michael C. MarketLab, Inc. HealthCare Bieker. Partners II, L.P. 20071991............. Bain Capital American

American Fund IX, L.P. Standard

Standard Companies Inc. Philippines L.L.C., American Standard B&K Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., American Standard B&K (Thailand) Public Company Limited, American Standard Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., American Standard Foreign Trading Limited, American Standard Korea, Inc., American Standard Philippines II L.L.C., American Standard (U.K.) Co., A- S Thai Holdings Ltd., CAPP Holdings Limited, Ceramic Sanitaryware Pte. Ltd., Edwards Logistics Limited, Egyptian American Industrial Plastics Co., S.A.E., Ideal Standard Beteiligungus- GmbH, Ideal Standard Bulgaria AD, Ideal Standard do Brasil Industia e Comercio, Ideal Standard Equipamentos Sanitarios LDA., Ideal Standard Financial Services SPRL, Ideal Standard GmbH, Ideal Standard Group, S. de R.L. de C.V., Ideal Standard Holding Italia S.r.l., Ideal Standard Industries France SAS, Ideal Standard Polska Sp. Z.o.o., Ideal Standard Porcher (U.K.) Limited, Ideal Standard S.A.I., Ideal Standard Scandinavia A/ S, Ideal Standard S.L.U., Ideal Standard s.r.o, Ideal Standard (Thailand) Ltd., Ideal Standard Verwaltungs GmbH, Ideal Standard- Vidima AD, Jado Iberia- Produtos Metalurgicos, S.A., PT American Standard Indonesia, SAU Corp., SCI Saint Didier, Sorosa, Venborgh Holding B.V., Wabco Standard French Holdings SAS, Wabco Wedneday Ltd. 20071996............. Perot Systems J.J. Wild

J.J. Wild Corporation. Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc. 20071997............. Security

2003 Dynamic Rydex Holdings, Benefit Mutual Irrevocable Inc. Holding

Trust. Company. 20071998............. Security

The Skip Viragh Investment Benefit Mutual Foundation, Capital Holding

Inc.

Technologies, Company.

LLC. 20072000............. The Bear

Deb Shops, Inc. Deb Shops, Inc. Stearns Companies Inc. 20072001............. Schneider

Davis McDonald. Pelco. Electric SA. 20072002............. International Princeton

Princeton Business

Softech, Inc. Softech, Inc. Machines Corporation. 20072003............. Sageview

Sally Beauty Sally Beauty Capital

Holdings, Inc. Holdings, Inc. Master, L.P. 20072004............. General

NRDC Equity Lord & Taylor Electric

Partners Fund LLC. Company.

III, LLC. 20072005............. Andrew Intrater Ares Corporate White Energy, Opportunities Inc. Fund II, L.P. 20072006............. TCV VI, L.P.... TradingScreen TradingScreen Inc.

Inc. 20072007............. Merck & Co., ev3 Inc........ ev3 Inc. Inc. 20072010............. Swedish Match Cigars

Cigars AB.

International International Holding

Holding Company, Inc. Company, Inc. 20072017............. Leandro P. Allegro Mfg. Allegro Mfg. Rizzuto.

Inc.

Inc. 20072020............. GSI Commerce, J. Michael Accretive Inc.

Cline.

Commerce, Inc. 20072021............. Azim H. Premji. Infocrossing, Infocrossing, Inc.

Inc. 20072023............. Koch

Smurfit-Stone Smurfit-Stone Industries, Container

Container Inc.

Corporation. Corporation.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/28/2007

20071993............. Highland

PDL BioPharma, PDL BioPharma, Crusader Fund Inc.

Inc. II, Ltd. 20072016............. News

Dow Jones & Dow Jones & Corporation. Company, Inc. Company, Inc.

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Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/29/2007

20071983............. Sageview

WENDEL

WENDEL Capital

Investissement. Investissement Master, L.P.

.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/30/2007

20071913............. Star Atlantic American

ADStar Waste Waste

International Holdings Corp. Holdings, L.P. Group, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination--08/31/2007

20071916............. MFG HOLDINGS SA DSI

DSI Holdings International GmbH. Sarl. 20071944............. Ram Holdings United Rentals, United Rentals, Company, LLC. Inc.

Inc 20071964............. Amedisys, Inc.. IntegriCare, IntegriCare, Inc.

Inc. 20071978............. Hejoassu

The Brian

American Administracao Mahoney 2007 Gunite, Inc., S.A.

Grantor

American Retained

Gunite Annuity Trust. Management Co., Inc., Champion Truck Leasing, Inc., Prestige Gunite, Inc., Prestige Gunite Management Company, North Carolina, Inc., Prestige Gunite-NC, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ft. Myers, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ft. Pierce, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Melbourne, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ocala, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Orlando, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Ormond Beach, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Pt. Charlotte, Inc., Prestige Gunite of Tampa, Inc., Prestige Gunite of West Palm Beach, Inc., Prestige Gunite Management Company South, Inc., Prestige Mobile Concrete, Inc., Prestige Mobile Concrete of Orlando, Inc. 20071979............. Hejoassu

Mr. Beat Kahli. K&M Properties Administracao

of Florida, S.A.

LLC, K&M Properties of North Carolina, LLC, Prestige AB Block of Ft. Pierce, LLC, Prestige AB Block Plant, LLC, Prestige/ AB Management Co., LLC, Prestige AB Management Co. of North Carolina, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of Alafaya, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of Davenport, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of Daytona, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of Ft. Pierce, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of Greensboro, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of Kissimmee, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of Melbourne, LLC, Prestige/ AB Ready Mix of North Carolina, LLC, Prestige/AB Ready Mix of Winston-Salem, LLC. 20071995............. Castlerigg Sybase, Inc.... Sybase, Inc. International Limited. 20072011............. Strength

Charles I. Smith Mountain Capital

Lunsford.

Industries, Partners II,

Inc. L.P. 20072012............. Strength

Harren

Smith Mountain Capital

Investors, L.P. Industries, Partners II,

Inc. L.P. 20072024............. Spartech

Mason Wells Creative Corporation. Leveraged

Forming, Inc. Buyout Fund I, LP. 20072029............. Ulysses L. Brinker

Brinker Bridgeman, Jr. International, Indiana, Inc., Inc.

Brinker Ohio, Inc., Brinker Restaurant Corporation, Chili's of Minnesota, Inc. 20072033............. DXP

Dennis P. Circo Precision Enterprises,

Industries, Inc.

Inc. 20072034............. Citrix Systems, XenSource, Inc. XenSource, Inc. Inc. 20072036............. KeyCorp........ Tuition

Tuition Management Management Systems, Inc. Systems, Inc. 20072038............. Informa plc.... William Cohen.. The Haworth Press, Inc. 20072041............. RCN Corporation NEON

NEON Communications Communications Group, Inc. Group, Inc. 20072048............. Capital One Oak Investment NetSpend Financial

Partners X, Holdings, Inc. Corporation. 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. 07-4619 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]

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