Premerger notification Waiting Periods; Early Terminations
Federal Register: February 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 38)
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.
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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--01/14/2008
20080479........... Amazon.com, Inc. Bill Me Later,
Bill Me Later,
Inc.
Inc. 20080494........... Duke Energy
Saluda River
Saluda River
Corporation.
Electric
Electric
Cooperative,
Cooperative,
Inc.
Inc. 20080569........... CML Healthcare
ARS Holding, Inc ARS Holding
Income Fund.
Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/15/2008
20080462........... Ms. Esther
Siemens
Hydrocarbon
Koplowitz
Aktiengesellsch Recovery
Romero de Juseu. aft.
Services, Inc.
International
Petroleum
Corp. of
Delaware. 20080469........... Teradyne, Inc... Nextest Systems Nextest Systems
Corporation.
Corporation. 20080552........... Providence
William L.
AGT
Equity Partners Adamany.
Enterprises,
IV L.P.
Inc.
Star-Iowa, LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/16/2008
20080470........... Eisai Co., Ltd.. MGI Pharma, Inc. MGI Pharma,
Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/17/2008
20080495........... KASLION S.a.r.L. Atlantic Bridge GloNav Inc.
Ventures
Holdings
Limited. 20080519........... Appolo
GA Industries,
GA Industries,
Investment Fund Inc.
Inc.
VI, L.P. 20080586........... Pfizer Inc...... The Biotech
CovX Research
Settlement.
LLC.
CovX
Technologies
Ireland
Limited.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/18/2008
20080537........... Financiere
Flash
Flash
Asteel S.A..
Electronics
Electronics
International.
Holding. 20080564........... Eli Lilly and
BioMS Medical
BioMS Medical
Company.
Corp.
Corp. 20080587........... Alfa Mutual
Alfa Corporation Alfa
Insurance
Corporation.
Company. 20080588........... Alfa Mutual Fire Alfa Corporation Alfa
Insurance
Corporation.
Company. 20080590........... Long Point
Avadhesh and
UMS
Capital Fund,
Umarani Agarwal. Enterprises,
II, L.P.
Inc. 20080598........... Gryphon Partners Accelerated
Accelerated
III, L.P.
Health Systems, Health
LLC.
Systems, LLC. 20080606........... Lake Capital
Gary L. Fish.... FishNet
Partners II LP.
Security
Holdings, Inc. 20080608........... Epicor Software NSB Retail
NSB Retail
Corporation.
Systems PLC.
Systems PLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/22/2008
20080522........... JANA Offshore
CNET Networks,
CNET Networks,
Partners, Ltd.
Inc.
Inc. 20080563........... WuXi Pharma Tech AppTec
AppTec
(Cayman) Inc.
Laboratory
Laboratory
Services, Inc.
Services, Inc. 20080568........... BlueScope Steel San Faustin N.V. Imsa Steel
Ltd.
Corp. 20080591........... IFM
Consolidated
CED Generation
Infrastructure
Edison, Inc.
Holding
Funds.
Company, LLC.
CED Rock
Springs, LLC.
Consolidated
Edison Energy.
Massachusetts,
LLC.
Newington
Energy, LLC.
Ocean Peaking
Power, LLC. 20080595........... Murat Ulker..... Campbell Soup
Godiva
Company.
Chocolatier,
Inc. 20080597........... Oak Hill Capital News Corporation Fox Television
Partners III,
Stations, Inc.
L.P.
New World
Communications of Kansas
City, Inc. 20080602........... Oracle
Precision
Precision
Healthcare
Therapeutics,
Therapeutics,
Acquisition
Inc.
Inc.
Corp. 20080611........... Linn Energy, LLC Gary W. and
Lamamco
Constance S.
Drilling
Lewis.
Company. 20080612........... Linn Energy, LLC Stanley J. and
Lamamco
Sabrina L.
Drilling
Miller.
Company.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/23/2008
20080609........... Intuit Inc...... Electronic
Electronic
Clearing House, Clearing
Inc.
House, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/24/2008
20080576........... American
Horizon Global
Horizon Global
Securities
Technology, Inc. Technology,
Partners IV,
Inc.
L.P. 20080578........... MHR
Leap Wireless
Leap Wireless
Institutional
International,
International,
Partners III LP. Inc.
Inc. 20080582........... Owl Creek
Leap Wireless
Leap Wireless
Overseas Fund,
International,
International,
Ltd.
Inc.
Inc. 20080600........... Jose Maria
Inova
Inova
Rubiralta.
Diagnostics,
Diagnostics,
Inc.
Inc. 20080603........... Quik-Way Retail Royal Dutch
Motiva
Associates
Shell plc.
Enterprises
Holdings II,
LLC.
Ltd.
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20080604........... Quik-Way Retail Aramco Services Motiva
Associates
Company.
Enterprises
Holdings II,
LLC.
Ltd. 20080625........... Rock-Tenn
Steven Grossman. Southern
Company.
Container
Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/25/2008
20080571........... Leucadia
AmeriCredit Corp AmeriCredit
National
Corp.
Corporation. 20080580........... Brush Engineered Techni-Met, Inc. Techni-Met,
Materials, Inc.
Inc. 20080607........... U.S. Bancorp.... Gray M. Eng..... Southern
DataComm, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/28/2008
20080561........... Ralcorp
Kraft Foods Inc. Cable Holco,
Holdings, Inc.
Inc. 20080584........... Georg Fischer AG Phillip M.
Central
Pourchot.
Plastics
Company. 20080585........... Georg Fischer AG Robert L.
Central
Pourchot.
Plastics
Company. 20080592........... Castlerigg
CNET Networks,
CNET Networks,
International
Inc.
Inc.
Limited. 20080632........... Hudson Group
Robert B. Cohen. Airport
Holdings, Inc.
Management
Services LLC.
Hudson News
Company.
Hudson Retail
Dallas LP.
Hudson Retail
Neu LaGuardia
LP. 20080643........... A.B.C. Learning Richard Sodja... CA-III, LLC.
Centres Limited.
Capital
Academic, LLC.
T.T. McKellips,
LLC. 20080644........... A.B.C. Learning Cheryl L. Sodja. CA-III, LLC.
Centres Limited.
Capital
Academic, LLC.
T.T. McKellips,
LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/29/2008
20080618........... HMTBP Holdings
Robert W. Block, Paragon Tank
Inc.
III and Nancy
and Equipment,
Block.
Inc.
Pasadena Tank
Corporation. 20080635........... The AES
Natural Gas
Mountain View
Corporation.
Partners VIII,
Power
L.P.
Partners, LLC. 20080638........... The Crawford
Steward
Steward
Group, Inc.
Ventures, Inc.
Ventures, Inc. 20080651........... Bourse de
Boston Options
Boston Options
Montreal, Inc.
Exchange Group, Exchange
LLC.
Group, LLC. 20080657........... Munchener
Aon Corporation. Olympic Health
Ruckversicherun
Management gs-Gesellschaft.
Systems, Inc.
Sterling Life
Insurance
Company. 20080662........... Windjammer
American Capital Pasternack
Senior Equity
Strategies, Ltd. Holdings, Inc.
Fund III, L.P.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/30/2008
20080596........... Harbinger
The New York
The New York
Capital
Times Company.
Times Company.
Partners
Offshore Fund
I, Ltd. 20080599........... Koninklijke
Respironics, Inc Respironics,
Phillips
Inc.
Electronics N.V. 20080601........... Genzyne
Isis
Isis
Corporation.
Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical
, Inc.
s, Inc. 20080622........... DTE Energy
Shenango
Shenango
Company.
Incorporated.
Incorporated. 20080628........... SemGroup Energy SemGroup, L.P... SemMaterials
Partners, L.P.
Energy
Partners,
L.L.C. 20080634........... Sun Capital
Kellwood Company Kellwood
Partners V, L.P.
Company. 20080641........... ArcLight Energy Robert E. Parker R.E. Parker
Partners Fund
Equipment, Co.
III, L.P.
Repcon, Inc.
Repcon
International
Inc.
Repcon
Properties,
LLC.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--01/31/2008
20080629........... Ingersoll-Rand
Trane Inc....... Trane Inc.
Company Limited. 20080636........... ETIRC Aviation, Eclipse Aviation Eclipse
S.a.r.l..
Corporation.
Aviation
Corporation.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/01/2008
20080575........... Cobham plc...... BAE Systems plc. BAE Systems
Information &
Electronic
Systems
Integration
Inc. 20080639........... Kirk Kerkorian.. Delta Petroleum Delta Petroleum
Corporation.
Corporation. 20080647........... EMCORE
Intel
Intel
Corporation.
Corporation.
Corporation. 20080661........... ACE Limited..... Aon Corporation. Combined
Insurance
Company of
America. 20080664........... AmTrust
Unitrin, Inc.... Milwaukee
Financial
Casualty
Services, Inc.
Insurance Co.
Security
National
Insurance
Company.
Trinity Lloyd's
Corporation.
Trinity Lloyd's
Insurance
Company.
Trinity
Universal
Insuance
Company of
Kansas, Inc. 20080665........... Elisabeth
Ben Silverman... Ben Silverman
Murdoch.
Productions
LLC.
Reveille, LLC.
Reveille Motion
Pictures, LLC.
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20080671........... Kenan Advantage John V. Crowe
Transport
Group Holdings
III.
Service Co.
Corp. 20080675........... ConAgra Foods,
Donald R. Watts. Watts Brothers
Inc.
Farming, LLC.
Watts Brothers
Farms, LLC.
Watts Brothers
Fertilizer,
Inc. 20080676........... E Com Ventures, Model Reorg, Inc Model Reorg.,
Inc.
Inc. 20080678........... North American
David J. and
Deep South
Insurance
Teresa Disiere. Holding, L.P.
Leaders, Inc.. 20080685........... GSI Commerce,
e-Dialog, Inc... e-Dialog, Inc.
Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/04/2008
20080579........... Husky Energy Inc Toledo Refinery Toledo Refinery
LLC.
LLC. 20080593........... E. Merck OGH.... Idera
Idera
Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical
, Inc.
s, Inc. 20080659........... UnitedHealth
Three Rivers
Three Rivers
Group
Holdings, Inc.
Holdings, Inc.
Incorporated. 20080666........... Marc S. Hermelin Hologic, Inc.... Cytyc Prenatal
Products Corp.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/05/2008
20080645........... The Goldman
Total System
Total System
Sachs Group,
Services, Inc.
Services, Inc.
Inc.. 20080654........... Owl Creek
MetroPCS
MetroPCS
Overseas Fund,
Communications, Communications
Ltd.
Inc.
, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/06/2008
20080637........... Owl Creek
Foundation Coal Foundation Coal
Overseas Fund,
Holdings, Inc.
Holdings, Inc.
Ltd.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/07/2008
20080621........... Siemens
Morgan
Morgan
Aktiengesellsch Construction
Construction aft.
Company Voting
Company.
Trust. 20080623........... Cooper
MTL Instruments MTL Instruments
Industries, Ltd. Group plc.
Group plc. 20080673........... Sun
MySQL AB........ MySQL AB.
Microsystems,
Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/11/2008
20080073........... Carmeuse Holding Oglebay Norton
Oglebay Norton
S.A..
Company.
Company. 20080694........... Diageo plc...... Ronsenblum
Ronsenblum
Cellars, Inc..
Cellars, Inc. 20080701........... Axcel III K/S 2. Pandora Jewelry Pandora Jewely
America ApS.
america ApS. 20080702........... Saputo Inc...... Alto Dairy
Alto Dairy
Cooperative.
Cooperative. 20080716........... Arsenal Capital Charter
Charter
Partners
Brokerage
Brokerage
Qualified
Holdings, LLC.
Holdings, LLC.
Purchaser II LP. 20080718........... Vestar Capital
American
c/o American
Partners, V,
Securities
Securities
L.P.
Partners III,
Capital
L.P.
Partners, LLC.
PGA HOLDINGS,
INC. 20080720........... Wilmington Trust George & Renee
AST Capital
Corporation.
Karfunkel.
Trust Company of Delaware. 20080721........... Bain Capital
Bright Horizons Bright Horizons
Fund X, L.P.
Family
Family
Solutions, Inc. Solutions,
Inc. 20080723........... Wilmington Trust Michael
AST Capital
Corporation.
Karfunkel &
Trust Company
Leah Karfunkel. of Delaware.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/12/2008
20080653........... Bayside
HD Supply, Inc.. Williams Bros.
Opportunity
Lumber Co.,
Fund, L.P.
LLC. 20080689........... Edward J. Ivy
Commercial
Auto-C, LLC. and Kimberly H. Markets Holdco,
Cohen.
Inc.
JohnsonDiversey
, Inc.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/13/2008
20080452........... M & F Worldwide Pearson plc..... Newco LLC.
Corp. 20080686........... Blum Strategic
CB Richard Ellis CB Richard
Partners IV,
Group, Inc.
Ellis Group,
L.P.
Inc. 20080715........... The Timken
Charles K.
Boring
Company.
Elder, III.
Specialties,
Inc. 20080717........... Pace Micro
Koninklijkle
Philips Home
Technology PLC. Philips
Networks
Electronics N.V. France S.A.S.
TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--02/15/2008
20080726........... Teva
CoGenesys, Inc.. CoGenesys, Inc.
Pharmaceuticals
Industries Ltd.
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. 08-832 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am
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