[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71057-71058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26938]


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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.

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           Trans                     Acquiring                 Acquired                 Entities
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/01/2004
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20050086.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Parthenon Investors II,  Spheris Inc.
                                        Equity VIII, L.P.        L.P.
20050097.............................  FS Equity Partners V,    Gregg Appliances Inc...  Gregg Appliances Inc.
                                        L.P.
20050103.............................  Sumner M. Redstone.....  Raul Alarcon, Jr.......  Spanish Broadcasting
                                                                                          System, Inc.
20050121.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Spheris Holding III,     Spheris Holding III,
                                        Equity VIII, L.P.        Inc.                     Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/03/2004
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20050090.............................  Takeda Pharmaceutical    BioNumerik               BioNumerik
                                        Company Limited.         Pharmaceuticals, Inc.    Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/03/2004
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20050050.............................  Henkel KGaA............  The Clorox Company.....  Splitco
20050051.............................  Cooper Cameron           Precision Castparts....  AOP Industries, Inc.,
                                        Corporation.                                      CW Valves Services
                                                                                          Co., Inc., PCC Flow
                                                                                          Technologies LP, PCC
                                                                                          Valves & Controls,
                                                                                          Inc.
20050081.............................  William Sauder.........  Riverside Forest         Riverside Forest
                                                                 Products Limited.        Products Limited.
20050094.............................  Wellspring Capital       The Stanley Works......  The Stanley Works.
                                        Partners III, LLP.
20050102.............................  Computershare Limited..  DST Systems, Inc.......  EquiServe, Inc.
20050108.............................  Computer Associates      Netegrity, Inc.........  Netegrity, Inc.
                                        International, Inc.

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20050117.............................  Estate of Ernest L.      Mr. Charles E. Pompea..  Primac Corp., Primary
                                        Samuel.                                           Steel, Inc., Primtech
                                                                                          LLC
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/04/2004
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20050020.............................  PacifiCare Health        American Medical         American Medical
                                        Systems, Inc.            Security Group, Inc.     Security Group, Inc.
20050039.............................  J. W. Childs Equity      Vestar Capital           Sheridan Holdings, Inc.
                                        Partners, III, L.P.      Partners, III, L.P.
20050069.............................  AFFC Holdings, Inc.....  BP p.l.c...............  Amoco Fabrics and
                                                                                          Fibers Company, BP
                                                                                          Corporation North
                                                                                          America Inc.
20050087.............................  ViroPharma Incorporated  Eli Lilly and Company..  Eli Lilly and Company.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/05/2004
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20050073.............................  Worley Group Limited...  Parsons Employee Stock   Parsons E&C Corporation
                                                                 Ownership Plan.
20050104.............................  Raul Alarcon, Jr.......  Sumner M. Redstone.....  Infinity Broadcasting
                                                                                          Corporation of San
                                                                                          Francisco
20050105.............................  CompuCredit Corporation  Dennis M. Mathisen.....  BANKFIRST.
20050114.............................  Atlantic Power           Teton Power Holdings,    Onondaga Cogeneration
                                        Corporation.             LLC.                     Limited Partnership,
                                                                                          Split Rock Holdings,
                                                                                          LLC, Topsham
                                                                                          Hydroelectric
                                                                                          Generating Facility.
20050115.............................  Atlantic Power           ArcLight Energy          Umatilla Power Funding,
                                        Corporation.             Partners Fund II, L.P.   LLC
20050122.............................  Cypress Merchant         Stone Canyon             Stone Canyon
                                        Banking Partners II      Entertainment Corp.      Entertainment Corp.
                                        L.P.
20050129.............................  Ryerson Tull, Inc......  Alcoa Inc..............  Integris Metals, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/08/2004
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20050113.............................  Southern Wine & Spirits  David Taub.............  Darmart Enterprises,
                                        of America, Inc.                                  Inc., Gallo Wines
                                                                                          Distributors, L.L.C. d/
                                                                                          b/a, Premier Wines &
                                                                                          Spirit, New York Depot
                                                                                          Distributing Co., LLC.
20050125.............................  United Online, Inc.....  Classmates Online, Inc.  Classmates Online, Inc.
20050126.............................  Warburg Pincus Private   Avicis, Inc............  Avicis, Inc.
                                        Equity VIII, L.P.
20050127.............................  World Directories        VNU N.V................  VNU World Directories
                                        S.a.r.l. (``WDS'').                               Inc.
20050128.............................  Ryerson Tull, Inc......  BHP Billiton Pic.......  Integris Metals, Inc.
20050130.............................  Rush Enterprises, Inc..  Jesse and Milo Kirk....  American Truck Source,
                                                                                          Inc.
20050131.............................  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.  Michael Hirtenstein....  WestCom Corporation
20050133.............................  Centene Corporation....  Swope Community          FirstGuard Health Plan,
                                                                 Enterprises.             Inc., FirstGuard, Inc.
20050134.............................  Auto Sueco, Lda........  Aktiebolaget Volvo.....  SABA Holding Company.
20050135.............................  CharterMac.............  Capri Realty Capital,    Capri Capital Limited
                                                                 LLC.                     Partnership
20050138.............................  KeyCorp................  American Express         American Express
                                                                 Company.                 Business Finance
                                                                                          Corporation
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--11/09/2004
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20050066.............................  Armor Holdings, Inc....  The Specialty Group,     The Specialty Group,
                                                                 Inc.                     Inc.
20050120.............................  Fuji Photo Film Co.,     Arch Chemicals, Inc....  Arch Chemical
                                        Ltd.                                              Specialties Products,
                                                                                          Inc., Arch Electronic
                                                                                          Chemicals, Inc., Arch
                                                                                          Specialty Chemicals,
                                                                                          Inc.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, Contact 
Representative, or Renee Hallman, Case Management Assistant, 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. 04-26938 Filed 12-7-04; 8:45 am]
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