[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76470-76472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27851]
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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 No. Acquiring Acquired Entities
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/15/2004
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20050145......................... Albert Frere............. Rosemore, Inc........... Crown Central Petroleum
Corporation
20050152......................... Leonard Riggio........... Barnes & Noble, Inc..... Barnes & Noble, Inc.
20050158......................... Seaport Capital Partners, Robert and Kathleen National Training
II, L.P. Titsch. Institute, Ltd.; Taurus
Publishing Inc.; Virgo
Publishing, Inc.
20050168......................... MBNA Corporation......... AmSouth Bancorporation.. AmSouth Bank.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/16/2004
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20050146......................... Baton Holdco I L.L.C..... H. Wayne Huizenga....... Boca Resorts, Inc.
20050160......................... Cruise Luxco 1 S.a.r.l... EQT II.................. Thule AB
20050161......................... Mitsui & Co., Ltd........ Cornerstone Nutritional Cornerstone Nutritional
Labs, L.C. Labs, L.C.
20050163......................... American Capital Lafayette Investment Hospitality Mints LLC
Strategies, Ltd. Parallel Fund, L.P.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/18/2004
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20050157......................... Odyssey Investment Ronald V. Valenta....... Portosan Company,
Partners Fund, L.P. L.L.C.; Redwood
Sanitary Services, Inc.
20050164......................... Thomas Weisel Capital Glenn W. Johnson III.... Aircast Incorporated.
Partners, L.P.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/19/2004
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20050101......................... Bayer A.G................ Robert Taub............. Opperbas Holdings B.V.
20050166......................... Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Charlesbank Equity Fund Regency Gas Services LLC
Equity Fund V, L.P. V, Limited Partnership.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/22/2004
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20050175......................... Wilh. Werhahn KG......... Mr. Dal LaMagna......... Tweezerman Corporation
20050178......................... Schering-Plough ViroPharma Incorporated. ViroPharma Incorporated.
Corporation.
20050179......................... Bayer AG................. Roche Holding Ltd....... Bayer-Roche LLC
20050181......................... Onex Partners LP......... Brockway Moran & BMP/CEI Holdings, Inc.
Partners, Inc.
20050182......................... Genstar Capital Partners Colfax Corporation...... Colfax Corporation.
III, L.P.
20050186......................... Les Domaines Barons de The Chalone Wine Group, The Chalone Wine Group,
Rothschild (Lafite) Ltd. Ltd.
S.C.A.
20050188......................... Platinum Equity Capital General Electric Company GE IT Solutions, Inc.
Partners, L.P.
20050206......................... Media/Communications Roy Mayers.............. Merrimack M&R Realty
Partners III Limited LLC; Options
Partnership. Publishing, Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/23/2004
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20050187......................... Questor Partners Fund II, Polar Corporation....... Polar Corporation.
L.P.
20050190......................... First Horizon National The Goldman Sachs Group, Spear, Leeds & Kellogg,
Corporation. Inc. L.P.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/24/2004
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20041154......................... Kenneth R. Thomson....... Information Holdings Inc Information Holdings
Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/26/2004
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20050212......................... Regis Corporation........ Hair Club Group Inc..... Hair Club Group Inc.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/29/2004
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20050211......................... Mr. Francisco Riberas MatlinPatterson Global Oxford Automotive
Pampliega. Opportunities Partners Alabama, Inc.; Oxford
L.P. Automotive, Inc.
20050219......................... BP p.l.c................. Salvay S.A.............. BP Solvay Olefins, L.P.;
BP Solvay Polyethylene
North America
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--11/30/2004
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20050192......................... Cajun Holding Company.... AFC Enterprises, Inc.... AFC Enterprises, Inc.
20050201......................... Asia Opportunity Fund, Futuris Corporation Ltd. Air International (US)
L.P. Inc.
20050207......................... AMERIGROUP Corporation... Careplus, LLC........... Careplus, LLC.
20050214......................... Thayer Equity Investors Wind Point Partners III, Qualitor, Inc.
V, L.P. L.P.
20050217......................... Blackstone Capital Glass Holdings Limited.. Gerrresheimer
Partners (Cayman) IV, Beteiligungs GmbH
L.P.
20050223......................... Richard B. Handler....... Jefferies Group, Inc.... Jefferies Group, Inc.
20050224......................... Legg Mason, Inc.......... Deutsche Bank AG........ Deutsche Investment
Management Americas,
Inc.
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20050230......................... Jones Apparel Group, Inc. Barneys New York, Inc... Barneys New York, Inc.
20050235......................... Enbridge Inc............. Royal Dutch Petroleum Mississippi Canyon Gas
Company. Pipeline, LLC; Shell
Gas Gathering, LLC.
20050236......................... Francisco Partners, L.P.. WRQ, Inc................ WRQ, Inc.
20050237......................... Olympus Growth Fund IV, K. Brent McGruder....... K-Mac Enterprises, Inc.
L.P.
20050241......................... GATX Corporation......... General Motors Locomotive Leasing
Corporation. Partners, LLC.
20050254......................... ALLTEL Corporation....... ALLTEL Corporation...... Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah
MSA Limited
Partnership.
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/02/2004
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20050148......................... Lockheed Martin Carlyle Partners III, Sippican Holdings Inc.
Corporation. L.P.
20050205......................... Time Warner Inc.......... Gateway, Inc............ Gateway, Inc.
20050220......................... Novo Nordisk Foundation.. Aradigm Corporation..... Aradigm Corporation.
20050240......................... Celerity Holding Company, Kinetics Holdings, LLC.. Celerity Group, Inc.;
Inc. FTS Systems, Inc.;
Kinetic Chempure
Systems, Inc.
20050243......................... GTRC Fund VII, L.P....... NewQuest LLC............ GulfQuest, L.P.;
HealthSpring
Management, Inc.;
HealthSpring of
Alabama, Inc.;
HealthSpring of
Illinois I, Inc.;
HealthSpring USA, LLC;
HouQuest, LLC; New
Quest Management of
Alabama, LLC; NewQuest
Management of Illinois,
LLC; Signature Health
Alliance, Inc.; Texas
HealthSpring I, LLC;
TexQuest, LLC.
20050247......................... Firmenich International Noville, Inc............ Noville, Inc.
SA.
20050258......................... Phillips-Van Heusen Vestar Capital Partners Cluett Peabody & Co.,
Corporation. III, L.P. Inc.; Cluett Peabody
Resources Corporation
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Transactions Granted Early Termination--12/03/2004
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20050216......................... Omnicare, Inc............ Clinimetrics Research Clinimetrics Research
Associates, Inc. Associates, Inc.
20050231......................... Alberto-Culver Company... John Tobias............. Innovations Successful
Salon Services, Inc.
20050232......................... Alberto-Culver Company... Samuel Licursi.......... Innovations Successful
Salon Services, Inc.
20050233......................... Rentech, Inc............. Royster-Clark Group, Inc Royster-Clark Group,
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. 04-27851 Filed 12-20-04; 8:45 am]
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